JAMB - Islamic Religious Knowledge Irk (2012 - No. 24)
In Pre-Islamic Arabia, the Arabs killed their daughters because they
were the weaker sex
were afraid of incest
feared the females would outnumber males
did not participate in wars
Paskaidrojums
When news is brought to one of them, of [the birth of] a female [child], his face darkens, and he is filled with inward grief! With shame does he hide himself from his people, because of the bad news he has received! Shall he keep this [child] despite the contempt [which he feels for it] or shall he bury it in the dust? Oh, evil is indeed whatever they decide!" - The Quran (16:58-59)