Page 13 - Bigotry: The Dark Danger

Their Internal Inconsistencies....................................................................302
Forbidden Things Are Not Left Obscure in the Qur'an ................................308
The Desire to Shut Only Women and Their Bodies Away ...........................310
The Qur'an Refers to the Jilbab, Not to the Headscarf ..................................312
Surat al-Ahzab Verse 59 .....................................................................................313
Espousing the Head-Covering but Never Mentioning the "Jilbab" ............315
Which Important Topics Do Some of the Passionate Defenders
of the Headscarf Never Talk About?........................................................317
A Muslim Woman Knows How to Dress in Accordance
with the Qur'an.....................................................................................................320
The "Two Women = One Man" Error ......................................................322
Women and Witness Testimony in Loans...............................................324
Women's Inheritance Rights .....................................................................328
A Woman's Right to Divorce......................................................................333
Divorce and the Protection of Women Thereafter ................................334
Women Being Kept Happy and Content in the Event of Divorce ..............334
Women Being Given Financial Security after Divorce ..................................337
Assets Given to Women Must Not Be Taken back after Divorce ................339
Ensuring Women Have a Place to Live after Divorce ...................................340
Women Not Being Inherited by Force .............................................................341
The Value Placed on Mothers ...........................................................................342
The Slander of Male Superiority and
the Nonsense about Beating Women ......................................................344
The Idea of Male Superiority .............................................................................345
The False Idea of the "Beating of Women" .....................................................347
Other Misconceptions concerning Women ............................................353
Sayings of Our Prophet (pbuh) in Praise of Women ...........................354

CHAPTER 4 ............................................................................................356
The Fanatics' Hatred of Art .................................................................356

The Idea that Joking, Humor and Laughter Must Be Avoided ........358
According to the Qur'an Grief and
Unhappiness Are Attributes of Unbelievers Alone .......................................360
The Joy in Paradise and the True Meaning of Sorrow ..................................362
The Idea of Avoiding Humor ....................................................................364
The Allegation that Music and Poetry Are Forbidden ........................366