The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and the Crusades

Chapter 5

ISL AM OPP RES SES WOM EN

0 n Ma rc h 18, 20 05. a Mu sl im wo man na med Ami na. Wa dud l e d

a n Is l a mi c pr a ye r se r vi ce i n Ne w Yo r k Ci t y. B ec a us e s he is

a wo ma n, t hr e e mo sq ue s r e f us e d t o ho s t t he s er vi c e, so i t

 was setforanart gallery, but the galley withdrew the invitation after

 receivinga bomb threat. Finally,it washeld in an Episcopal church. A
Muslim protester outside theevent fumed, "These people do not represent
Isl am.If thi s was an Isl ami c sta te, thi s woma n woul d be han ged , she
wo ul dbe ki ll ed , sh e wo ul d be di ce d in to pi ec es ., , ,Un do ub te dl y
tr ue ;nevertheless, Wadud maintained that such treatment was
fundamentallyUn- Islamic:in the Qur'an, she asserted, men and women are
equal. Itis only by distorting the Qur'an that Muslim men have come to
regardwomen as only good for sex and housekeeping.

PC Myth: Islam respects and honors women

It’ swid el y acc ept ed, alm os t to th e poi nt of bei ng axi oma ti c, tha t

Isl ami cmi str ea tme nt of wo me n is cu lt ur al an d do es no t st em fr om

th e Qu r' an—andtha tIsl amactu all y off ers wom en a bet ter lif e tha n

the y can enj oy in theWes t.

The Los Ang ele s-bas ed Mus lim Wom en' s Lea gue cla ims tha t

"sp ir it ua leq ua li ty , re sp on si bi li ty , an d ac co un ta bi li ty fo r bo th me n

an dw o m e n i s a w e l l-d e v e l o p e d t h e me i n t h e Q u r ’ a n.

S p i r i t u a l e q u a l i t ybetweenmen and women in the sight of God is not

limited

Guess what?

The Qur'an and

Islamic law treat

women as nothing

m o r e t h a n

possessions of

men.

The Qur'an

sanctionswife-

beating.

Islam also allows far

child marriage, the

virtual

imprisonmentof

women in their

homes, 'temporary

marriage' (i.e.,

prostitution—but