Ali Dawah - WOMAN RIGHTS IN ISLAM EXPLAINED TO ESSEX GIRL - SPEAKERS CORNER

00:00:00.000 Shariah Law

00:00:30.000 I don't see many women 1.00

00:00:32.000 There is some women there 1.00

00:00:34.000 More men though

00:00:36.000 You have a lot of sisters here as well

00:00:38.000 But usually these muslims 1.00

00:00:40.000 You have to be careful of them 0.90

00:00:42.000 I would encourage

00:00:44.000 If you can get this book

00:00:46.000 The woman in the text

00:00:48.000 It was written by my teacher

00:00:50.000 It talks about all the misconceptions

00:00:52.000 About wife beating

00:00:54.000 The two witnesses to man

00:00:56.000 All of that is mentioned there

00:00:58.000 This is how it worked

00:01:00.000 Men had rights

00:01:02.000 The donkey had rights

00:01:04.000 And then it was a woman 1.00

00:01:06.000 Now women were treated like 1.00

00:01:08.000 Prostitutes 1.00

00:01:10.000 They had no rights 1.00

00:01:12.000 When Islam came 1.00

00:01:14.000 You can look in the Quran 0.99

00:01:16.000 If you read it for yourself

00:01:18.000 It gave the woman a right to own property 1.00

00:01:20.000 Before the woman was a property 1.00

00:01:22.000 Why does that woman worth half of a man? 1.00

00:01:24.000 Why does that woman worth half of a man? 1.00

00:01:26.000 Half of what?

00:01:28.000 It says woman worth half of a man 1.00

00:01:30.000 Don't it the Quran?

00:01:31.000 No, no, no

00:01:32.000 It's talking about witness testimony

00:01:33.000 In specific situations

00:01:34.000 Okay

00:01:35.000 So when it came to Saudi Arabia

00:01:37.000 Women had no rights 1.00

00:01:38.000 They were inherited

00:01:39.000 So for example

00:01:40.000 If I went to war

00:01:41.000 My wife died

00:01:43.000 My brother will inherit it

00:01:44.000 Like she's property

00:01:46.000 So she's like a property 0.95

00:01:47.000 Hey, you're mine now

00:01:48.000 Islam came to abolish that 1.00

00:01:50.000 Surah Nisa Allah talks about

00:01:51.000 That Allah came to demolish that 1.00

00:01:54.000 Because women are not property 1.00

00:01:55.000 The women were given the rights 0.95

00:01:56.000 That feminists were fighting to get them 1.00

00:01:58.000 100 years ago

00:01:59.000 The right to vote

00:02:00.000 The right to own property

00:02:01.000 The right to choose who you want to marry 0.64

00:02:03.000 The right to not adopt your husband's surname

00:02:05.000 Are you guys married?

00:02:06.000 No, not yet

00:02:07.000 If you get married they call me to the wedding

00:02:08.000 Yeah?

00:02:09.000 You don't need to adopt this surname

00:02:11.000 Why do you need to adopt this surname for?

00:02:12.000 Why?

00:02:13.000 You don't have to

00:02:14.000 Simple as that

00:02:15.000 The right to work

00:02:16.000 Even when it comes to

00:02:18.000 For example

00:02:19.000 In Islam we have something called

00:02:21.000 If

00:02:22.000 If I have a sister

00:02:23.000 My dad leaves a hundred grand

00:02:25.000 Yeah?

00:02:26.000 Hopefully

00:02:27.000 If he leaves a hundred grand

00:02:28.000 Yeah?

00:02:29.000 I

00:02:30.000 Blood money

00:02:31.000 No no

00:02:32.000 Not blood money

00:02:33.000 I get 66 grand

00:02:34.000 She gets 34 grand

00:02:35.000 Yeah?

00:02:36.000 Now from the outset

00:02:37.000 It looks like

00:02:38.000 Hold on a second

00:02:39.000 That's injustice

00:02:40.000 Yeah?

