AP PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

GENDER DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
As Muslims, we should ____
A
Adjust Islam to fit gender equality
B
Adjust gender equality to fit Islam
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Respect and upholding of women’s rights in Islam are enshrined in its most valuable principles because Islam recognizes the religious, social, economic, legal and political rights of women. .

Detailed explanation-2: -Islam not only recognizes absolute equality between men irrespective of any distinction of colour, race or nationality, but makes it an important and significant principle, a reality.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Koran (49:13) does not make any distinction on the basis of sex and believes in human equality: O Mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise each other).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Islamic Shariiah recognizes the full property rights of women before and after marriage. A married woman may keep her maiden name. Greater financial security is assured for women. They are entitled to receive marital gifts, to keep present and future properties and income for their own security.

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