Women Voice and Domestic Violence among Muslim Women of the Modern age
Authors/Creators
- 1. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sokoto State University, Sokoto, Nigeria
- 2. Department of Islamic Studies, Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto, Nigeria
Description
Indeed, women's issues in Muslim societies have become one of the major issues of our time because they constitute a matter of pressing concern to the society; they are also intimately related to other societal issues having political, economic and cultural aspects. Therefore, women's issues ought to be approached in a fresh fashion in order to clarify the mission of Islam and the teachings of its magnanimous Shariah, and to highlight the rights granted by Almighty Allah to women and the honorable status conferred on them by the Shariah, in a complete rupture with the prevailing situation before the advent of Islam. The paper discusses the domestic violence its problems and the stand of Shari’ahh in domestic violence. The paper also highlights on the scholars who are supporting beating the women and those who are not supporting directly. Also the paper explores the position of modern Muslim women in our contemporary time. The analytical method is used when conducting the research.