Islam awarded rights to women in 7th century

New York: Islam is the religion of equality and there is no biasness in the religion as it is a false propaganda against Islam and the Muslims that Islam does not treat women equally. In fact, Islam gad givenequal rights to women rights in the 7th century and the women in the West acquired the same rights in the 19th and 20th centuries, living without them for almost 13 centuries. These facts about Islam are being highlighted by the multimedia page at the website for the Women’s Rights National Historical Park, New York.It highlights the campaign for women’s rights and has created a series of at least three videos with students from the local AnNur Islamic School. The videos provide a forum for students to say about Islam and complain about how they are treated. The students also express their beliefs about their own behavior and conduct. One of the students said, “People think that Islam oppresses women and there’s no equality, but they’re wrong – there’s equity … 7th century A.D. Islam gave women the right to be involved in politics, the right to earn and keep her own money.” “Islam gave women the right to work outside of the home, Islam gave women the right to own property, Islam gave women the right to divorce, Islam gave women the right to choose who she marries,” he added. “Islam gave women a whole bunch of rights that Western women acquired later in the 19th and 20th centuries, and we’ve had these rights since the 7th century A.D., and it’s just not acknowledged worldwide,” he declared. The Independent Journal Review commented foolishly that it’s “fantastic that the National Park Service is out there using taxpayer dollars to correct the false record against Muslims, such as the ‘moderate’ Muslim Brotherhood’s scathing backlash against the U.N.’s Declaration of Women’s Rights” or “Muslim states’ objection to ‘gay rights’ at a U.N. human rights forum.” “Well thank goodness the National Park Service is doing the job that no one else will – defend the history of Islam’s contributions to women’s liberation!” it added. In one of the videos, a student complains of discrimination, “A few years ago they made Eid, like a day for schools to close down and people could take a break. People were saying why should it be changed, this is a Christian country. We shouldn’t change for them. But if you look at the Constitution, there’s separation from state and church. So they’re saying if you’re going to go to an Arab country, they are not going to break for Christmas but over here we’re going to break for Eid and Ramadan and stuff. It’s actual separation from state and church and they don’t understand that and they think since the majority of the U.S. is Christian that we shouldn’t be equal to other people.” The Women’s Rights National Historical Park, established in 1980, comprises about seven acres. It includes four historical properties, one of which is the Wesleyan Chapel, the site of the first Women’s Rights Convention. The park says that movements seeking to end discrimination based on race, religion and sexual orientation “are all connected in the fight for civil and human rights.” “Women’s Rights National Historical Park recognizes the efforts of not just Women’s Rights advocates, but all people who struggle to achieve civil and human rights in the United States and around the world,” it added.