IDEAL NOWADAY MUSLIM WOMAN

Acknowledgment

In the Name of Allah , Most Gracious , Most Merciful

This humble book is written in English in order to introduce a real Muslim woman as much as possible in a simplified way . I debt a gratitude to Mr . Fatemi Sefat and all of his colleagues in the supreme leader�s agency in Shahid Rajaiee Teacher Training University especially Mr . Amir Hussein Naseri for the help and support in publishing the book and also I am very thankful to Dr . Meshkat for revising the book and finally thanks to Ansariyan Publications for all their helps , supports , and the editing of the book .

I hope the Imam of Time may accept this humble work and the readers will truly benefit from the fine counsels of the noble leaders of Islam about women in Islam .

Introduction : To Separate Fact From Fiction . . .

Contrary to widespread erroneous belief ,

Contrary to widespread negative stereotyping ,

and

Contrary to regrettable practices in some Islamic societies where anti - Islamic culture traditions have won over Islamic teachings and where women are subdued (and men even more so( .

This information has been written with the objective of briefing you on the true Islamic teachings regarding women laid down by the Qur�an and prophet Mohammad over 14 centuries ago .

- Islam declared women and men equal .

- Islam condemned pre - Islamic practices degrading and oppressing women .

- The same injunctions and prohibitions of Islam equally apply to both sexes .

- Islam gave woman the right of inheritance and the right of individual independent ownership unhampered