Islam Oppresses WomenWom en are inf eri or to men , and mus t be rul ed by the m:
"Men have auth orit y over wome n beca use God has made
the one superior to the other" Qur'an 4:34)
The Qur' an like ns a woman to a fiel d(til thtobe used by a
man as he wills: "Your women are a tilth for you to cultivate so
go to your tilth as ye will" (2:223)
It declares that a woman's testimony is worth half that of a
man: "Get two witnesses, out of your own men, and if there
are not two men. , then a man and two wome n, suc h as ye
choose , for witness es, so that if one of them errs, the other
can remind her" (2:282)
It allows mentomarry up to four wives, and have sex with
slave girls also: "If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal
justl y with the orpha ns, many women of your choi ce, two
or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal
justly with them, then only one, or a captive that your right
hand s poss ess , tha t wil l be more sui tab le, to pre vent you
from doing injustice" (4:3)
It rules thata son's inher itanc e shoul d be twice the size of
that of a daughter: "Allah thus directs you as regards your
children's inheritance: to the male, a portion equal to that of
two females" (4:11)
Ittel ls hus ban ds to bea t the ir dis obe die nt wiv es: "Go od
wo men ar e th e obe di en t, gua rd in g in sec re t th at wh ich
Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear rebel-
lio n, admo nis h the m and ban ish the m to bed s apa rt, and
scourge them" (4:34)Aish a, the most belo ved of Muha mmad 's many wive s, admo nish ed
wome nin no uncertain terms: "0 womenfolk, if you knew the rights that