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The Quran has numerous examples of different rights afforded to men versus women. So why would muslims feel the need to twist its interpretation to make it palatable to nonmuslims? It is what it is . To us, its a thoughtful and just system that takes into consideration the inherent differences between men and women. As a muslim woman, I have never felt oppressed. Muslim women do not perceive inequality in our system at all. If men have greater rights in one area but also greater responsibilities and expenses, to us it balances itself out resulting in a very equitable system. To us, its a bit misleading to describe that system as unequal because you failed to mention men have more expenses and financial responsibilities. Sorry  if you felt we intentionally lied to you. We didn't and we have no desire to proselytize here.  We just find it misleading to paint our belief system as oppressive or unequal. But I think you will be hard pressed to find any muslim women that will use the term inequality when she feels she is living in an equitable system. [/quote]

I'm sure you're very sincere in your understanding of Islamic rules for women being equal. I'm equally certain you're sincere when you say you don't feel oppressed (although I have to point out that you live in the US and not under sharia law).

But this makes the question even more germane: why on earth did you call it "equality" to an audience who--as you've admitted you are fully aware--understand "equality" to mean something very different. That's what sounds like you're twisting things around.[/quote]

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