A website on Sexual Harrassment on Muslim women and how to help them out

"Sexual Harrassment of Muslim women
Women are sexually violated and harassed in all societies. I have created this section Inshallah, to address this problem within Muslim communities in particular. Especially because Muslim women tend to be more reluctant to report such incidences, instead, letting it eat away at them.

Sexual harrassment is rampant in Non-Muslim communities as well. To see what is going on, please visit "Liberated Modern Woman?" However, I do believe that more women are able and willing to report or lodge complaints in these societies.

As a religion and way of life, Islam offers the most priviledges to the woman and her rights as a human being equal to man. There is a small minority of sleazeballs among Muslims. These men give a bad name to Islam and the majority of good Muslim men. Muslim men should be the LAST people on this earth to commit molestation and rape. God commands both women and men to lower their gaze. What is the use of women wearing the veil, besides the blessings God gives to those who follow His instructions, if some Muslim men cannot control their hands nor their libidos?


Down with Silence: Help fight against rape and molestation

The best solution to this is to expose these men and as a follow-up, educate them.

These minority of men have been encouraged partly because women have not been speaking up. You have been silent all your life. Do not feel sorry for them because any man who thinks he can violate a woman should be ready to handle the consequences.

The Islamic law of punishing extreme cases of theft and murder is basically to set an example so that others are fearful of committing the same mistakes.

We need stories and accounts...we need suggestions from sisters on how to solve this problem....a public discussion will act as a warning to erring brothers and as encouragement to sisters who have been silent.

This section will include accounts of being raped or molested. I invite sisters, young and old to send in their contributions using this form (no need to use your e-mail).

Please take note that while our target group constitutes Muslim men/perpetrators, you are welcome to submit stories of such experiences with Non-Muslims as well. The solution is the same. Inshallah, by being more vocal about it, our otherwise peaceful and loving community will be totally rid of such people.

I pray that we are on the right path and that Allah helps our cause.

What some sisters have to say....these include personal stories as well as suggestions, comments and advice.

What some brothers have to say....(It is very sad...some said that accounts of Muslims women being raped and molested by Muslims men might bring shame to Muslims....sadly, that is not what we are ashamed of...if you read what a few brothers have to say, you'll be ashamed of them instead..now we know why this problem as persisted in Muslim communities) "

Now this is what I'm talking about!! Most women who are abused, especially in Muslim societies stay quiet with what is happening to them by their husband or any other man. The problem is that if these women speak up they will be killed or tortured by society and by their husbands. We in America know that this is wrong of what the men are doing to these women but in their society the women see this as being an every day thing. They see this happening to all the women around them as they grow up. They also, see it happening to their mothers as well.
If I was ever to go to their country and speak about womens rights the people, including women, in those countries would look at me as if I was crazy. I think the reason why some countries are still treating women unfairly is because the women are not taking a stand. If these women took a stand no matter what cause and had no fear what so ever of dying then I truely do believe they can succeed. What do you think? Do you think if these women take a stand and fight until they die for what they believe is right, would they succeed?

My friend was looking through a book called "Women in Islam" and she found a quotation that would fit perfectly to describe the society in the middle east.
Here is the quote:
"The discrimination against women has little to do with Islam and more to do with custom and tradition."

This all goes back to how people view the unfair treatment of women to be related to their religion. When people look at women wearing the hijab they think that they are forced to wear it. Yes, in some countries the women are forced to wear it because the men think that they can control them. Mostly all of the Muslim women wearing the hijab are not forced though. It was their decision to wear the hijab because they followed what God has asked them to do in the Quran. I usually hear some people ask, "why do these women keep covering themselves when they are in a country that is free?" (by country I mean United States) People view these women as not being able to have a mind of their own. They basically view them as slaves. What I am going to try and do with the next three books I'm about to read, is try to show everyone that Muslim women do have a mind of their own and are just like every women in this world. The only difference is most of them are trapped because of controling men.

http://www.themodernreligion.com/women/w_harassmuslims.htm