Women have been dominated by men since the beginning of mankind. They just lived to serve and obey man. The main role of women in the society was to bear kids, take care of the house and be faithful and loyal to their husbands. . They are not given equal place as men in the society. In modern countries women are kept under total male domination, these countries including Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, China, Malaysia, and many African countries.
Women in these countries are not encouraged to obtain higher education. They are not allowed to speak freely. They are enforced to dress properly according to the will of her father or husband. Most women in these countries are not given the right to take part in some activities like work, games, business etc. They are just considered as glorified house keepers.
Until recently, in some western countries women were not allowed to get higher education and take part in many activities as well, but nowadays the situation is different. Western women have various political and lawful rights that allow them to get higher education, as well as, take part in as many activities as they want. The Western world provides complete freedom to women. Like a man, she can take part in all activities.
A great ratio of women in the west are well educated. They have higher education degrees and play a key and important role in the economic growth of their country through business and government positions. Most of the western women, like men, are usually employed and earn a lot of money during their career.
As we know, every coin has two sides. Besides its various advantages, feminism has left some harmful effects on these countries. Pregnancy before marriage and other features are some of the factors in the breakdown of families in the West. Divorce is a common word in these countries
Traditional intellectual like Carlson Carolyn and Allan Graglia believe that the change of women’s role in the western world, from being a caring mother to self identified and trained professional, has shaped a communal disaster that is carrying on to take its charge on the family. There are different points of view regarding the freedom of women in the western world. Some professional, experienced and well educated liberal women in the west are quick to endorse the importance of business and employment.
While the position of women in neo-liberal western society is well established and that of great importance, there should be some thought given to the real extent of their role in society, business and family.
The lawyer for a Somerset County Islamic organization believes that the township Planning Board is discriminating against his clients for wanting to build a mosque in the Liberty Corner section of Bernards.
Vincent T. Bisogno, attorney for the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge, said the board increased the parking requirement to 110 spaces despite a zoning ordinance suggesting a house of worship of this size be required to have 50 spaces. "Is it (the ordinance) only for Christians?" Bisogno asked during a board meeting Tuesday night.
Residents, some of whom have formed a group and hired an attorney to oppose the application, believe the mosque would be out of character for the rural and bucolic neighborhood. Some fear the mosque would invite too much traffic to the area.
Bisogno said that increasing the parking requirement at this stage of the process would be inconvenient. If the board can increase the parking requirements from the standards set in the ordinance, "why would anybody build in Bernards Township? That doesn't make sense."
"How do you determine storm-water management until you determine the parking requirements?" he added. "I'm at a loss as to what the parking requirement is here and what do I do in preparing a site plan.
"We want to be treated like every other house of worship. My clients are very concerned about this matter and I have told them many times that I have appeared here before ... and that this board is always fair and equitable. My clients are not convinced of that."
In the year 2007, while I was a senior in high school in Phoenix, Arizona, I traveled to Montana, the state where I was born, to visit old friends. In one instance, I was wearing a t-shirt with a painted image of then-senator Barack Obama when I decided to enter a gas station to stock up on junk food for a road trip. As I was leaving and walking to our car, a man in a large truck yelled at me from across the parking lot, “Hey, you know he’s going to take our guns away, right?”
This is a common mentality throughout the United States. Yesterday evening, just as the NFL game between the San Francisco 49ers and the New England Patriots was getting underway, the network coverage changed abruptly. President Obama was in Connecticut to give a speech addressing the recent school shooting where 20 children and several school employees were killed. In his speech, the President expressed anger. “We have do to better,” he said in reference to the slew of public shootings that have occurred in the U.S. in recent months. Immediately after the speech, people across the country rushed to gun stores in order to buy automatic weapons in anticipation of stronger restrictions on gun ownership.
The NRA is a prominent interest group in American politics.
