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Islam | Islam Supports Gender Equality
Overall we get a pretty bad rap, don’t you think? We Muslims, I mean. Fanatical suicide bombers in search of a little heaven. And Muslim women? How does the world view them? Repressed, enshrouded and mindless is a brusque yet probably accurate description. Should Muslims be offended by this impression? I wonder.
At the outset, however, a distinction must be made between what Islam teaches as opposed to what Muslims have made of Islam. This is the point that personally hurts me the most: that Muslims, especially in regards to the rights and duties of women, have made such a hash...
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Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Islamic Values Are Incompatible with Western Values
- Islamic Values Are Compatible with Western Values
- Islam Presents an Obstacle to Democracy
- Islam Does Not Present an Obstacle to Democracy
- Islam Suppresses Freedom of Speech
- Claims That Islam Suppresses Freedom of Speech Are Hypocritical
- Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Islamic Terrorism Poses a Threat to the United States
- The Problem of Islamic Terrorism Is Overstated
- The Islamic Doctrine of Jihad Advocates Violence
- The Islamic Doctrine of Jihad Does Not Advocate Violence
- The Media Stereotype Muslims as Terrorists
- Media Stereotypes Do Not Define the Image of Muslims
- Chapter 4
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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