Islamic Perspectives of Women Rights

Abstract

Women are facing various socio-cultural problems including domestic violence, gender discrimination and un-equal status in all over the world. In developed countries, they have been able to empower, themselves, much better than in the developing countries, where the women are considered inferior to men and thus they are not treated equally. The teaching of Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) gave the women equal social and economic rights. At the end of the nineteenth century most of the South Asian countries recognized women’s role for the development and economic growth, although at limited scale but very encouraging seeing that the participation of the women in the all sectors of economy has positive impact on the overall growth of economy of those countries. This paper aims to provide literature on women rights in the light of Islam. It also investigates the women’s role before the industrial revolution in the western world.