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Seven Quran Verses that Protect Women in Marriage

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" Muslim women are oppressed by their husbands”. I’m sure you’ve heard that before. In fact, so many have taken it upon themselves to campaign for the reforming of Islam to ensure such oppression no longer continues. And in all honesty, such statements couldn’t be further from the truth. While yes, some Muslim women, like all other women, may face injustice in their homes. It has little to do with men  following  Islam and more to do with them  neglecting  Islam. And if we truly want to rid injustice in marriage, we need not  reform  Islam, but rather, we must  return  to Islam. Here are seven clear Quran verses that prove my point. Husbands must give women their dowry. Unlike the traditional understanding of a marriage dowry, whereby a woman must give her husband a bridal gift of value upon marriage. Islam reverses the concept whereby it is the husband who must pay his wife whatever sum of money she requests. Not only is a man obliged by law to give his bride-to-be this