Islam Quote by Geraldine Brooks

“the dangerous female body that somehow, in Muslim society, had been made to carry the heavy burden of male honor.”

— Geraldine Brooks

“But females in even the most advanced Muslim countries are simply, by law, not the equal of men.”

— Bill Maher

“What it is about Islam, I thought, that can make a woman so strong that she no longer strives to be noticed by men,…

— Na'ima B. Robert

The condition of women in Islamic societies as a whole is also far from desirable. However, we should acknowledge that there are differences. In…

— Shirin Ebadi

We learned at an early age that it was men's interpretation of our religion that restricted women's opportunities, not our religion itself. Islam in…

— Benazir Bhutto

I think that we don't have, here in the Middle East or in Africa, as much threat to our physical and economic livelihood as…

— Asra Nomani

First of all, in many Muslim countries women have incredible amounts of freedom, sometimes more than in some countries in Europe. So you cannot…

— Queen Rania of Jordan

The Islamic tradition does show some areas of apparent incompatibility with the goals of women in the West, and Muslims have a long way…

— Hamza Yusuf

In some extreme cases, women are constrained by what can only be described as pre-Islamic, misogynistic approaches to the role of women in society.…

— Queen Noor of Jordan

“one in five Muslim girls lives today in a community that sanctions some sort of interference with her genitals.”

— Geraldine Brooks

I'm hearing here that this Muslim movement, well, for women, is what we have to focus on. And women have been doing, I think,…

— Dalia Mogahed

The treatment of women in Muslim communities throughout the world is unconscionable. All civilized nations must unite in condemnation of a theology that now…

— Sam Harris