اسلام اور مذاہب عالم خواتین کا مقام

Abstract

اسلام اور مذاہب عالم خواتین کا مقام The world is still struggling to get the basic human rights while Islam has already given these rights and even more, fourteen centuries ago. What are these rights, the world has yet to know. The uniqueness of Islam in giving rights to the people was that it did not only enact laws containing the human rights rather it literally enforced these laws successfully upon the people and the people happily enjoyed the rights these laws contained. While talking about the status of women in Islam and other religions, it will be necessary to talk about those rights, if there were any, which the women enjoyed, before the advent of Islam. It will certainly need a careful comparison between the two periods; before and after the blessed coming of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. The author will try to mention the situation of women before Islam in the so called civilized nations of that time, including Persian Empire, Roman empire, India and Arabia, who represented the fire worshippers, Jews, Christians and the Pagans of Arabia. In the end the author will shed light over the social status and the rights Islam gave to women.