The work gives highlight of the rights of girl child in islam.
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
As the title of the essay implies, the work will only be limited as to the right to education of the female child in Islam. While doing this, the researcher would briefly look into the history of the girl child before the advent of Islam. The work will also discuss the girl child in Islam and what Islam says about them. Moreover,the research would equally discuss the right to education in Islam in general.Thereafter, the author would examine the right of the girl child to education in Islam specifically.
At the end, the research work will discuss the girl child on the contemporary world and the girl child education vis-a-vis present day. The work would then make observations and recommendations on the issue so far to be discussed.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The major aims and objectives of this long essay is to clear the notion that Islam is an impediment to the girl child when acquiring knowledge, and to establish that Islam indeed made it compulsory upon its followers to gain knowledge without any form of discrimination. In trying to do this, it aims to:
- Identify who is girl child in Islam
- Examine the history of the girl child before Islam
- Identify the rights of the girl child to education in Islam
