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Both Judaism and Christianity preach that the fall of Adam from the Garden
of Eden was the fault of Eve and as such women are to blame. This is not the
teaching of Islam, the Koran directs all the responsibility to Adam himself,
while adding that Allah turned to Adam in mercy and forgave him his sin.
Therefore, Adam's sin stops with Adam himself, and Allah does not
hold mankind responsible for the sin of Adam and rejects the concept of
original sin.
We cannot deny that the condition of women has at times been regrettable in
the Muslim world, but the same can also be said of the rest of the world at
large. We do not wish to justify these circumstances, but only to make the
point that they did not originate from the teachings of Islam itself. Rather,
they are the results of short sightedness, ignorance and human failure. Those
believing women who were unjustly treated will be recompensed for their
patience in the Hereafter because Allah is Just and does not love injustice.
Both Judaism and Christianity preach that the fall of Adam from the Garden
of Eden was the fault of Eve and as such women are to blame. This is not the
teaching of Islam, the Koran directs all the responsibility to Adam himself,
while adding that Allah turned to Adam in mercy and forgave him his sin.
Therefore, Adam's sin stops with Adam himself, and Allah does not
hold mankind responsible for the sin of Adam and rejects the concept of
original sin.
We cannot deny that the condition of women has at times been regrettable in
the Muslim world, but the same can also be said of the rest of the world at
large. We do not wish to justify these circumstances, but only to make the
point that they did not originate from the teachings of Islam itself. Rather,
they are the results of short sightedness, ignorance and human failure. Those
believing women who were unjustly treated will be recompensed for their
patience in the Hereafter because Allah is Just and does not love injustice.