00:02:41.000 But look at the way it works

00:02:42.000 The 34 grand that she gets

00:02:43.000 I can't touch a penny

00:02:44.000 Her husband can't touch a penny 0.53

00:02:46.000 Point number one

00:02:47.000 The money that I get

00:02:48.000 I need to spend it on my mum

00:02:49.000 I need to spend it on my sister

00:02:50.000 Probably her wedding

00:02:51.000 And I need to spend it

00:02:52.000 On my wife

00:02:53.000 Yeah?

00:02:54.000 Now in Islam 0.77

00:02:55.000 When you want to marry a woman 1.00

00:02:56.000 You have to go for the father

00:02:58.000 Why do you need to go for the father?

00:03:00.000 Because

00:03:01.000 We believe Islam has come to protect the rights of women

00:03:04.000 Because

00:03:05.000 A lot of the time

00:03:06.000 Women get messed around 1.00

00:03:07.000 Yeah?

00:03:08.000 There's a lot of players out there

00:03:09.000 I'm sure I hope you're not one of them

00:03:10.000 Yeah?

00:03:11.000 Gonna get in trouble

00:03:12.000 Okay?

00:03:13.000 So why?

00:03:14.000 Because

00:03:15.000 If I want to marry a woman 1.00

00:03:16.000 I want to marry her 0.95

00:03:17.000 Lie to her

00:03:18.000 For roses in the air

00:03:19.000 I'm Romeo

00:03:20.000 Yes, let's get married

00:03:21.000 Use her and say bye bye 0.87

00:03:22.000 Islam has come to you 1.00

00:03:23.000 Stop this

00:03:24.000 Why?

00:03:25.000 Because if I want to marry her

00:03:26.000 If she says to me

00:03:27.000 Come and speak to my dad

00:03:28.000 If I'm a player

00:03:29.000 I don't want to see your dad

00:03:30.000 I don't want to talk to your dad at all

00:03:31.000 Yeah?

00:03:32.000 So

00:03:33.000 It's there to protect you

00:03:34.000 Why?

00:03:35.000 Because if somebody wants to marry my daughter 0.99

00:03:36.000 A man knows a man

00:03:37.000 I'm gonna question him

00:03:38.000 I'm gonna interrogate him 1.00

00:03:39.000 I might even electrocute him 1.00

00:03:40.000 Yeah? 0.98

00:03:41.000 No, let me tell you how

00:03:42.000 First stage is what?

00:03:44.000 As a father

00:03:45.000 I speak to the boy

00:03:46.000 I interrogate him

00:03:48.000 Okay?

00:03:49.000 Why do you want to marry my daughter?

00:03:50.000 He needs to have

00:03:51.000 Make sure

00:03:52.000 That he's got people to answer to

00:03:53.000 If he messes around

00:03:54.000 Yeah?

00:03:55.000 Number one

00:03:56.000 Number two

00:03:57.000 The woman has a right for dowry 1.00

00:03:58.000 You know what dowry is?

00:03:59.000 So for example

00:04:01.000 If you want to marry him

00:04:03.000 You can ask for whatever you like

00:04:04.000 10 grand, 20 grand, 50 grand

00:04:06.000 Maybe you won't get married

00:04:07.000 Because you might not have the money

00:04:08.000 Of course

00:04:09.000 Yeah, no, no, no

00:04:10.000 That's your right

00:04:11.000 That's your protection

00:04:12.000 That's not really a good right though

00:04:13.000 Let me tell you why

00:04:14.000 Let me tell you why sister

00:04:15.000 Let me tell you why

00:04:16.000 That right is yours

00:04:17.000 Yeah?

00:04:18.000 So the reason why it's yours

00:04:19.000 Is because

00:04:20.000 Number one

00:04:21.000 Again, if this man is after the wrong intention

00:04:23.000 And he just wants to sleep with you

00:04:25.000 He will think to himself

00:04:26.000 Why would I pay 20 grand?

00:04:28.000 I could just go

00:04:29.000 It ain't worth the money

00:04:31.000 It ain't worth the money

00:04:32.000 But if he really loves you

00:04:33.000 He wants to spend the rest of his life with you

00:04:35.000 That's your right

00:04:36.000 He will give you that 20 grand

00:04:37.000 Now that 20 grand belongs to you

00:04:38.000 So when I was talking about my sister

00:04:40.000 She got 34 grand, yes?

00:04:41.000 Yeah

00:04:42.000 I got 66 grand

00:04:43.000 I'm spending it on my wife

00:04:45.000 My sister, my mum

00:04:47.000 She keeps the 34 grand

00:04:49.000 On top of that when she gets married 1.00

00:04:50.000 She's asking for dowry 0.98

00:04:51.000 Let's say it's

00:04:52.000 Let's say it's 16 grand

00:04:53.000 For argument

00:04:54.000 Say we'll round it up

00:04:55.000 She has now 50 grand

00:04:56.000 Her husband cannot touch one pound of that

00:04:59.000 He has to provide for her

00:05:01.000 He has to do shopping for her

00:05:02.000 He has to make sure she's got the latest

00:05:04.000 Maybelline

00:05:05.000 Let's talk about what she has to do

00:05:07.000 No, no, this is what I'm talking about

00:05:08.000 No, no, this is the point

00:05:09.000 If women knew the rights of 1.00

00:05:11.000 She just has to do what women do 1.00

00:05:12.000 For example

00:05:13.000 Yeah

00:05:14.000 And I understand that they have the right to buy

00:05:15.000 They have the right to work

00:05:16.000 They have the right to work

00:05:17.000 They have the right to work

00:05:18.000 How often do you see that?

00:05:20.000 Sorry bro

00:05:21.000 How often do you see a Muslim woman 0.98

00:05:22.000 How independent work

00:05:23.000 No, no, she can't

00:05:24.000 She can't

00:05:25.000 The prophet's wife 0.89

00:05:26.000 Why?

00:05:27.000 No, no, what I'm saying is sister

00:05:28.000 Look

00:05:29.000 Is it recording?

00:05:30.000 Is the camera recording?

00:05:31.000 Is the red light on?

00:05:32.000 Just double check

00:05:33.000 Yeah, okay

00:05:35.000 So now sister look

00:05:36.000 The prophet's first wife 0.97

00:05:37.000 Was a business woman

00:05:38.000 She proposed to the prophet

00:05:40.000 Women in Islam can work

00:05:42.000 Do you want to put them down sister?

00:05:43.000 If you want you can put them down

00:05:44.000 If they're hurting your hand

00:05:46.000 The thing is sister

00:05:47.000 If a woman wants to work 1.00

00:05:48.000 She has a right to work 1.00

00:05:50.000 The western women were not given these rights 0.98

00:05:52.000 Until the feminists start going in a mad one 1.00

00:05:55.000 All these rights I'm telling you

00:05:56.000 The western women got it 100 years ago 1.00

00:05:58.000 When the Muslim women had it 1400 years ago 1.00

00:06:00.000 One of the first universities built by

00:06:02.000 It was by a Muslim woman

00:06:03.000 Yeah?

00:06:04.000 So women are encouraged to study 0.94

00:06:06.000 If they want to work, they can work

00:06:07.000 But what it says is that

00:06:09.000 It's your choice

00:06:10.000 If she says look

00:06:11.000 I want to be

00:06:12.000 I want to look after my kids

00:06:13.000 She has that right

00:06:14.000 And the husband has to provide for her 1.00

00:06:16.000 The husband can't say 0.77

00:06:17.000 Oh I'm not earning enough

00:06:18.000 Go work

00:06:19.000 She can choose to

00:06:20.000 But she can turn around and say 1.00

00:06:21.000 No

00:06:22.000 It's your responsibility

00:06:24.000 I believe

00:06:25.000 Every woman would love that

00:06:26.000 Because your job

00:06:27.000 Doesn't mean like you're in the kitchen

00:06:29.000 It just means

00:06:30.000 If you want to be a mother

00:06:32.000 To your children

00:06:33.000 This housewife to them 1.00

00:06:34.000 I don't like the housewife 1.00

00:06:35.000 Yeah? Okay?