The issue of gun ownership rights is the most fervent ongoing political topic in the U.S. The pro-gun ownership side is supported by the National Rifle Association (NRA). The NRA is the strongest lobbying group in the U.S., which means that every election unsung quantities of money are given to, mostly Republican, lawmakers in order to ensure that no new restrictions on gun ownership will occur. On the other side of the issue are Democratic lawmakers, for the most part, who want to place buying restrictions on certain types of guns, notably assault rifles and hand guns. If it’s not a sensible hunting weapon it doesn’t belong on the streets, is their argument. This debate has been occurring for a very long time, and it doesn’t look to be letting up anytime soon.
But, incidents like the recent shooting in Connecticut give us pause to reconsider gun ownership laws. Last summer I was living in Denver, Colorado with my wife when we heard about a mass shooting in a movie theatre not even 20 minutes drive from our house. The following night, when we attended a theatre to see a film, policemen were guarding the entrances. During the film, if anyone left to buy popcorn or use the restroom, they would return to the anxious staring of everybody in the theatre. We were all on edge.
When I lived in Arizona, we were literally just a few hours drive from areas of Mexico where people are being terrorized and brutally killed by drug cartels. On nearly a daily basis, news of drug-related deaths in Mexico can be read about, but never seen. This violence doesn’t cross the border into the United States, ever. The reason? Think of 9/11. The number of people killed on that tragic day is about 1/5 of the amount of children globally who parish from hunger everyday. But, the American response to an attack like 9/11 was large enough that 12 years later soldiers are still in Afghanistan.
As Americans, we are not exposed to guns and violence. We are never invaded or attacked, and we never see imagery from overseas. There are human rights tragedies of enormous consequence occurring everyday in places like Syria and the Congo. But, we don’t see any of it.
When I tried to visited the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, I arrived too late and was forbidden from entering. The man who told me the museum was closed, though, had an assault rifle strapped over his soldier. To the people who live there, seeing a security guard with a rifle is normal. To me, being from the U.S., it scared the hell out of me. Similarly, when I was walking in a small border town in Mexico, a policeman walked up to a car and tapped on the window with the barrel of his gun. “What if he shoots someone on accident?” I thought to myself. Talking with a friend in Tbilisi, the capital city of the ex-Soviet Republic of Georgia, he recounted to me the story of how he and his friends were in a street fight when some of the kids pulled out hand guns. “Weren’t you terrified?” I asked him. To which he casually replied, “No, it’s normal.”
Don’t think that guns are completely absent from American society, though. I live in Washington D.C. This city was historically one of the most violent in the U.S. Why? Poverty. Even today, incidents of shootings on city buses in low-income neighborhoods is a reality. For the majority of my life I did not live in or even visit poor areas like that. But, now that I see them, I realize something significant. To illustrate this significant point I’ll use two recent natural disasters. Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy. Hurricane Katrina occurred in 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
To those people who have visited and know that city, it is one of the greatest in the United States. The amount of culture and artistry that exists there is beautiful. But, New Orleans is mostly poor minorities. Hence, the humanitarian response to Katrina was abysmal. Lives there are less consequential. No money, no voice. In the aftermath, wealthy developers have come there to buy destroyed (and un-destroyed) buildings as investment properties. Rebuilding the city is a priority. But, it is being rebuilt to fit a different vision from what existed prior. Low-income housing is being replaced with condominiums and high-rises.
Relief efforts after Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey.
Hurricane Sandy, which happened last month, affected the East Coast of the United States, not the south where New Orleans is. Here in Washington D.C. we had consistent rain and a tree or two fell down, but overall the effects were minimal. Parts of New Jersey, though, were not so lucky. Images of demolished suburbs and inundated boardwalk communities filled television news coverage. While relief efforts were quickly initiated. Now, Hurricane Katrina happened while George W. Bush was president, and as a leader he was a joke. So, perhaps part of the better response to Sandy involved who was in the White House. It should not be dismissed, however, that those communities most effected were neither poor, nor minorities.
It is the same case with gun violence. It’s the worst in areas like those effected by Katrina, but unless it occurs in areas like those effected by Sandy it isn’t prioritized nationally.
