Islam is deeply anti-woman. Islam is the fundamental cause of the repression of Muslim women and remains the major obstacle to the evolution of their position. Islam has always considered women as creatures inferior in every way: physically, intellectually, and morally. This negative vision is divinely sanctioned in the Koran, corroborated by the hadiths [traditions or sayings attributed to the prophet Muhammad], and perpetuated by the commentaries of the theologians, the custodians of Muslim dogma and ignorance. . . .
Profoundly Anti-Woman
The Islamic...
Source: Islam, ©2001 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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