Woman in Islamic Shari‘ah
4. The status of woman
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than women to the role of U.S. President. The study
released by the National Women’s Political Caucus
(NWPC) said only 8 percent of those polled
believed a woman could do better than a man in the
White House, 40 percent said there was no inherent
difference between the sexes, and 31 percent
believed men made better presidents. The poll,
conducted by the Washington-based Hickman-
Maslin political research firm, showed that women
were credited with being more capable of dealing
with social issues, such as poverty, health care,
education, drug abuse, and civil rights.
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Time
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The Times of India
(New Delhi), August 14, 1987.
The Persian emperor Chosroes died during the life
of the Prophet. His courtiers crowned Chrosroes’
daughter queen. On hearing this news, the Prophet
said: “A nation which makes a woman its ruler will
not make progress.”
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The researches of the modern age now testify to the
truth of this time-honored principle laid down by
Islam. Fourteen hundred years ago, Islam held that a
