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A God Who Hates Women
The painful tale I have to tell -- after having lived most of my life in several Muslim countries.
December 28, 2015
Dr. Majid Rafizadeh
A God Who Hates Women is the title of my latest book, a memoir. I was driven to write it to counter the unfounded claims of many Western pro-Islam or Eastern Islamist scholars.
In detail, I reveal how Western Muslims scholars are not educated or informed enough, but rely on fallacies created to give the illusion of wisdom. Unlike these so-called scholars or Western imams, I lived most of my life in several Muslim countries. I grew up in both dominant Muslim sects, predominantly Shia and Sunni nations (the Islamic Republic of Iran and Syria).
Rather than depicting fantasies and baseless theories, I attempt to show readers, through my firsthand experiences, what life in a Muslim country or under the Sharia law is actually like. Although this book focuses mainly on Islam, oppression and women, my next upcoming book, “The Renegade: Memoir of Struggle, Defiance and Enlightenment,” sheds light on the untold truth about Islam, and many things I have remained silent about.
For a woman who lives in a Muslim society or under Shari’a law, "choice" is an alien word. Inequality, violence, injustice, abuse, and discrimination are daily nightmares.
Some women become tools of the dominant Islamist culture: they join the system to please the authorities and to get rewards. Others have found no way to survive other than to be forcefully subjugated, controlled and dehumanized.
Many Western pro-Islam and Eastern Islamist scholars argue that Islam is the "religion of peace" and that Islam respects women. They add that Islam has raised women’s socio-political and socio-economic status in the society.
One of the most common examples that Muslim scholars focus on to try to show that Islam supports women is the story of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the businesswoman and wife of Muhammad. One writer who brags about Islam’s impact on women argues that Khadijah is a Muslim woman who “was a successful and esteemed business woman.” She goes on to list further examples of this woman's supposed independence: “She turned down many marriage proposals,” “She asked the Prophet to marry her,” “She was an ideal wife; theirs was a true love story,” etc.
The argument that Khadijah is an example of Islam is altogether anchored in fallacies. Khadijah is paraded around as an example of how Islam influenced women to be strong. But the fact is that Khadijah was not the product of Islam. She was the product of pre-Islam or what Muslims call Jahiliyyah (the state of ignorance of guidance from Allah).
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A God Who Hates Women
A God Who Hates Women
The painful tale I have to tell -- after having lived most of my life in several Muslim countries.
December 28, 2015
Dr. Majid Rafizadeh
A God Who Hates Women is the title of my latest book, a memoir. I was driven to write it to counter the unfounded claims of many Western pro-Islam or Eastern Islamist scholars.
In detail, I reveal how Western Muslims scholars are not educated or informed enough, but rely on fallacies created to give the illusion of wisdom. Unlike these so-called scholars or Western imams, I lived most of my life in several Muslim countries. I grew up in both dominant Muslim sects, predominantly Shia and Sunni nations (the Islamic Republic of Iran and Syria).
Rather than depicting fantasies and baseless theories, I attempt to show readers, through my firsthand experiences, what life in a Muslim country or under the Sharia law is actually like. Although this book focuses mainly on Islam, oppression and women, my next upcoming book, “The Renegade: Memoir of Struggle, Defiance and Enlightenment,” sheds light on the untold truth about Islam, and many things I have remained silent about.
For a woman who lives in a Muslim society or under Shari’a law, "choice" is an alien word. Inequality, violence, injustice, abuse, and discrimination are daily nightmares.
Some women become tools of the dominant Islamist culture: they join the system to please the authorities and to get rewards. Others have found no way to survive other than to be forcefully subjugated, controlled and dehumanized.
Many Western pro-Islam and Eastern Islamist scholars argue that Islam is the "religion of peace" and that Islam respects women. They add that Islam has raised women’s socio-political and socio-economic status in the society.
One of the most common examples that Muslim scholars focus on to try to show that Islam supports women is the story of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the businesswoman and wife of Muhammad. One writer who brags about Islam’s impact on women argues that Khadijah is a Muslim woman who “was a successful and esteemed business woman.” She goes on to list further examples of this woman's supposed independence: “She turned down many marriage proposals,” “She asked the Prophet to marry her,” “She was an ideal wife; theirs was a true love story,” etc.
The argument that Khadijah is an example of Islam is altogether anchored in fallacies. Khadijah is paraded around as an example of how Islam influenced women to be strong. But the fact is that Khadijah was not the product of Islam. She was the product of pre-Islam or what Muslims call Jahiliyyah (the state of ignorance of guidance from Allah).
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A God Who Hates Women