What is the status of women in Islam? How do the Qur'an view women? Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Today people think that women are liberated in the west and that the women's liberation movement began in the 20th Century. Actually the women's liberation movement was revealed by God to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in the seventh century. The Qur'an and the Traditions of the Prophet (Hadith and Sunna) guarantee every Muslim woman certain rights and duties. Sister Aminah Assilmi is a renowned female scholar of Islam she travels around the United States to give lectures , her personal story has admired hundreds of individuals , she is also President of International Union of Muslim Women , the organization that has many achievements under its belt. She used to be a Southern Baptist, a radical feminist and a broadcast journalist. Now Aminah Assilmi is an ambassador of Islam. She traveled the country speaking on college campuses, increasing public awareness and understanding of the faith. She passed away on the 6th of March 2010 in a tragic automobile accident. The Topic: Islam - The True Liberator of Women A talk by Aminah Assilmi
