Rights for women

Submitted by Ted (United States), Jan 2, 2011 at 20:32

Dear Dr Pipes: Your reader Samia states that Islam granted rights to women 1400 years ago. If sharing your husband with three other women in a marriage can be considered "rights", then certainly.

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".