00:06:36.000 But it's just

00:06:37.000 If you want to stay at home

00:06:38.000 That's your right

00:06:39.000 But today the society has made it

00:06:40.000 That women have to go and work 1.00

00:06:42.000 Yeah?

00:06:43.000 And a lot of women 1.00

00:06:44.000 Like Korea women 1.00

00:06:45.000 Recently they're coming out

00:06:46.000 They're in their 40s

00:06:47.000 They don't have any kids

00:06:48.000 And they actually curse the feminist movement

00:06:50.000 Why?

00:06:51.000 Because they're thinking

00:06:52.000 Okay, Korea, Korea

00:06:53.000 Now I'm in my 40s

00:06:54.000 What am I supposed to do?

00:06:55.000 To be honest

00:06:56.000 We're quite old fashioned

00:06:57.000 So I don't disagree with that

00:06:58.000 I don't agree with the man goes out

00:06:59.000 I don't disagree with that

00:07:00.000 Yeah

00:07:01.000 Yeah

00:07:02.000 But it's like when you say

00:07:03.000 You want Sharia for everyone 1.00

00:07:05.000 Blah blah blah

00:07:06.000 You see the Islams come in now 1.00

00:07:07.000 To abort 1.00

00:07:08.000 And get rid of that 1.00

00:07:09.000 So that they're not treated like shit 1.00

00:07:11.000 Yes 0.99

00:07:12.000 How is that actually effective now?

00:07:13.000 Is that the new

00:07:14.000 Is the Sharia law being rewritten?

00:07:16.000 I mean

00:07:17.000 No, no, no

00:07:18.000 That's

00:07:19.000 If you want us to follow Sharia 1.00

00:07:20.000 Not Islam 1.00

00:07:21.000 So it's the Sharia law 0.95

00:07:22.000 But it's still

00:07:23.000 Where's the

00:07:24.000 Up to date one then?

00:07:25.000 Yeah

00:07:26.000 Okay, so for example

00:07:27.000 No, sister

00:07:28.000 This Sharia law I'm talking about 0.98

00:07:29.000 The reason why

00:07:30.000 You're thinking

00:07:31.000 It's a new update

00:07:32.000 Is because you've been told

00:07:33.000 Something else about Sharia 0.86

00:07:34.000 So when I'm telling you this

00:07:35.000 You're thinking

00:07:36.000 This is news to me

00:07:37.000 You said that before

00:07:38.000 That Sharia 1.00

00:07:39.000 No, no

00:07:40.000 No, no

00:07:41.000 No, no, no

00:07:42.000 Sorry, sorry

00:07:43.000 You've misheard me

00:07:44.000 Before Islam came 1.00

00:07:45.000 Before the Sharia came 1.00

00:07:46.000 The pagan Arabs used to do this 1.00

00:07:48.000 The Sharia came with these rights for the women 1.00

00:07:50.000 There was no Sharia before 1.00

00:07:51.000 It was pagan Arabs 1.00

00:07:53.000 Training women like dirt 1.00

00:07:55.000 Yeah 0.78

00:07:56.000 Sharia came to abolish that 1.00

00:07:57.000 And say 1.00

00:07:58.000 Women are not your garbage 1.00

00:07:59.000 I'd be intrigued to actually read the Sharia 0.99

00:08:01.000 I can't really say

00:08:02.000 I haven't read it for them

00:08:03.000 You should get this

00:08:04.000 This book, sister

00:08:05.000 Is very, very good

00:08:06.000 This book

00:08:08.000 The woman in the text

00:08:09.000 You can order it on Amazon

00:08:10.000 I think it's three, four pounds

00:08:11.000 Yeah?

00:08:12.000 It's very good

00:08:13.000 You can read it for yourself

00:08:14.000 But it would really, really

00:08:15.000 Open your eyes

00:08:16.000 Yeah?

00:08:17.000 Did someone take my book?

00:08:18.000 Oh, there is

00:08:19.000 Okay, I thought someone took it

00:08:20.000 Yeah?

00:08:21.000 So the thing is, sister

00:08:22.000 All you need to do is this

00:08:23.000 Open your mind

00:08:24.000 And read it for yourself

00:08:25.000 Not this person said this

00:08:26.000 This person said that

00:08:27.000 Because then you will see

00:08:28.000 That the rights a Muslim woman has 0.76

00:08:30.000 In Islam

00:08:31.000 Yeah?

00:08:32.000 And it's all there

00:08:33.000 To protect your right

00:08:34.000 You know?

00:08:35.000 Because you shouldn't

00:08:36.000 In today's society 0.95

00:08:37.000 Women are treated as sexual objects 1.00

00:08:38.000 What on earth has a chocolate bar 0.99

00:08:40.000 Got to do with a naked woman? 1.00

00:08:41.000 I don't understand

00:08:42.000 What has a car

00:08:43.000 Got to do with a woman? 1.00

00:08:44.000 So the issue, sister

00:08:45.000 Is Islam has come 1.00

00:08:46.000 To preserve that

00:08:47.000 You're

00:08:48.000 Look, why do I call you sister?

00:08:49.000 Because I respect you

00:08:50.000 You're like my sister

00:08:51.000 If I see someone harassing you

00:08:52.000 I will go and stop it

00:08:53.000 Why?

00:08:54.000 Because I treat you like my sister

00:08:55.000 So when I say sister

00:08:56.000 I'm not saying it for the sake of it

00:08:58.000 I see you like my own sister

00:09:00.000 I respect you

00:09:01.000 And this is how we should be

00:09:02.000 With everybody

00:09:03.000 We should have that respect

00:09:04.000 But today

00:09:05.000 It's not like that

00:09:06.000 You speak to a woman 0.93

00:09:07.000 All you're thinking about

00:09:08.000 In your head

00:09:09.000 Is God knows

00:09:10.000 What kind of stuff?

00:09:11.000 Women are made to be 1.00

00:09:12.000 Like a sexual object 1.00

00:09:13.000 And we're saying 0.97

00:09:14.000 You're a human being

00:09:15.000 You're a soul

00:09:16.000 You have rights

00:09:17.000 Why should you be walking down the street

00:09:18.000 And being whistled at

00:09:19.000 Cat calling

00:09:20.000 Is this your value?

00:09:21.000 And that's why I feel sad sometimes

00:09:23.000 When I look at society

00:09:24.000 And I see females 0.94

00:09:25.000 Dressing up a certain way

00:09:27.000 Why?

00:09:28.000 Because men

00:09:29.000 Have pressure on them

00:09:30.000 Society has pressure

00:09:31.000 You need to wear this makeup

00:09:32.000 Your hair needs to look this way

00:09:33.000 Your body has to look this way

00:09:34.000 Why?

00:09:35.000 Be yourself

00:09:36.000 Do you know what I'm trying to say?

00:09:37.000 Establish

00:09:38.000 Between having everything

00:09:39.000 And having everything covered

00:09:40.000 With your eyes

00:09:41.000 Where do we draw the line?

00:09:42.000 Ok

00:09:43.000 In Islam

00:09:44.000 It tells you

00:09:45.000 You should cover everywhere

00:09:46.000 Except your face and your hands

00:09:47.000 The women who wear the naqab 1.00

00:09:49.000 They go that extra mile

00:09:50.000 The Quran doesn't say that

00:09:52.000 Even though something different

00:09:53.000 That it does

00:09:54.000 There's a difference of opinion

00:09:55.000 However

00:09:56.000 The reason why

00:09:57.000 That is their sister

00:09:58.000 I'm not saying

00:09:59.000 That

00:10:00.000 When you wear that 0.98

00:10:01.000 Men are not going to want to rape you 1.00

00:10:03.000 A rapist rapes 1.00

00:10:04.000 Regardless 0.98

00:10:05.000 However

00:10:06.000 What it is sister

00:10:07.000 Is that for example

00:10:08.000 I was speaking to a lady

00:10:10.000 About two weeks ago

00:10:11.000 And she was here

00:10:12.000 And

00:10:13.000 I'm sorry to say this

00:10:15.000 She was out

00:10:16.000 Like full out

00:10:17.000 And I was talking to her

00:10:19.000 I had to talk to her like this

00:10:20.000 Yes sister

00:10:21.000 I couldn't look at her

00:10:22.000 Now

00:10:23.000 Why?

