Re: Women in West/Islam

[Popeyesays]

In a message dated 1/12/2005 1:53:46 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: rights prescribed by the Quran twelve hundred years ago, even if they were not everywhere translated into practice." Wives have the right to be summarily divorced by their husbands. Wives have the right to be beaten by their husbands. These were VAST improvements in the rights of women 1200 years ago. WOmen had the right to be cast out by their husbands without any of their dowry or property BEFORE the Qur'an. Wives had the right to be killed outof hand by their husbands before the Qur'an. These improvements under Islam are progressive, but by today's standards, they are NOT final.   Regards,   Scott __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu