Approach Quote by King Hussein I

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

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

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

Islam has no problem with women, but Muslims do clearly appear to have serious problems with them

— Tariq Ramadan

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

Some think of Islam as an expedient jobs program that moves the female half of the population out of the way.

— William Langewiesche

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

I think it's dangerous to look at every Muslim woman the same and to assume that every experience within the religion is the same,…

— Nia Long

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

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

I'm amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me.

— Queen Rania of Jordan