00:10:24.000 Because I respect her

00:10:25.000 Now even though

00:10:26.000 I believe she can dress

00:10:27.000 However she likes 0.92

00:10:28.000 But what it is

00:10:29.000 As men

00:10:30.000 God has created us

00:10:31.000 In a certain way

00:10:32.000 That our weakness is a woman 1.00

00:10:33.000 Yeah?

00:10:34.000 That's how it is

00:10:35.000 So now

00:10:36.000 When a woman covers up 1.00

00:10:37.000 Let's say her face

00:10:38.000 And she's covering up

00:10:39.000 Yeah?

00:10:40.000 It protects her

00:10:41.000 To a certain extent

00:10:42.000 Where

00:10:43.000 When a man is talking 0.98

00:10:44.000 He's talking to her

00:10:45.000 Not to her

00:10:47.000 Yeah?

00:10:48.000 So it's there

00:10:49.000 For a man

00:10:50.000 To

00:10:51.000 Preserve his eyes

00:10:52.000 And also for a woman

00:10:53.000 It's a form of modesty

00:10:54.000 Yeah?

00:10:55.000 Now

00:10:56.000 I don't say

00:10:57.000 That a woman who doesn't wear the hijab 1.00

00:10:58.000 Is a

00:10:59.000 I don't say that

00:11:00.000 Yeah?

00:11:01.000 Because you might be

00:11:02.000 In attitude and behaviour

00:11:03.000 Modesty

00:11:04.000 Better than a woman 1.00

00:11:05.000 Who observes a hijab 1.00

00:11:06.000 But she does it 0.99

00:11:07.000 She does wrong things 1.00

00:11:08.000 And you don't

00:11:09.000 Yeah?

00:11:10.000 She has the struggle

00:11:11.000 Inner modesty

00:11:12.000 You may have the struggle

00:11:13.000 Of the outer modesty

00:11:14.000 But the issue why is there sister

00:11:15.000 Is to give you rights

00:11:16.000 Like I said before

00:11:17.000 Women are sexualised 1.00

00:11:18.000 Objectified 0.96

00:11:19.000 You have girls

00:11:20.000 Who go to university

00:11:21.000 Yeah?

00:11:22.000 And they have to pay for their student loans

00:11:23.000 They have to go strip clubs to work 0.84

00:11:24.000 Why?

00:11:25.000 Why does she have the field 0.99

00:11:26.000 To sell her body

00:11:27.000 Is it fair to make a child

00:11:28.000 To wear a hijab?

00:11:29.000 Okay

00:11:30.000 Now

00:11:31.000 That's the same thing I see

00:11:32.000 When you see

00:11:33.000 Young girls

00:11:34.000 Four, five, six years old

00:11:35.000 Yeah?

00:11:36.000 Yeah?

00:11:37.000 I think like

00:11:38.000 And obviously like religion is

00:11:39.000 Practised continuously

00:11:40.000 But I'm saying

00:11:41.000 They should have a chance to be children

00:11:42.000 Yeah?

00:11:43.000 They should be playing in the park

00:11:44.000 They should be kicking the ball

00:11:45.000 They should be drawing

00:11:46.000 They should have to be

00:11:47.000 Like have stuff

00:11:48.000 In my opinion

00:11:49.000 Like falls down their throats

00:11:50.000 Do you understand what I'm saying?

00:11:51.000 100%

00:11:52.000 Just because they cover their hair

00:11:53.000 Doesn't mean they cover their brain

00:11:54.000 Yeah?

00:11:55.000 You have scientists

00:11:56.000 Who are Muslim women

00:11:57.000 In hijab

00:11:58.000 Yeah?

