[arcaniagainee]

Interesting thread.
Sati and other Hindu customs that oppresses women


I was shocked and am still in shock to learn that the custom of ‘Sati’ still exists today. I thought it had ended long ago. ‘Sati’ is when a wife has to throw herself on the burning dead body of her husband and kill herself. This is because, according to Hindus, there is no use of her life now since her husband is dead and it is her destiny to die.

In places where ‘Sati’ was not practiced women had to wear a white saree all their lives and could not re-marry although I don’t know if this also exists today. There is also this day when a woman fasts for her husband’s long life. There is also the belief that a wife’s heaven is in the dirt below her husband’s feet. A lot of respect for the wife here! Why don’t men burn themselves to death when the wife dies, why don’t they wear white clothes and not re-marry, why don’t they fast for their wives and why don’t they consider their heaven to be below the wife’s feet?

Before Hindus point fingers at Islam and how it oppresses women, why don’t they take a look at themselves. Also, please tell me why a lot of Hindu women revert to the oppressive religion of Islam?