On Sunday the group went to a mosque in Ein Karem after being introduced to Islam. The Imam said very interesting things about islam, such as that muslims believe in all the profits, including Moses and Jesus, and also that many countries do not practice islam according to the sharia, or islamic law. The reason, according to the Imam, that so many arab countries are run by terrorist organizations or considered radical in general is because they do not follow this practice that all muslims are held to. The country closest to maintaining sharia would be Saudi Arabia, yet they still do not allow women to drive. This was very interesting because many outsiders view Islam itself as radical, but it is really the people, not the religion.
Yasmin and the Imam also emphasized how women are treated equally to men in islam, contrary to common belief. The reason why women pray behind the men is so that the men are not distracted while praying and women do not feel uncomfortable. If this is apart of Sharia, then, why do countries such as Saudi Arabia not allow women to drive if they are equal? And why do some countries require women to cover everything but there eyes when in public? A man should not be distracted by a woman's face, and if he is he should not be the reason she is forced to cover it. This is similar to the belief in the United States where a woman "was asking for it", "it" being rape, when wearing revealing clothing. Unlike this situation, a woman cannot change her face. These are not the policies of Islam, but rather of people who decided them. Who decides them, and why should they be able to dictate what a women, or rather why anyone, should or should not be aloud to do what they please?
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