00:11:59.000 Now

00:12:00.000 At what age?

00:12:01.000 Usually the age is said seven

00:12:02.000 Seven is a good age to start 1.00

00:12:03.000 Getting her to use the hijab 1.00

00:12:05.000 Me personally

00:12:06.000 I wouldn't

00:12:07.000 I have a daughter

00:12:08.000 I wouldn't get her to wear it at

00:12:09.000 Three, four, etc.

00:12:10.000 Do you get it?

00:12:11.000 But the whole point is just to get her used to it

00:12:12.000 Yeah?

00:12:13.000 And obviously she's still playing

00:12:14.000 Look

00:12:15.000 She can still go play 0.86

00:12:16.000 The hijab doesn't stop her from going 0.97

00:12:17.000 No, no, no

00:12:18.000 I'm just saying

00:12:19.000 But I'm saying

00:12:20.000 When I see

00:12:21.000 When I see people

00:12:22.000 When I see a family like that

00:12:23.000 I sit there and I think like

00:12:24.000 Yeah

00:12:25.000 With the children

00:12:26.000 Have they got a choice in order to do that?

00:12:28.000 Or is that something that's being forced

00:12:29.000 Is that something that's being forced upon them

00:12:31.000 Be it this

00:12:32.000 You know because it's sort of

00:12:33.000 Because they're trying to follow

00:12:34.000 They're following in the footsteps of their parents

00:12:35.000 Aren't they?

00:12:36.000 Okay

00:12:37.000 So they should be able to have some sort of

00:12:38.000 They should be able to

00:12:39.000 If they want to wear it

00:12:40.000 They can wear it

00:12:41.000 If they don't want to

00:12:42.000 It doesn't mean they're less of a Muslim

00:12:43.000 Does it?

00:12:44.000 No, okay

00:12:45.000 100%

00:12:46.000 If you have children

00:12:47.000 Yeah

00:12:48.000 Okay, you have a daughter

00:12:49.000 Yeah, you would want the best for your daughter

00:12:50.000 Yeah

00:12:51.000 So now if you tell your daughter

00:12:52.000 For example

00:12:53.000 Something

00:12:54.000 You tell her something

00:12:55.000 Yeah

00:12:56.000 Now, you're not forcing her

00:12:57.000 You believe that's what's best for her

00:12:59.000 So I can't come and say

00:13:00.000 Yeah, let's say children B

00:13:01.000 Why do you have to give her rules? 1.00

00:13:03.000 But you're doing it because

00:13:04.000 You want the best for her

00:13:05.000 Yeah

00:13:05.500 So now

00:13:06.000 The reason why

00:13:07.000 I believe

00:13:08.000 The same age for her 0.91

00:13:09.000 Seven years old to wear the hijab 1.00

00:13:10.000 However

00:13:11.000 Obviously if she goes up

00:13:12.000 And she finds it

00:13:13.000 A struggle

00:13:14.000 It's a sin to take it off

00:13:15.000 However, that's a struggle

00:13:16.000 Yeah

00:13:17.000 As men, I'm told to cover

00:13:18.000 From my navel to my knee

00:13:19.000 I can't

00:13:20.000 When I go swimming

00:13:21.000 I can't show my belly button

00:13:22.000 I have to wear something that

00:13:24.000 Either a long

00:13:25.000 Long johns

00:13:26.000 Yeah

00:13:27.000 Yeah

00:13:28.000 I have to

00:13:29.000 I have to

00:13:30.000 Why?

00:13:31.000 Because Allah has told us

00:13:32.000 That we have to cover from my navel to my knee

00:13:33.000 Yeah?

00:13:34.000 So I have

00:13:35.000 I have to dress up in a certain way as well

00:13:36.000 I can't wear really tight jeans

00:13:37.000 Yeah

00:13:38.000 I'm not allowed to

00:13:39.000 I have to lower my gaze

00:13:40.000 Yeah?

00:13:41.000 Allah says to the believing man and the believing woman 0.99

00:13:42.000 Lower your gazes

00:13:43.000 Protect your private parts 0.95

00:13:44.000 Yeah?

