Hosai Mojaddidi – Does Islamic Law Oppress Women

			How many of you have or have been
led to believe that Muslim women
		

			do not have choice when it comes
to marriage and divorce? Right?
		

			So again, this is something that
in Dallas, I struggle with reading
		

			more and more, but there's a story
that I can share with. One of the
		

			companions of the Prophet Muhammad
has been was it been skipping son,
		

			so the son of having the best, he
relates that once a young girl,
		

			she came to me,
		

			and she had just been married off
forcibly by her father, and she
		

			was very upset. So she came to
complain to him. Now, in that
		

			moment, the problem in the
marriage ceremony had already
		

			happened. So he paused. And he,
again, this is important to
		

			reflect on what how he engaged
her, he asked her now that this is
		

			where you have a choice, do you
wish to stay in this marriage? Or
		

			do you wish to leave the marriage?
Her response? was, what do you
		

			think, brought some Yes. She said,
I want to bring me out of this.
		

			She complained right? Now many
people make sure to say
		

			she, she actually said, I do wish
to say, the reason I spoke up is
		

			so that I let other women know
that no man has the right to be
		

			forced into a marriage. So this
story to me was really profound,
		

			because not only is she exercising
her
		

			choice, right in the matter, but
she's also clearly showing that
		

			she is looking out for other
women. And so she made a really
		

			responsible decision to speak out
but she could have just, you know,
		

			kept quiet and gotten to the stage
without anybody ever knowing that
		

			she's had a call with it. So she
wanted to make a clear point. And
		

			in fact that that was related
		

			to many that dispel this myth that
some women cannot marry or divorce
		

			and that's why like I said,