What’s to be taken away from this article for anyone who doesn’t live in the U.S. is a broad understanding of the role of guns in society here, and the politics associated with the debate over ownership, or crime. Again, on 9/11 3,000 people died tragically, and it disrupted the country so badly that even 12 years later people are sensitive about the issue and American troops continue to be stationed in South Asia and elsewhere. But, everyday in the world, 15,000 children die as a result of not having enough food to eat. In this case, who is Katrina and who is Sandy?
Whether it is in Pakistan or any other Muslim country, the transgender society has always been neglected or scorned at. Some of these transgenders are born this way, while some others dress up or undergo surgery to become one. In Pakistan, these transgenders are abandoned by their families at a very young age, so they settle in the inner colonies and are involved in prostitution to earn a living. Many of these transgenders are known by their first names only; they usually don’t have a last name so as to protect their family or they just don’t want to use it. In Pakistan these transgenders are usually seen at weddings, baby showers and post-birth events. Others are seen in clubs, prostitute houses and roads over traffic signals. These transgenders dress up as women and apply heavy makeup. Usually their clothes are tight-fitting so that they can attract the attention of men.
The population of transgenders is increasing in Pakistan; one can find them at traffic signals begging for money. Many people always give transgenders money when they bless a couple or babies. People believe that God quickly answers the prayers of the underprivileged-born. Apart from the streets these Transgenders are found at wedding and pre-wedding parties. They are usually dancing with immensely sparkling clothes on and many people are showering money over them. These dancers are also seen at bachelor parties where there are only men. Some of the men who are drunk later take them to a private place for sex.
The transgenders in Pakistan are neglected; they are seen as as an insult, as beggars or prostitutes. Many leaders of this society have raised their voices against the teasing and taunting. In recent years, this community is being given some protection. The Chief Justice of Pakistan has allowed them to have an NIC card and their rights to vote as any others. Many movies and plays have been released over this gender’s protection. There are other people who just dress up as women claiming to be transgenders; this is their cunning method of begging for money.
In Pakistan, there is no place for transgenders in educational institutions and the job sector. Therefore more than 90% of transgenders are uneducated and they are unable to read and write. Most people consider transgenders to be a part of lower-class society. However, transgenders are equal to every other human in the world and they should have equal rights. Most transgenders are born so; therefore, it is not their crime. We should provide equal rights to transgenders in all sectors of Pakistan. They should get admission to schools and colleges so that they can play an important part in the progress of Pakistan. It is reported that thousands of transgenders are present in Pakistan.
Being A Muslim it is our Moral duty to attain the basic knowledge of Islam, to get familiar with the basics of Islam and implement them in our daily life. Though there are various ways of acquiring Islamic education but none can be as effective as Muslim academy. These academies are considered as the best source of getting knowledge that plays an important role in our life. Islamic teachings help us not only to be a good Muslim but also a good human being. Since, Islam is the natural religion therefore; it has a lot of influence in making our personality. One feels a positive effect on its personality after getting the basic knowledge of Islam.
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These days, people are so much busy in this materialistic world that they forget to give proper attention to the religious education and training of their religion which in turn leads to various other problems. Therefore, it is obligatory for parents to pay attention to the religious education of their children because being a Muslim it is obligatory to get hands on Islam and its teachings. And if you do not have knowledge of Islam then how can you call yourself a Muslim? You must ponder on this.
Well, now getting religious education is not a big problem due to a huge number of Muslim academy running in our society. These academies and schools have played a major role in spreading Islam and its teachings in our society. Here I am going to point out only few advantages of these academies that will help you understand how advantageous they are for us and our younger generation.
They spread genuine and authentic teachings of Islam in a society.
Since, they have high qualified Ulema-e-Karam so one can feel relaxed when it comes to authenticity of their teachings.
They take radical steps to spread religion peacefully.
They help in the character building of students and make them aware with the true meaning of life.
They make children a practical Muslim which is most important in modern days.
Moreover, they are the legitimate source of knowledge for those non Muslims who are attracted towards Islams.
Due to these institutes and academies many non Muslims have converted Islam and are leading a peaceful life.
