Women in Islam

1999 Vol. 1: Jan/Feb

When we meet a Muslim woman we should regard her first as a human beings, second as a woman, and third as a Muslim. Whoever she is, her perception of herself may be vastly different from this. Many Muslim women accept, without questions, the state in which they were born. They do not think of life as offering any alternatives.
The following three profiles illustrate the way that the world looks at a world renowned Muslim woman and how it views her illiterate unknown village neighbors.