Common Myths

• Islam treats women as inferior to men.

• “Indeed for all of them-the men who resign themselves to Allah and the women who resign themselves,
  And the believing men and the believing women,
  And the devout men and the devout women,
  And the truthful men and the truthful women,
  And the men who are patient and the women, who are patient,
  And the men who are endowed with humility and the women, who are endowed with humility,
  And the men who give alms and the women, who give alms,
  And the men who observe the prescribed fast and the women, who observe the prescribed fast,
  And the men who preserve their chastity and the women, who preserve their chastity,
  And the men who oft remember Allah and the women who oft remember Allah,-
  For all of these Allah holds out forgiveness and great recompense.
  (Qur’an 33:35)
• Islam treats men and women as spiritual equals.
• They are considered separate and equal, not identical.
• Islam doesn’t blame Eve (Hawa) for the downfall of man.
• Gives numerous rights to women.
• Bangladesh and Indonesia currently have women heads of state. Pakistan and Turkey have had one in the past.
• Culture treats women as inferior to men.