We are fully aware with importance and crucial role of Muslim Academy in our modern society but there is some responsibility on these academies and institutes. These educational centers have to ensure that they are spreading Islam in a peaceful so, that the true meaning of our religion can easily be conveyed throughout the world. They have to make certain that all the teachers are highly qualified and have legitimate and genuine knowledge of Islam and its teachings. Moreover, they have to ensure that children able to grasp everything they are taught in the school and they implement the teachings in their daily life.
The Islamic Education plays a vital role for the good understanding of the teachings of Islam and to get to the knowledge about the Islamic laws for improving their lives and it also helps the Muslims to implement the Islamic laws on their lives. Education is very important in the Islam and ALLAH Almighty emphasis on the education in the Qur’an.
Seeking knowledge is very important in the society and the Muslims can get the Islamic Education from different institutions and it is very important for understanding the Islamic laws and the teachings of Islam and Qur’an. The teacher or scholar is very important for giving the knowledge about Islam because if you have the best teacher then you can easily get the information about the Islam and the different Islamic laws and also many solutions for your many problems.
The scholar gives the Islamic knowledge to the students and the people can easily get the teachings of Islam from a good teacher or scholar and the scholar plays a vital role for improving the lives of the Muslims. The scholar is like a source of the guidance for the people by providing all the information to the people about the Islam and Islamic laws so the Islamic Education plays a vital role for making the society such as that people can easily lead their lives according to the rule, regulations and the teachings of the Islam.
Muslims get the knowledge about the Islamic because getting the education is just like a religious obligation for the Muslims. So that education is very important for the Muslims and Islam emphasis on getting the knowledge and after getting the knowledge about the Islam the people can lead their lives according to the teachings of the Islam. The Muslim countries make the education system according to the teaching of the Islam and they make Islamic Education compulsory at schools so that the Muslims student has all the knowledge about Islam and the Islamic laws for making their living standards according to the rules and regulations of the Islam.
The topic of Zakat and its impact on society would be a matter of high interest for those looking to learn Islam. Zakat is the second pillar of Islam having great significant to ensure the equality in Muslim society. Allah mentioned Zakat about twenty times in the Holy Qur’an combined with Salah that is prayer. The Arabic word for Zakat has multiple meanings that are Wealth extension, growth as well as purification. In simple words, the Zakat is an amount given by “Sahib-El-Nisab” (a person fulfills all the conditions for paying Zakat) to someone who is in need.
The Zakat system makes sure the wealth circulation in Society is fair. The Zakat also allows an individual to purify and grow his wealth. The main reason of poverty in any society is the concentration of wealth is limited to a very few number of people.
The Zakat system of Islam targets this root cause of poverty. In order to explain the concept and causes of Poverty, an example from India is the most appropriate one that is only thirty six families have the wealth of 191 billion dollars in India that equals one fourth of India’s GDP that is the reason why the common man in India is that much poor.
The numerous benefits and advantages of Zakat for society would also be a matter of high concern for those looking to learn Islam. So, let us have a quick look over the advantages of Zakat for Society. The first and foremost advantage of Zakat is the increased production volume. When the Zakat is distributed to those who are poor and those who are in need from that money that they are used to spend on buying different consumer items that results eventually in the increase of production volume.
The increased production volume gives rise to numerous economic activities. The unemployment level also tends to decrease resulting in overall of growth of a country. Similarly, another significant impact of Zakat on society is that it discourages the Hoarding. Likewise, the Zakat also results in the increase in overall savings of people. The increased income level is also a significant consequence of Zakat system, as the wealth starts circulating in the society the income level also starts increasing.
Those looking to learn Islam would also love to know that the Zakat system also decreases the probability of recession in the economy. As the equal distribution of wealth is ensured with the help of Zakat system, it decreases the recession chances. The Zakat system also avoids the wealth inequality problems in society by reducing the gap between the poors and rich class. The Zakat system also results in the increased living standard.
As the inequality and poverty problems in any society tend to reduce, the crime rate and other social evils also tend to reduce. This is how the Zakat system can make a difference in any society. This was a brief account of the Zakat impact on any society. Hopefully, it would prove quite beneficial for those looking to learn Islam.
