Ok I'm going to go on a bit with this one as I'm a female, a Qataria, and a Muslimah and some people here are writing a load of nonsense!!!
Hayoonah, I'm sorry you can't thank HH Sheikha Mozah for her initiatives. She has done more for girls and women in this country in the last ten years than has been done in the last ten hundred years. No-one is forced to go to co-ed unis here but the opportunity has been presented to us in our own country. The US unis here are really great and as Cornellian said there is a terrific atmosphere of vitality and learning going on. Thank you Sheikha Mozah!!!
Ala7mad79, although co-ed is relatively new for our country it is not necessarily a bad thing. It gives us more opportunity and promise for our nation of people. My parents have raised their daughters to be open to the world and all the good things it has to offer. We have been taught well what is right and wrong for us as a family. My parents do not control us to the extent that they would deny us a wondeerful learning opportunity. We as women are not going to flush our respect, honour and good name down the toilet because we study and work with men. In return the men I have studied and worked with have been very normal...not one sex-crazed lunatic amongst them. I think you would find this is the norm and that every society has a few nutters who are the opposite of this. Back when 'the west' introduced co-ed schools and unis it was quite a scandal but everyone realised that human beings are to be trusted and not controlled and it all worked out. And it is doing that here.
Change is good and to be embraced given the right situation. I would hate to think that anyone would deny their sons and daughters their dreams. My family are working hard to realise their hopes and dreams in the world within the tenets (sp?) of our religion and working alongside the opposite sex is a normal part of that. It may be worth considering that that which is forbidden will be done in secrecy and abnormally. It's all about people having the right to choose and this goes right back to Allah as he has given people free will in the hope that they will choose wisely how to live their life. It's not about control.
Ok I'm going to go on a bit with this one as I'm a female, a Qataria, and a Muslimah and some people here are writing a load of nonsense!!!
Hayoonah, I'm sorry you can't thank HH Sheikha Mozah for her initiatives. She has done more for girls and women in this country in the last ten years than has been done in the last ten hundred years. No-one is forced to go to co-ed unis here but the opportunity has been presented to us in our own country. The US unis here are really great and as Cornellian said there is a terrific atmosphere of vitality and learning going on. Thank you Sheikha Mozah!!!
Ala7mad79, although co-ed is relatively new for our country it is not necessarily a bad thing. It gives us more opportunity and promise for our nation of people. My parents have raised their daughters to be open to the world and all the good things it has to offer. We have been taught well what is right and wrong for us as a family. My parents do not control us to the extent that they would deny us a wondeerful learning opportunity. We as women are not going to flush our respect, honour and good name down the toilet because we study and work with men. In return the men I have studied and worked with have been very normal...not one sex-crazed lunatic amongst them. I think you would find this is the norm and that every society has a few nutters who are the opposite of this. Back when 'the west' introduced co-ed schools and unis it was quite a scandal but everyone realised that human beings are to be trusted and not controlled and it all worked out. And it is doing that here.
Change is good and to be embraced given the right situation. I would hate to think that anyone would deny their sons and daughters their dreams. My family are working hard to realise their hopes and dreams in the world within the tenets (sp?) of our religion and working alongside the opposite sex is a normal part of that. It may be worth considering that that which is forbidden will be done in secrecy and abnormally. It's all about people having the right to choose and this goes right back to Allah as he has given people free will in the hope that they will choose wisely how to live their life. It's not about control.
OK, that's my ramble for what it's worth!