ISLAMIC WOMEN

SHARIA

• Islamic holy law
• Used to uphold the laws
• Reinforced male dominance
• Social/sexual lives of women controlled

WOMEN BEFORE MUHAMMAD

• Had essentially no rights
• Treated as property of males
• Couldn't buy/own property without male permission
• Couldn't enroll in formal classes
• Had to be completely covered- no body showing

QU'RAN; WOMEN

• Arab women enjoyed rights
• Compared to women of other lands
• Portrayed women not as property
• Equal to men

VEILING

• Sign of modesty
• When head covering is places upon women's head
• Existed before Muhammad