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Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)

Ways that the Fanatics Slander Women

The Idea that Women Are Deficient in Intelligence and Faith

O women! You curse frequently, and are
ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen any-

one more deficient in intelligence and religion than
you. (Sahih Bukhari, Chapter 24, Hadith 541)

God said: … I also make her stupid, although I
had created her intelligent, and must make her

suffer pregnancy and birth with difficulty …. (The

History of Al-Tabari: General Introduction and
From the Creation to the Flood, translated by

Franz Rosenthal [State University of New York

Press, Albany], Vol. 1, pp. 280-281)

There is no mention in any verse of the Qur'an of women being
weaker than men in terms of intelligence. On the contrary, by refer-
ring to "believing women and believing men," God tells us that they

have equal responsibility in His Sight; in other words, that they are
similar in terms of intelligence and conscience. Moreover, as in the
example of the Queen of Sheba, women can even be rulers of states
taking decisions on the most important matters. In addition, it is not

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