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IS ISLAM A SOURCE OF LIBERATION FOR WOMEN  

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IS ISLAM A SOURCE OF LIBERATION FOR WOMEN? In my study I intend to talk about why born Muslim women reject the practice of Islam while others continue to practice it? Why there is an overwhelming women converts despite the fact that Islam is known to be an oppressive religion for women? Islam is often portrayed as a religion which is in favour of menflock who suppress, exploit and force women to stay in the house. As a result the practicing Muslim women have been stereotyped as backward, inferior and uneducated. However one must understand that Islam is not to blame for women being kept in the house or arranged marriages. The Muslim population in Britain is estimated to be between one and one and a half million, and includes migrants from Asia, the middle central Africa, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and East Africa and so on. Although all these different...

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