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598 Reading Comprehension Passage 28 MCQ Test With Answers Islam On Women

The document discusses the position of women in Islam, highlighting that women are seen as inferior to men according to Islamic law, which allows men to have multiple wives and grants them authority over women. It mentions that women cannot initiate divorce and may face domestic violence, while also noting a gradual shift towards a more liberal view of women's roles in some Muslim communities. The author expresses the opinion that women in Islam are discriminated against, contrasting this with the practices in Christian societies.

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598 Reading Comprehension Passage 28 MCQ Test With Answers Islam On Women

The document discusses the position of women in Islam, highlighting that women are seen as inferior to men according to Islamic law, which allows men to have multiple wives and grants them authority over women. It mentions that women cannot initiate divorce and may face domestic violence, while also noting a gradual shift towards a more liberal view of women's roles in some Muslim communities. The author expresses the opinion that women in Islam are discriminated against, contrasting this with the practices in Christian societies.

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Reading Comprehension Passage 28 MCQ Test With Answers - ISLAM ON

WOMEN

1. ISLAM ON WOMEN 2. A woman cannot apply to a court for divorce


simply because
The Holy Qurân has more to say on the position of
women than on any other social question. The A) her husband may beat her on any grounds.
guiding note is sounded in the words, "Women are
B) she cannot live by herself and must remarry.
your tillage", and the word for marriage is that used
for the sexual act. The primary object of marriage is C) Muslims are different from Christians in that
the propagation of children, and partly for this and respect.
partly for other reasons a man is allowed four wives D) there is the possibility that she and her children
at a time and an unlimited number of concubines.
However, it is laid down that wives are to be treated may go hungry.
with kindness and strict impartiality; if a man cannot E) she is not allowed to by Islamic law.
treat all alike he should keep to one. The husband 3. A man
pays the woman a dowry at the time of marriage,
and the money or property so allotted remains her
A) is never happy to pay a dowry for his wife.
own. The husband may divorce his wife at any time,
but he cannot take her back until she has remarried B) must by Islamic law have four wives and many
and been divorced by a second husband. concubines.
C) may show no favouritism among his wives.
A woman cannot sue for divorce on any grounds,
and her husband may beat her. In this matter of the D) should never forgive a disobedient wife even if
status of women lies the greatest difference between she mends her ways.
the Muslim and the Christian world. Since Muslim E) may divorce and remarry his wife without any
propagandists in this country persistently deny that
restrictions.
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women are inferior to men in Islam, it is worthwhile


to set out the facts: Sûra 4:31 says, "Men have 4. The author refers to ............... to support his
authority over women because God has made the argument.
one superior to the other and because they spend
their wealth [to maintain them]. So good women are A) Muslim propagandists
obedient, guarding the unseen [parts] because God
B) a number of concubines
has guarded [them]. As for those from whom you fear
disobedience, admonish [them] and banish them to C) some historical instances
beds apart and beat them; then if they obey, you D) a Sûra from The Holy Qurân
seek not occasion against them." To a Muslim who E) Christian authorities
takes his stand on the law of Islam, the gulf is
unbridgeable, but in actual practice in the civilized 5. Choose the correct interpretation: The author
communities of the Muslim world, a more liberal view
of women's place in human society is gradually A) himself has become converted to Islam.
coming to the fore. B) is a Christian missionary.
C) relies heavily on hearsay.
Alfred GUILLAUME, Islam, Penguin Books, 1971
(1954), s. 71-72. D) is aware that there are differences in practice
from country to country.
E) is of the opinion that a civilized man must marry
It is obvious that the author is of the opinion only one wife and keep three mistresses if need be.
that women in Islam are

A) discriminated against.
B) treated fairly, although harshly.
C) treated with kindness and assessed objectively.
D) allowed to be economically superior to men.
E) equal to men in their legal rights.

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Reading Comprehension Passage 28 MCQ Test With Answers - ISLAM ON
WOMEN

Answer Key:

1: A 4: D
2: E 5: D
3: C

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