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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, your implication that converting women who left their pagan husbands were allowed to take the oath only because they no longer had a guardian is false.

The oath of allegiance was taken by all men, women, and even some children. Even if a woman had a Muslim guardian, she could take the oath herself. A guardian's approval was not necessary to take the oath. Even children sometimes took the oath, and we all know children have guardians.

This oath was the precursor to modern voting. That it was available to women regardless of their guardians approval set the stage for women's voting rights because it made womens choice of a ruler or to be a citizen of a differenr nation politically relevant.

If you read one verse in the Quran and it doesn't provide the full answer, you should read the entire Quran, in arabic, and study history.

Verse 38 of Ash Shura which says EVERYONE should participate in shurra (consultation) for relevant matters also confirms that women could exercuse their political right.
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Nonsense about the Arabic thing again. Most Muslims don't speak or read Arabic, and many Arabic speakers don't understand the Quranic Arabic. Why would God send down something that's meant to be eternal guidance yet is only accessible to a tiny minority of its believers?[/quote]

Logical question but it has a simple answer- because God/Allah expects Muslims to study the Quran well, to understand what they are actually saying in their prayers, their dua, and what He is saying to them in the Quran. Not everybody does this but they are supposed to, because theres no point in reading the Quran if one hasn't a clue about what its saying. My own husband did not know Quranic Arabic, so he studied it for a few years. [/quote]

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