Egypt's Million Women March fizzles due to lack of support...

"Sayings of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him:
"It is the generous (in character) who is good to women, and it is the wicked who insults them."
"The most perfect believers are the best in conduct and best of you are those who are best to their wives."
"Treat your women well and be kind to them for they are your partners and committed helpers."
Can Islam be prejudiced to women, and yet appeal to women? Can Islam lower the status of a woman and still have more women embracing it as their way of life than men? According to an article written by Lucy Berrington in the Times Magazine (London) dated 9th Nov. 1993: "It is even more ironic that most British converts should be women, given the widespread view in the west that Islam treats women poorly. In the United States, women converts outnumber men by four to one, and in Britain make up the bulk of the estimated 10, 000 to 20, 000 converts, forming part of a Muslim community of 1 to 1.5 million "

Before any other religion or system in the world Islam gave a woman the right to inherit, the right to vote and voice her opinion, the right to trade invest and improve herself financially, the right to own - buy and sell, the right to seek knowledge and have a good education, the right to work and has even gone further to oblige the males in every stage of her life, whether it was a father, brother or husband ... It's their duty before God to take care of her, to spend on her, to provide her with the food , clothing and shelter that she needs, to provide her with a good education, to protect her from anything that can harm her and to never hesitate to put their lives in stake for her if the need calls them to do so.


Similarly, Islam is a rule and order. A Muslim who does not act according to that rule and order then by all means its not Islam that should carry the blame.
In Islam - a woman has fully right over husband's property while a husband has no right over wife's property .
Heaven is under mother's feet according to Islamic tradition"
------------This is a quote from a commenter on CNN.com in response to an article detailing the lack of participation in protests staged by men and women fighting for equal treatment of both men and women under whatever new regime springs up in Egypt. The movement fizzled out and died, citing a pointed lack of interest in the rights of women on the part of ordinary citizens in Egypt. I really like this quote because it shows that there is nothing particular in Islamic teaching that says that a woman should be treated as less worthy than a man...quite the opposite in fact...how this has been lost on the minds and hearts of people claiming to be of the Islamic Faith is a mystery to me.