Why Do Women Have Restrictions In The Abbasid
Julia Goldberg
Mrs. Jacobs
World History
22 March 2017
The Cause of Restrictions on Women's Rights in the Abbasid
Many Muslim women around the world have restricted rights. In some communities today Muslim women are not supposed to leave their homes without their husband's permission, are not educated, and are not thought of as equals to men. Understanding the historic cause of these restrictions is crucial for the promotion of change. Although many scholars argue that the status of women declined in the Abbasid period due to increased diversity, in reality women lost rights in the Abbasid due to al-Ghazali because he was anti women's rights and highly respected.
Muslim women didn’t always have rights restricted to the same extent as today. …show more content…
As the major religious text of Islam, it is therefore of great importance that the Qur’an seeks to improve the social position of women, intends women to be the spiritual equals of men, and gives them considerable economic rights (McKay et al 251). Even after Muhammed’s death, women continued to have many rights during the first and second caliphate, and their words were still regarded, even concerning social and spiritual matters (Ahmed 72). In fact, in the first two centuries of Islam, women had autonomy …show more content…
As the religion formed and found its identity during this period of immense population growth, it blended its Islamic legal systems with local laws and customs of newly conquered states. There were many cultural changes during the Abbasid Dynasty (Spirko). The rights of women in Islam were novel, and therefore, as cultures blended into Islam, women’s rights were not always granted, since the conquered people often kept some of their own cultural behaviors.. However, while the blending of cultures might be an argument for the dramatic decrease in women’s rights, the influence al-Ghazali’s writings and opinions had must have been of greater significance. Had al-Ghazali supported the same rights women had in early Islam, women’s rights could not have declined so rapidly in the Abbasid period, since he had so much
Mrs. Jacobs
World History
22 March 2017
The Cause of Restrictions on Women's Rights in the Abbasid
Many Muslim women around the world have restricted rights. In some communities today Muslim women are not supposed to leave their homes without their husband's permission, are not educated, and are not thought of as equals to men. Understanding the historic cause of these restrictions is crucial for the promotion of change. Although many scholars argue that the status of women declined in the Abbasid period due to increased diversity, in reality women lost rights in the Abbasid due to al-Ghazali because he was anti women's rights and highly respected.
Muslim women didn’t always have rights restricted to the same extent as today. …show more content…
As the major religious text of Islam, it is therefore of great importance that the Qur’an seeks to improve the social position of women, intends women to be the spiritual equals of men, and gives them considerable economic rights (McKay et al 251). Even after Muhammed’s death, women continued to have many rights during the first and second caliphate, and their words were still regarded, even concerning social and spiritual matters (Ahmed 72). In fact, in the first two centuries of Islam, women had autonomy …show more content…
As the religion formed and found its identity during this period of immense population growth, it blended its Islamic legal systems with local laws and customs of newly conquered states. There were many cultural changes during the Abbasid Dynasty (Spirko). The rights of women in Islam were novel, and therefore, as cultures blended into Islam, women’s rights were not always granted, since the conquered people often kept some of their own cultural behaviors.. However, while the blending of cultures might be an argument for the dramatic decrease in women’s rights, the influence al-Ghazali’s writings and opinions had must have been of greater significance. Had al-Ghazali supported the same rights women had in early Islam, women’s rights could not have declined so rapidly in the Abbasid period, since he had so much