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Adnan Oktar
Harun Yahya

men with protecting women against troubles and difficulties and with
watching over them. This, as we have already seen, stems not from

women being weak or helpless, but from their being valuable bless-
ings. It is clear that the reference to one being given more than the oth-
er emphasizes how men and women are created differently. Of course
men and women have physical differences but a woman's physical
features do not make her more naïve than a man nor less valuable than
him in society. Of course there are women with great physical strength
and abilities but generally speaking, it is obvious that men enjoy a
physical superiority to enable them to undertake hard and difficult
work. However, this physical difference in their creation is no indica-
tor of any superiority in terms of moral values, intelligence or psycho-
logical characteristics. On the contrary, it is essential if men are to dis-
charge their duties of protecting women.
The Koran says nothing about man ruling over woman. Ac-
cording to the Koran, neither man nor woman can establish dominion
over the other. Both are created in such a way as to complement one
another, and with equal rights and responsibilities before God. The
fact that women are protected and watched over by men is due to the
superior value bestowed on women by God.

Superiority lies in piety, not gender

Through the verses of the Koran, God has placed women under
protection as delights and blessings. However, He also holds Muslim
men and Muslim women equal in terms of service to Islam. Both have
a duty to worship God, to live by the moral values of the Koran, to tell
people to do good and avoid evil and to obey all the commandments
and advice revealed in the Koran. In the verse "You who believe! If
you have fear of God, He will give you discrimination and erase
your bad actions from you and forgive you. God's favor is indeed
immense." (Koran, 8:29) God promises that He will give everyone

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