A Search in Secret Egypt by Paul Brunton

Author:Paul Brunton [Brunton, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: HIS009000 History / Middle East / Egypt (see Also Ancient / Egypt)
ISBN: 9781583949825
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2018-01-14T05:00:00+00:00

FIGURE 9.5. Two Egyptian Muslims circa 1930. From author’s collection

“Islam, however, did not carry the veiling of women too far; it permitted them to uncover their faces and their hands, unless temptation be feared.

“The Western view that Muslim women are kept down, half enslaved, and treated as totally inferior beings, is neither true nor in accordance with our religious teachings, for Islam has given women full rights. It has allowed them, within reasonable limits, everything that would make them happy. It has permitted them a conservative form of liberty and made them mistresses in their own domain. It has not forbidden them education of any degree whatsoever. On the contrary, it has recommended that they should perfect themselves as much as possible. It has allowed them to have property of their own, and has given them the right to dispose of it. Women can have the power of attorney, can be guardians, can be trustees, can be judges except in criminal cases. Some Muslim women had a considerable amount of learning, some have been known for their righteousness, while others have attained distinction in literature. The rumour that Muslim women are half enslaved has originated from the fact that some ignorant people have, under the influence of their environment, acquired this wicked practice of ill-treating their women. Needless to say, Islam could not be held responsible for such abuses.”

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