Islam is Misogynistic
Reader comment on item: Muslim Women Protest Obama's Baltimore Mosque Visit

Submitted by Qui Creva, Sep 23, 2016 18:46

So, why are you surprised by this gender apartheid? Because it takes place in the US? Silly reasoning. Islam has ALWAYS been grossly sexist. Virtually wherever Muslims pray they are separated by gender - and women get the worse accommodations. That's assuming that women are permitted to pray at the mosque at all, that is. Some countries do not allow women to attend mosques. And some mosques in more open societies also forbid women to enter.

The root problem lies in Islam itself. The entire religion denigrates women, in both the Qur'an and the collections of hadith. Not to mention Muhammad's ugly disregard for females. Among other questionable "examples" he set, the "prophet" had at least a dozen wives, married a six-year-old, had sex with that child when she was nine, approved the enslavement and rape of captive women, said women were deficient in both intelligence and faith, claimed most of the denizens of hell were women (because they were not respectful of their husbands), and said a man's prayers would be nullified if a woman, a donkey or a dog passed in front of him while he prayed, etc.

Tell me, do you REALLY think an ideology that contains these sorts of doctrines is or can ever be made egalitarian? Wake up! Instead of attempting to reform this hopelessly misogynistic creed, LEAVE IT. Take that step for yourselves and your daughters. Women deserve far better than Islam offers them.

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