[ RELIGION ] -WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE: Several years ago I read the book “Understanding The Koran” by Mateen Elass. Mateen is a Christian convert. He was compelled to write a short “What You Need To Know” style book. His small but powerful and insightful book summarizes what everyone should know about Islam and the Koran. As an entire generation of Americans now back Muslims as persecuted and label Israel the enemy, my hope you will be enlightened by this one reading from the Islamic holy book. My female readers will likely find this passage in a more personal manner than the fellas.
[KORAN] – (al-Bukhari, 1:181-82): Once Allah’s Apostle went out to the Musalla [to offer the prayer] of Eid al-Adha or al-Fitr prayer. Then he passed by the women and said, “O women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of hell-fire were you.” They asked, “Why is it so, 0 Allah’s Apostle?” He replied, “You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than you.” The women asked, “O Allah’s Apostle! What is deficient in our intelligence and religion?” He said, “Is not the evidence of two women equal to the witness of one man?” They replied in the affirmative. He said, “This is the deficiency in your intelligence. Isn’t it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast during her menses?” The women replied in the affirmative. He said, “This is the deficiency in your religion.”
