The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #25 December 2014 | Page 6

towards the rights only and says
that the woman is given less
rights than the man in the
Divine Law. Why is it that he
does not look towards what is
obligatory [upon both the man
and the woman] and say that
the man carries more
obligations than the woman in
the Divine Law? And as an
example; [there are] two
people, I assign one of them
with building/constructing five
stories, and the other ten
stories, would it be fair if I gave
them the same amount of
building material and the same
amount [of money] for
building? And if I were to give
the owner of the ten [story
building] double the owner of
the five [story building], would
it be valid for a person to come
and say, You are unjust,
because while they both work
for you, you did not give to them
equally? I believe that whoever
says that the woman is
oppressed by such legislation,
his words and decision are
impulsive and far from accurate
scientific research.
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[1] And the Legislations of the
Jews and the Christians also do

not make the two equal, such as
the law of inheritance, [which]
does not make equality
between a man and woman, in
the Old and the New Testament:
1 Then the daughters of
Zelophehad came forward.
Zelophehad was son of Hepher
son of Gilead son of Machir son
of Manasseh son of Joseph, a
member of the Manassite clans.
The names of his daughters
were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah,
Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 They stood
before Moses, Eleazar the priest,
the leaders and all the
congregation, at the entrance of
the tent of meeting, and they
said, 3 Our father died in the
wilderness; he was not among
the company of those who
gathered themselves together
against the Lord in the company
of Korah, but died for his own
sin; and he had no sons. 4 Why
should the name of our father be
taken away from his clan
because he had no son? Give to
us a possession among our
father s brothers 5 Moses
brought their case before the
Lord. 6 And the Lord spoke to
Moses, saying: 7 The daughters
of Zelophehad are right in what
they are saying; you shall indeed
let them possess an inheritance