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The mentality that considers women supposedly inferior exists in the
superstitions of bigotry. The Qur'an abolished such vile superstitions. For
instance, according to the bigoted superstitions that also appear in the Mas-
navi, women have lesser minds and they should not be conferred with. How-
ever, the Qur'an features a parable about the Queen of Sheba. In other words,
God gives an instance of a woman who rules a country. Similarly, in the
Qur'an God also praises female believers such as Mary and Pharaoh's wife,

and holds up their beautiful moral values as an example to all of humanity.

1. The lie that woman is a part of evil

He (the questioner) said, "(But) if a child should come in, or a
woman who has no clear understanding or judgment. 'Take
counsel with her'," said he (the prophet) "and do the contrary of
what she bids (thee) and go thy way." Know that your fleshly
soul is woman and worse than woman, because woman is
a part (of evil) but fleshly soul is evil entire. (The Mas-
navi of Jalalu'ddin Rumi, Book II, Couplets 2270-2273, Original
English Source
masnavi.net)
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