[Debra]

I appreciate your question. Let me, as a literate, American Muslim, inform you that in no way does Islam oppress women. The religion of Islam is based on the revelation we call Quran. According to the Quran, women are not only to receive equal treatment to men, but in some cases it would seem even better treatment. One of the main problems we have in Islam is the interpretation of the Quran by Arab/Middle Eastern ‘scholars’ who infuse their cultural backwardness into the religion. Most of the people in the so-called Islamic countries are illiterate – male and female. They depend on a sheik, mullah or religious ‘scholar’ to tell them what the book says, and they live by that. Illiteracy and Islam can’t co-exist. The word Quran derives from a word meaning ‘that which is to be studied.’ There’s so much that can be said on this topic. I suggest you ask some of the ‘scholars’ who claim that mistreatment of women is a part of Islam whether Muhammad (peace be unto him) ever abused or oppresed women. Ask them what condition the women of Arabia were in before the revelation of Quran and how that changed when Muhammad began to teach the religion. There’s a well-known story in Islam of a young man who asked Muhammad whom he should show the most regard for – the Prophet answered, ‘your mother.’ The young man said, ‘and then who?’, the Prophet said, ‘your mother.’ After saying this yet a third time, on the fourth time the Prophet said, ‘your father.’ The Quran also says that a man who educates two women is destined for paradise (paraphrased).

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