WOMEN IN ISLAM VERSUS WOMEN IN THE JUDAEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION: THE MYTH &THE REALITY- Part 5, NewAgeIslam.com

WOMEN IN ISLAM VERSUS WOMEN IN THE JUDAEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION: THE MYTH &THE REALITY- Part 5

The three religions have remarkable differences in their attitudes towards divorce. Christianity abhors divorce altogether. The New Testament unequivocally advocates the indissolubility of marriage. … Judaism, on the other hand, allows divorce even without any cause. The Old Testament gives the husband the right to divorce his wife even if he just dislikes her:

Islam occupies the middle ground between Christianity and Judaism with respect to divorce. Marriage in Islam is a sanctified bond that should not be broken except for compelling reasons. Couples are instructed to pursue all possible remedies whenever their marriages are in danger. Divorce is not to be resorted to except when there is no other way out. In a nutshell, Islam recognizes divorce, yet it discourages it by all means. -- Dr. Sherif Abdel Azeem

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Reform happens through discord, not unity, Islamic Personalities, NewAgeIslam.com

Islamic Personalities

Reform happens through discord, not unity

By Arif Mohammed Khan

Oct 18, 2008

Justice Syed Mahmood, in a lecture delivered at Aligarh in 1893, observed that when the Government established a Sanskrit College in Calcutta in 1824, it did not find favour with the leading Hindus of the city; who asked the government to start as many English colleges as possible. On the other hand, in 1835, when the government announced a programme to start English teaching in all schools, more than 8000 moulvis submitted a signed petition to stop it.

The government responded by making formal announcements of strict religious neutrality, but the Muslim clergy persisted in their objections and declared that the philosophy and logic taught in the English language was at variance with the tenets of Islam. They interpreted the government declarations as a cunning device to deprive them of their faith, and exhorted Muslims to keep away.

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