She faithfully stood by her husband...

She faithfully stood by her husband, Imam ‘Ali, in his struggle for his right of caliphate, and strongly protested against the first violation of the right of inheritance for daughters in Islam. One of the most important events in the early history of Islam was the event of Karbala, which was a protest led by Imam Husayn against the tyranny of Yazid. In that protest, the soldiers of Yazid massacred Husayn and about seventy-two of his supporters.

It was Husayn’s sister, Zaynab, who continued the social protest and was very influential in bringing about the awakening among the people to stand up against the tyranny of the rulers. Zaynab greatly contributed to the factors that eventually brought about the downfall of the Umayyads. [^1]: Greer, Sex & Destiny: The Politics of Human Fertility (London: Picador, 1985) p. 14. [^2]: See Aid to Bible Understanding, p. 468. For the Biblical Christian perspective, see what St.

Paul says: “But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.

But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head…Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?” (1 Corinthians 11:3-5, 13) In simple English, it means that if a man keeps his head covered in prayer, then he is disrespecting Christ; and if a woman keeps her head uncovered in prayer, then she is disrespecting her man. For Biblical Jewish concept, see Genesis 24:65. [^3]: S.

Saeed Akhtar Rizvi, “On Modesty,” in Sunday News (Dar-es-salaam) 27 November 1966. [^4]: Mustafa, “My Body Is My Own Business,” Globe & Mail, 29th June 1993. Previous…