00:13:45.000 So the thing is

00:13:46.000 It's regulated for both of us

00:13:47.000 For a woman it's different 0.63

00:13:48.000 For me it's different

00:13:49.000 You know?

00:13:50.000 It's a lot of struggles that I have

00:13:51.000 I can come and say

00:13:52.000 Why is God making me the head of the household?

00:13:54.000 I don't want to work

00:13:55.000 Let her work 1.00

00:13:56.000 But it's our responsibility

00:13:57.000 And there's things that a woman is doing 1.00

00:13:59.000 That

00:14:00.000 Which might be hard on her

00:14:01.000 Might be easy on me

00:14:02.000 Like I don't have to wear the hijab 1.00

00:14:03.000 Did you get it?

00:14:04.000 Yeah

00:14:05.000 So God has legislated in different ways

00:14:06.000 Why?

00:14:07.000 Because God wants to

00:14:08.000 Protect the family unit

00:14:09.000 You know?

00:14:10.000 So yeah man

00:14:11.000 Look in a nutshell

00:14:12.000 Like I said before

00:14:13.000 If you look into history

00:14:14.000 If you look at woman's rights 1.00

00:14:15.000 Do research

00:14:16.000 You'll be mind blown

00:14:17.000 I was in this

00:14:18.000 I'm telling you

00:14:19.000 And when you were saying that thing

00:14:20.000 About 100 years ago

00:14:21.000 In this country

00:14:22.000 Who was in that said that?

00:14:23.000 Yeah yeah yeah

00:14:24.000 Let me get you

00:14:25.000 It's William something

00:14:26.000 Let me get you

00:14:27.000 You can read it

00:14:28.000 Why?

00:14:29.000 Because when I confronted

00:14:30.000 Tommy Robinson

00:14:31.000 I mentioned it to him there as well

00:14:32.000 Yeah I mentioned it

00:14:33.000 Because it's in the

00:14:34.000 That's when you said

00:14:35.000 It's like the cult one

00:14:36.000 That was funny

00:14:37.000 It took me 3-4 months

00:14:38.000 To find him

00:14:39.000 Well that's how we start

00:14:40.000 What was that book called?

00:14:41.000 You know what it says about

00:14:42.000 You can marry at 7 in this

00:14:44.000 What was the book called?

00:14:45.000 William

00:14:46.000 William Blackstone

00:14:49.000 William Blackstone

00:14:50.000 Of English commentary

00:14:51.000 Of what?

00:14:52.000 No

00:14:53.000 You know

00:14:54.000 Commentary of the English law

00:14:55.000 William what?

00:14:56.000 Blackstone

00:14:57.000 William Blackstone

00:14:58.000 Okay how far are you?

00:14:59.000 I remember Blackstone

00:15:01.000 Okay no problem

00:15:02.000 William Blackstone

00:15:03.000 The commentary of English law

00:15:04.000 Yeah if you check it there

00:15:05.000 I had a picture of it

00:15:06.000 But I can't find it

00:15:07.000 Yeah

00:15:08.000 It's there

00:15:09.000 Yeah check it out man

00:15:10.000 You know that's why we're here man

00:15:11.000 Just you know

00:15:12.000 Dialogging with people

00:15:13.000 Often discussions

00:15:14.000 And research

00:15:15.000 It opens your eyes

00:15:16.000 Yeah no it's our first time down in today

00:15:17.000 So we'll have a little one there

00:15:18.000 Yeah yeah yeah

00:15:19.000 This is what people have got to say

00:15:20.000 Yeah yeah yeah

00:15:21.000 Nice to meet you

00:15:22.000 Alright sweet

00:15:23.000 Sister thank you very much

00:15:24.000 God bless

00:15:25.000 Don't shake his hand you mum

00:15:26.000 Ha ha ha ha

00:15:28.000 Thank you very much

Ali Dawah - April 02, 2020

WOMAN RIGHTS IN ISLAM EXPLAINED TO ESSEX GIRL - SPEAKERS CORNER

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