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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SOC. CULTURE

TREATMENT OF WOMEN UNDER ARAB CULTURE AND ISLAMIC LAW OF SHARIA

THE SHARIA

THE SHARIA

  • The sharia was drawn up by Muslim scholars after the death of the prophet muhammad.
  • All Muslims are expected to follow the sharia

aRAB CULTURE

ARAB CULTURE

  • Inside mosques men and women are separated.
  • Many women cover their head (veil).
  • Koran daughters inherit half as much as a mans.
  • Mohammad proclaimed new rights for women, but still enshrined their inequality in immutable law

SUMMARY

WOMEN IN ARAB CULTURE AND SHARIA LAW

Mohammad proclaimed new rights for women, but even to today they still have inequalities (some being immutable law). And others are from scripture such as how women would inherit half as much as a man.

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