Comparative Analysis On The Portrayal Of Women Characters In Three Prominent Novels From The Islamic World

This study was undertaken to analyze the similarity of women’s handling by the Islamicrnsocieties in different Islamic and/or Arab countries in the world as reconstructed in the novelsrnrandomly selected. These countries from which these novels are taken are Afghanistan, Egypt,rnand Iran, and these countries are deemed to represent both the Islamic and Arab world, twornsynonymous terms with minor difference.rnIn these novels, the themes and the entire stories are all about women’s life; as to howrnthey are treated by the social systems, by men, and by the Islamic religion at large. In thesernnovels, women are characterized as subhuman according to the exploration of this study.rnIn all of the three novels, women are found to be items of commodity to be sold orrnexchanged or spared anytime if men like to do so. The governments in the settings of the novelsrndo almost nothing to protect the human and citizenship rights of women’s. Based on thernScripture of the Holy Koran, elites of the Islamic religion have formulated a law called Sharia,rnand according to this Law, especially women are expected to preserve certain rules such asrnwearing veils (hijab, burqa, chador, etc.), avoiding cosmetics and ornaments, not attendingrnmodern schools other than religious ones, not going out of their houses or homes without beingrnaccompanied by male escorts, not making love out of marital bond, not speaking to a man unlessrnspoken to, not joining the working force as employee, etc.rnThe study shows that women are victims of polygamy and underage marriage to a manrneven of as high as forty and above years of their senior. They are sexually abused by incestuousrnsexual relationship and when such happenings are identified, women are punished by floggingrnand/or stoning to death due to trespassing the Sharia Law of adultery while on the other handrnthe men who commit the same crime or sin are given deaf ear by the systems.rnBased on the findings of the study, it is strongly recommended that religious scholars allrnover the world in general and Islamic elites of all sects in particular need to reconsider theirrnreligious dogmas and rituals and revise them in accordance with the human consciousness of thern21st century so that religions and modern societies of the present world could go side by sidernwithout one condemning the other due to lack of sound interpretation and application ofrnscriptures. If any measure is not going to be taken in time, it seems that the population wouldrngradually revolt against some of the rules that it considers are hindrances for the reign of socialrnjustice as the closure of churches is said to have been a sign of such phenomenal happening inrnEurope and other western countries.

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