The one aspect of Islam that makes it unpalitable to modern western civilization is their treatment of women. According to the Quran, their Holy Scriptures of Divine Origin, a woman is half of a man. Sura 2:282 Call in two male witnesses from among you, but if two men cannot be found, then one man and two women whom you judge fit to act as witnesses.. Sura 4:34 Men have authority over women because God has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because God has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and forsake them in beds apart, and beat them. Islam seems to think that every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife or a concubine. We see pictures or watch videos of women covered in burqas or veils in Muslim countries and find them repugnant. The burqa is the Islamic cloak of Death. We read about how women are treated in Muslim countries and are horrified.

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