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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