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Additionally: > Pashtun villages enforce a rigid gender segregation, confining women to the home in order to preserve the family’s honor. Gender segregation i
by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
Additionally:
> Pashtun villages enforce a rigid gender segregation, confining women to the home in order to preserve the family’s honor.
Gender segregation is currently practiced in many Islamic countries (Saudi Arabia, Iraq to give some examples)..
It doesn't feel right to justify Sharia law by saying "oh, but under tribal law women are just property". Both are too old fashioned and should be discarded or amended.
- bayindirh 3y ago> Both are too old fashioned and should be discarded or amended. While I'm not supporting Sharia in any way, I support its amendment rather than complete abandonment, because a) it's easier and allows an iterative and a more acceptable way forward for its practitioners, b) It's supposed to evolve with times, anyway. I remember talking with a religion teacher that one of the most prominent Sharia law books start with "These laws are made for this era. Modernize and change them when times change". I think it's too inconvenient to preserve that page for some people.
- AlecSchueler 3y agoThough surely this applies only to Ijma and suchlike. The rules which derive directly from the Quaran are the word of Allah and therefore immutable, and the Hadiths would be similarly difficult to question or reevaluate.
- bayindirh 3y agoYeah, but as far as I remember, some of the most criticized parts are open for interpretation. I may be wrong though.
- resolutebat 3y agoFWIW, Saudi Arabia has almost entirely stopped legal enforcement of gender segregation during MBS's reign.