Rights of Muslim Women in a Global Context

Abstract There has always been confusion about Muslim women's status and rights. The confusion arises due to the The paper discusses about the 'Muslim Women's Rights' from international and national perspectives. significant differences about the status and rights of Muslim women in textual Islam, in Islamic history and tradition, and Islam in practice at present. Islam emphasizes both that women differ from men and that they are equal to men. In Quran and in the Hadith literature, there are various statements concerning women in particular which makes clear pronouncement in favour of equal rights for both sexes The Quranic version of woman's rights is very much in tune with the modern philosophy of human rights. In the Quran of particular interest is the verse which says that man and woman have been created out of one single soul.