Equality Quote by Hamza Yusuf

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

Part of me has always resisted the Western clichéd image of Muslim women, depicting them as nothing more than silent victims. My art, without…

— Shirin Neshat

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

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

Islamic tradition is full of examples of supporting the autonomy of women and the empowerment of women. Very few people know that in Islamic…

— Khaled Abou El Fadl

At the same time women are putting on the headscarf, they are also going to work, to education, increasingly vocal in the media -…

— Munira Mirza

These words that you have heard regarding women in the future Islamic government are all hostile propaganda. In the Islamic Republic women have complete…

— Ayatollah Khomeini

Muslim women deplore misogyny just as western women do, and they know that Islamic societies also oppress them; why wouldn't they? But liberation, for…

— Katharine Viner

“That’s not the whole of it. As with many other faiths—including our own Christian one—a small group of zealots have distorted Islam to further…

— Matthew Reilly

I am always revolted when Islamic leaders, from Afghanistan or elsewhere, deny the very existence of female oppression, avoid the issue by pointing to…

— Khaled Hosseini

As to women, the Islamic faith has given women rights that are equal to or more than the rights given them in the Old…

— Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

Too often, when Muslim women speak out, some in our 'community' accuse us of 'making our men look bad' and of giving ammunition to…

— Mona Eltahawy