Does Islam want Women to be public and political?

Most certainly. Islam not only promotes, but chargeswomen (and men)
with the responsibility of using their minds for good, preventing evil
as God's trustees on earth.
"The believing men and the believing women are protectors one of
another; they enjoin good and forbid evil; they establish regular
prayers; practice consistent charity; and they obey God and His
Messenger. On them will God Pour His Mercy; for God is the Powerful,
the Wise." (Qur'an 9:71)
Several Qur'anic verses chronicle female thinkers and doers, such as:
Mary, the mother of Jesus; Bilquis, the Queen of Shebawho ruled justly
and believed in the One God; and Aasiya, the Pharaoh's wife who saved
Prophet Moses. History also tells of many great women: Aishah , the
wise teacher and philosopher wife of the Prophet, who taught people
daily for over 50 years; and Zubaydah, the famous builder of an
aqueduct system for pilgrims.
In the first Islamic state in Madinah, Prophet Muhammad asked women to
individually pledge loyalty (one person, one vote) to Islam and to his
leadership. Women were expected then, as they are expected now, to
assume their rightful role in societyas committed partners.
Muslim women today workfor the public good as activists, artists,
entrepreneurs, leaders, scholars, scientists, social workers and
teachers. Muslim women excel in all fields, not in spite of their
religious convictions, but because of them.

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I pray this for the person reading this too!

Lord, help me to ZOOM OUTon my problems and unfulfilled desires and
ZOOM IN on YOU and how WONDERFUL You are and how much You LOVE me.
I pray this for the person reading this too!
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from boredom to having good clean fun

"I changed from worrying to praying; from complaining to problem
solving; from boredom to having good clean fun; from a state of
darkness to one of light; from selfish love to love of self and
others; from independence to interdependence ; from winning or losing
to learning, and growing; from telling to asking; frombeing aggressive
to being assertive; from being reactive to being proactive!" - Hanan K
Bilal
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Just when they had nearly finished their project, a big wave came along and knocked it down,

I was sitting on a beach one summer day, watchingtwo children, a boy
and a girl, playing in the sand. They were hard at work building an
elaborate sandcastle by the water's edge with gates and towers and
moats and internal passages. Just when they had nearly finished their
project, a big wave came along and knocked it down, reducing it to a
heap of wet sand.
I expected the children to burst into tears, devastatedby what had
happened to all their hard work. But they surprised me. Instead, they
ran up the shore awayfrom the water, laughing and holding hands, and
sat down to build another castle.
I realized that they had taught me an important lesson. All the things
in our lives, all the complicated structures we spend so much time and
energy creating, are built on sand.
♥ :Only our relationships toother people endure. Sooner or later, the
wave will come along and knock down what we have worked so hard to
build up. When that happens, only the person who has somebody's hand
to hold will be able to laugh.♥♥ —
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