Why women are so oppressed among the Islam?
Q5. Host: You mentioned the seed of the woman. Do you think that maybe why women are so oppressed among the Islam? (1:20)
Answer
Dr. Labib: Well, I think that when they say, when the Bible says 'the seed of the woman' of course, it was mentioning Mary as the mother of Jesus. But the Koran did not mention any name of any woman, because woman has no value in Islam. Period! Who are the wives of Mohammed? You know, you go to the Bible and you read about David, and you will read about the names of every wife of David. You go to Jacob, you know Rachel and Leah. Anyone, in fact, when you go to the book of 1 Kings, and 2 Kings, when the Bible mentions the name of the king, it says, "he was the son of that woman," and mentions the name of that woman, not the father, the woman, the mother. You see, because women have value in Christianity and Judaism. In Islam no value, that is very plain.
Only Christian & Jewish women from the Bible are mentioned in the Quran. Can you mention one woman who is a Muslim? Not even Mohammad's wives are mentioned in the Quran!
The same thing happens with the Bible. Many people interpret it differently, and that's why there are so many different denominations of christianity. Some believe the laws in the Old Testament should still apply, and some believe those laws should be left in the past. Personally, I believe some of the laws were in place because of the time period. For example, it was against the law to eat any meat. God made that a law because in that time period, people didn't know how to prepare meat yet. Other laws, like, "thou shall not murder," should obviously still be in place. It's all about how people interpret the book though.
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