Verse 2:228 directs a divorcing wife who finds she is pregnant to give up her wish to divorce if the husband wishes to reconcile, because the child's welfare takes priority.1
The Friday noon congregational prayer is obligatory on every submitting man and woman, and failing to observe it is a gross offense.1
Forbidding menstruating women from worshiping violates the Quran.1
Forbidding women from the Friday Prayer violates the Quran.1
Oppressing women, forcing them to wear head covers and unreasonable clothes, and depriving them of rights in marriage, divorce, and inheritance violates the Quran.1, 2
Believing men and women are protecting friends and helpers of each other, which conflicts with the hadith about a wife prostrating before her husband.1
God commands believing men and women to lower their eyes and keep chaste, and tells women not to reveal their beauty except what is necessary and to cover their chests.1
The head scarf is a man made restriction, and the Quran commands only general modesty for women.1, 2
Wearing a scarf is not required for a woman's prayer.1
Men and women are equal before God, and the Quran discourages wife beating and polygamy and encourages righteousness by both sexes.1
Although women are vulnerable to attack by unrighteous men, God protects believing women who follow His commandments.1
Calling women the private part, as some so-called Muslim countries do, has led women to see themselves as men's private property.1
Men and women are each individually responsible for following God's commandments and are equal before God, who distinguishes people by righteousness, not gender, race, or color.1, 2, 3
The Quran's word for walls is al hujrat, not hijab, and if women were meant to stay home all the time there would be no need for dress code commandments for them.1, 2
The Quranic word awraat means puberty or being vulnerable to attack and has nothing to do with women, who are called nisa in the Quran.1, 2, 3
The restrictions forcing women to cover everything and stay home come from misunderstanding verse 33:53, which tells men to speak to the prophet's wives from behind a barrier.1
The word hijab in the Quran has nothing to do with Muslim dress; it means a combination of physical and spiritual barriers.1
Verse 33:53 commands men to speak to the prophet's wives from behind a barrier when they are at home, so their private times are not disturbed, and scholars wrongly concluded from it that women must stay home.1, 2, 3
Preventing women from attending Friday prayer is not part of the true Islam revealed in the Quran.1, 2
Jesus differed from other messengers because his birth was a miracle, born to Mary, a righteous and virtuous woman whom no man had touched.1, 2
Women should keep praying during menstruation, since it is a natural body function and the Quran nowhere forbids it.1, 2
Satan dupes millions every day into idol worship, killing their children, oppressing women, and straying from God's path.1, 2
Women have rights just like men and should be treated with respect, and righteous believers of either sex are rewarded.1, 2
The prophet's wives bear a special responsibility, with doubled retribution for a gross sin and doubled reward for obedience and righteousness.1
The hadith that a community ruled by a woman never succeeds is false, since its narrator was punished for false witness and the Quran forbids accepting such a witness.1, 2
The Queen of Sheba was a democratic ruler who consulted her people, and she became a submitter while still remaining queen.1, 2, 3
The story of the Queen of Sheba shows that a woman in a ruling position is not offensive to God, and the Quran never restricts women from ruling.1, 2
Islam gave women a revolutionary right to inherit and to control their inheritance, and Islamic law historically gave women as much security as Western law, or more.1, 2, 3
Mary's only protector was God, who made the infant Jesus speak to the people to defend her innocence.1
Whether Mary later married and had more children does not matter for the birth of Jesus, and the Quran, unlike the Gospel, does not mention it.1, 2
God promises forgiveness and great reward to believers who keep the traits of the believers, without distinction between men and women.1, 2
God nowhere commands women to cover their head or face; the clear command is to cover their chests, lengthen their garments, and maintain modesty.1, 2, 3, 4
Forcing women to wear the veil is a cultural, man-made dress code, not an Islamic one.1, 2
Muhammad helped in his households, mended his own clothes, let his wives serve their community, and held that emotional and sexual satisfaction were a woman's right.1
The Islam Muhammad founded outlawed female infanticide, made educating girls a sacred duty, and established a woman's right to own and inherit property.1
The oppressive laws restricting women's freedom in so-called Islamic countries do not come from the prophet or the Quran but are innovations added by Mullahs, scholars, and leaders.1, 2
The prophet's wives were active, outspoken women in business, judging, and community work, and condemning such women today reflects an Islam invented after his death, not his Islam.1, 2
A believing husband who follows the steps of talking first and then deserting in bed gives his anger time to diminish, so he will never beat his wife.1, 2
Beating is bad behavior, God condemns all bad behavior and never advocates sin, so He could not truly permit a husband to beat his wife.1, 2, 3
God did not mean to punish women by verse 4:34 but to protect them, and any abuse of this verse incurs severe retribution.1
God did not simply prohibit wife beating outright because people would not obey such a prohibition, so He decreed an applicable law, since a law that cannot be applied has no value.1, 2, 3
God prohibits wife beating through a psychological approach, offering alternatives first: reasoning with the wife, then certain negative incentives, with beating only as a last resort that effectively stops it.1, 2
If wives who were rebellious obey their husbands, the husbands are not permitted to transgress against them.1
Men are made responsible for women and are the bread earners, and righteous women accept this arrangement as God's commandment and honor their husbands in their absence.1, 2, 3, 4
Quran 4:34 is meant to prevent men from beating their wives, not to give them permission to beat them as they wish, and God puts the maximum limitation on wife beating.1, 2