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Bigotry:
The Dark Danger

sometimes interpret them as being generally addressed to all Mus-
lim women. Yet these verses are not addressed to all Muslim women,
and the wives of the Prophet (pbuh) are specifically set apart from
other women.

Conclusion: The Qur'an Attaches the Greatest
Value to Women

The main reason for our discussion of the fabricated hadiths

concerning women in this chapter is to show the false belief wide-
spread in some Islamic communities and what its true origin is. In
this way, those who abide by these views in the name of Islam, and
those who are opposed to Islam because of them will be able to see
that this oppression of women has absolutely no place in the Qur'an.

However, some people try to find evidence in the Qur'an for the
belittlement of women. That stems from the misinterpretation of var-

ious verses of the Qur'an, the misinterpretation of various personal
annotations made in parentheses and from such misinterpretations
being generally made in the light of the fabricated hadiths cited
above. Yet when one looks at the Qur'an alone it is impossible to find
any of the ideas that the fanatics come up with in the light of their
own desires. In order to understand this better, we shall be looking

at verses which they have for years sought to portray as supporting
evidence for their enforced enclosure and beating of women and
women being treated as second-class human beings. When one looks
at these through the eyes of a Muslim who abides by the Qur'an, and

not through the eyes of a fanatic, when the verses are interpreted
according to their true meanings, when that false faith of the fanatics
is excluded, then everyone will clearly see that the system that
attaches the greatest value to women is the system found in the
Qur'an.

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