LIFESTYLE OF A MUSLIMAH

THE HUSBAND WIFE RELATIONSHIP IN ISLAM Marwan Boustany As is commonly (if not always) the case in the Qur’an, we can look at a topic from the general perspective and from the specific perspective.  The general perspective acts as the interpretive context for specific guidelines.  Whether it is modesty, marriage or economic theory, we have two levels of consideration to guide us to a proper interpretation. The General Guidelines The following general guidelines must be adhered to always in a marriage and they must act as the background for the specific guidelines dealt with in the next section. Love, Mercy and Tranquillity وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا لِّتَسْكُنُوا إِلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُم  ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُ‌ونَ And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquillity in them; and He placed between you .  Indeed in that are signs for a p...

I am a woman [by: Lawal Halimah Oyindamola] So what? I get into an argument with a man. He slaps me. I feel the pain. Yet they tell me I provoked him. I get into an argument with a man. I slap him. They tell me I have no respect. Like I don't have a right to be angry........ So, my level of respect for people is judged by my degree of silence in the face of brutality..... Because I am a woman. So what? I am not allowed to show anger. I must sit with my legs stretched out even if it hurts. I must not talk 'anyhow'. Because I am a woman. My husband or "boyfriend" cheats on me, I am told to tolerate it......to save my marriage or relationship as the case maybe. Society making the barbaric and stupid excuse that ''it is in their nature to cheat'' I cheat....and I am called a whore, if we are married i am sent packing with my obese tinker box on my head and my little one still suckling my left nipple. Three years later......little one is...