Argument Quote by Shirin Ebadi

Whenever Muslim women protest and ask for their rights, they are silenced with the argument that the laws are justified under Islam. It is…

— Shirin Ebadi

When we think about Islamic feminism, it is not just about women's rights. It's about a more progressive and tolerant expression of Islam in…

— Asra Nomani

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

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

They say theres no gender equality in Islam. They're right, a womans status is higher.

— Anas

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 believe women have rights in Islam that they've yet to obtain.

— Mohammad bin Salman

But when you only speak using generalizations, you run the danger of denying the specific. In recent decades, millions of people have come to…

— Alice Schwarzer

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

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

If women want any rights they had better take them, and say nothing about it.

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

I believe the U.S. has been way too silent on the brutality, the lack of human rights in the Muslim world for women.

— Ron Johnson