Islam and equal rights for
women in religion
There are different attitudes to
equal rights for women in religion
among muslims.
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Outcomes
Traditional attitudes
• Some Muslims believe men and women
should have different roles in life and
religion, and therefore they should have
different rights
They have this attitude because
• The Quran teaches that men should support
women because God made men physically
stronger
• The Quran teaches that women have been
created to bear children and men to provide for
them
• The Quran teaches that men need more money
than women to be the family providers
• It is traditional for only men to attend the mosque
and to be imams
The modern attitude
• Some Muslims believe men and women
should have completely equal rights in
religion and education
They have this attitude because
• The Quran teaches that men and women
are equal in religion and education
• There is evidence that Mohamed
encouraged both men and women to
worship in the mosque
• There were women religious leaders during
the early stages of Islam
• They have been affected by non religious
arguments for equal rights for women
Sikhism and equal rights for
women
• There are different attitude to equal rights
for women in religion in sikhism
The religious attitude
• Sikhism teaches the complete equality of
men and women, and so most Sikhs
believe women should have equal rights in
religion
• Because
• Guru Nanak taught that male and female
to seen as two haves of a whole who
therefore have equal rights
• Equal rights for women was the teaching
of all the gurus
• The Guru Granth Sahib teaches that God
is neither male nor female
• The Guru Granth Sahib teaches that men
and women have so much in common
that thy must be treated the same
The cultural attitude
• Some Sikhs believe men and women should
have equal roles and so cannot have equal
rights in religion.
• They believe women should look after the
home and children, not be religious leaders
• Most Sikhs come from Punjab were women
are not given equal rights.
• In Punjab society girls are treated as property
of their father and then their husbands
Answer all questions
• 1.choose ONE RELIGION OTHER THAN
CHRISTIANITY. Do think women should have equal
roles in this religion? Give TWO reasons for your
point of view. 4 marks
• 2.Choose one religion other than Christianity and
explain why some followers give equal roles to
women in religion and some do not 8marks
• “women should have same rights as men in religion”
• (i) Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion 3
marks
• (ii) Give reasons why some people may disagree
with you. 3 marks
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