NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/soc/religion/islam/1958

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From: [e-mail] (Hossein Bagherzadeh Rafsanjani)
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Subject: Re: It Is High Time to Stop Under-Utilizing Half of Muslim Population
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Date: 24 Nov 1992 00:29:23 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (D. Salman [Quintessential] Azhar) writes:

          It is high time to stop under-utilizing half of muslim
> population. It is high time that we start encouraging muslim women to
> pursue education and seek scholarship. There are a plethora of muslims
> whoi firmly believe that the education of women is not emphasized in
> Islam. On the contrary, the thirst for knowledge, and the pursuit of
> scholarship is obligatory for muslim men and women. The Quran (96:1)
> says "Read in the name of your Lord Who created." The Prophet was
> quotes to have said: "Acquisition of knowledge is obligatory for every
> muslim, male and female."

I would go much further and say: It is high time we stopped making
rules against a group of people on the grounds of their race, colour,
sex, religion, beliefs etc be in the name of God, religion or any
other supreme being/text whatever.

-hossein