Representation Of Islam

It is difficult to separate Islam and traditions when it comes to issues regarding women representation in the Islamic world. Issues such as wife beating, honor killings, and female genital mutilation are all traditional customs that are wrongly justified and inferred using religion. Different scholars have pointed out that Islam has been misconstrued and distorted to an extent that women are no longer conscious of their duties and place in the society. Abuse against women in the name of religion is simply wrong. A perfect example is the fact that a husband has the right to divorce his wife without any explanation, simply abandon her and take a second wife. Islam has no central authority, thus the differentiation in representation and understanding
of what Muslims do stand or do not stand for. In Saudi Arabia where the Koran forms the constitution, the focus is on the strict interpretation and it does not consider women as individuals while in other Muslim countries women are constantly fighting to acquire a Code of personal status.