[.ca] Windows of Faith: Muslim Women's Scholarship Activism in ... (ISBN 0815628528)

Windows of Faith: Muslim Women Scholar-Activists in North Am:
Muslim women are one of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted groups of people in the western world. This book offers a refreshingly realistic view by Muslim women themselves. It is a candid and honest analysis by an eclectic mix of professionals. They tackle issues from birth control, spirituality, culture versus religion, identity, and more. These essays will educate and enlighten anyone seeking true information about a religion that has been demonized and women who have been blanketly labeled oppressed.

Islam in Theory is Perfect:
Contrary to one reviewer who is obviously not a Muslim woman therefore is lacking in empirical data nor is that person an Islamic scholar. In Iran there are more women in parliament than there are women in the US Senate and Congress combined. Muslim women are equal to Muslim men in intellect, soul, work, etc. This is Islam. This person relies on a weak hadith and does not know the difference between Islam and culture that has been superimposed onto Islam. Why in the home of the free are so many minds imprisoned and simply parrots of the media? For those who are not blind, read this book and learn.

Invent your own Islam:
Muslim women in America enjoy the intellectual and personal freedom to "invent" their own Islam, to remake their tradition into something a little less oppressive. Make no mistake about it, Mohammed was quoted in the Bukhari Hadith as stating that "women are deficient in intellect." Mohammed offered this as his explanation of why the Koran holds women's testimony to be worth half of that of a man. This book is wishful thinking made possible by the freedom of America. In Islam Central, Saudi Arabia, women cannot drive. In Kuwait they cannot vote. IN Jordan they can be killed with impunity by a male relative. In Bangladesh a discussion of women's rights can elicit attack by Islamic vigilantes. Muslim women are oppressed, it it not just our imagination, and it isn't a "Myth" cooked up by the West.