ISLAMIC CULTURE

TRADITION

• All islamics should go to school but most of the time, males go more than females.
• Parents believe that sons will benefit more from a education then daughters.
• Most young people in the culture do not engage in courtship/dating before marriage.
• Men are allowed to commit “honor killings” without any justification really.

MARRIAGE

• Islam values marriage highly and parents basically give daughters away.
• Islam permits polygamy.
• A bride has a right to a gift of money.
• Men are allowed to rule over their wives as well as use physical violence (discipline) against them.
• The husband gets to take custody of the child even if they are divorced.

DRESS

• Women dress laws are MUCH stricter than men’s.
• Some women in moderate countries dress less conservatively.
• Muslim women are not treated as equals.
• Some women choose to cover themselves completely.
• Islamic nations regulate women’s dress differently, not everyone agrees the same.
• Women often find ways around the dress codes.

THE PUBLIC SPHERE

• Most women are encouraged to stay home while men go out.
• In Afghanistan, women were not allowed to work.
• Men and women have equal power.
• Women have little political influence
• Islamic beliefs are changing in the modern world
• Liberal Muslims want life to change, they believe in equality for women and they don’t agree 100% with the Taliban or the Qur’an teachings.

citation

• Blackwell, Amy Hackney. "Women in Islamic Societies." World Geography: Understanding a Changing World, ABC-CLIO, 2020, worldgeography.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1313555. Accessed 9 Nov. 2020.