Should Muslim Women Work

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Muslim women can work (?)
According to the article entitled Employment concerns for working Muslim women: Islamic guidelines published in 2012 on the website islamweb.net, whether women ought to work or not, depends on the reason women have to work in the first place. This reason is called, by the author, a “valid reason”:
“Naturally, in her home. Allah, Almighty, Says (what means): “And abide in your houses and do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance…” [Quran 33: 33]
This does not mean that a woman is a prisoner in her home, but only that she should have a valid reason (meeting her basic needs) to go out, to avoid any tribulation, trial, or temptation that may result from mixing between men and women.”
A further reading on the website takes the reader to a set of established requirements a woman must follow even after having a valid reason. They are five:
First, she must obtain consent from her guardian or husband (if married), who may offer a broader perspective on how her work may influence the family and its functioning.
Secondly, a woman must ensure that …show more content…

According to bbc.com, Muslim women are most likely to be at an economic disadvantage when compared to other groups in the UK. Part of this is due to prejudice from British people, but the vast majority is because Muslims do not let their wives work in mixed (woman and man) workplaces or to work at all. In this article, some of these women share how they feel at workplaces by saying "I work part-time and my colleagues treat me like an alien because I am Muslim.”, or "Most of the time they assume a position of superiority over me…”. That demonstrates how hard is, for Muslim women, to be fitted within a non-Muslim society. Being able to “leave” their home with a “valid” reason to work is not enough to guarantee a healthy work environment, as already mentioned

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