Culture Quote by Katharine Viner

“the majority of women in the Muslim world across the ages, who worked in the fields, did not cover their faces and do not…

— Fred Halliday

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

“The Muslim veil, the different sorts of masks and beaks and "burkas", are all gradations of mental slavery. (...) The veil deliberately marks women…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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

There is a misconception that young Muslim women are oppressed. That simply isn't the case. I choose to dress modestly and choose to cover…

— Halima Aden

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

The situation of women living in Islam-stricken societies and under Islamic laws is the outrage of the 21st century. Burqa-clad and veiled women and…

— Maryam Namazie

The veil deliberately marks women as private and restricted property, nonpersons. The veil sets women apart from men and apart from the world; it…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Many people in the West do not realise how oppressive some Muslim states are - both for men and for women. This is a…

— Hamza Yusuf

The demand that Islam makes of women is to not attract attention to yourself, and if you are in a secular society, that attire…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Muslim women must stand up and speak out about who we are, what we believe and where we are going. I think we need…

— Queen Rania of Jordan