"O Prophet! Ask your wives, daughters, and believing women to draw their cloaks over their bodies. In this way it is more likely that they will be recognized ˹as virtuous˺ and not be abused. And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

— Surah Al-Ahzab 33:59

It's right there in your own book. People have an excuse to sexually harass and "abuse" women for not dressing modestly if you interpret it lightly, and worse if you interpret it harshly. Why should women be more likely to be abused for not dressing modestly? That's terrible.

Sexual harrassment happens regularly. In India, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Iran to name just a few places that I have seen it happen with my own eyes. Rapes and killings are less common, but there are plenty of instances throughout history.

In modern times there are countless stories of fathers killing their daughters for not wearing a hijab. Honor killings are in the news pretty often even in the US

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, but most Muslim countries don't enforce Shariah law. No seriously, this is from Saudi Arabia, a Saudi actress in a Saudi film festival:

Also, FYI I'm not a Muslim.

In India, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Iran to name just a few places that I have seen it happen with my own eyes. Rapes and killings are less common, but there are plenty of instances throughout history.

Cite sources, bring up numbers, and then prove they are more because of Islam. So far, you are just posting noise. In Saudi Arabia it is safe to go out at night alone as a woman. This is not true for many rich and developed western countries.

[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'll just agree to disagree with you as an ex-Muslim who has traveled the world and has seen the differences. I don't have time to do research for you. Also, I don't think that just Islam is the problem. It's all abrahamic religions. They are all terrible. Islam just seems to have the largest pockets of areas dedicated to denying women's rights at our current point in history. Even my less conservative Muslim family members have a terribly antiquated view on them.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Your personal experiences are yours alone. Don’t project them onto others, and don’t assume all 2 billion Muslims will have the same experiences as you.

Are you Arab by any chance? It may be your culture and not Islam.