THE CHALLENGE OF ISLAM

The utmost important of the challenges of Islam to-day is the problems that facing non-Muslim in understanding some of critical issues regarding their unsatisfaction towards Islam. The critical issues are as follows:

1) Hijab for Women (A)

The question that always been asked is, why Islam discriminate women with hiding them at the back of curtain (Hijab)? Before we answered this question, shall we observe the women status before the existence of Islam, it can see as follow:

a) The Babylon civilization

They were denied the justice for women, for example if the men killed the other men or women, his wife will punished for his crime.

b) The Greek civilization

They accepted women status same as the animal. The prostitution is common in Greeks civilization.

c) The Roman Civilization

The male have a right to kill his wife. The prostitution too is common in Rome civilization same as the Babylonian.

d) The Egyptian Civilization

The ancient Egyptian society accepted the woman is evil and they are the sign of evil.

e) The Arab’s before the existence of Islam

Before the existence of Islam the Arab’s people had discriminate their women. They often buried their daughter who had just been birth.