Research Muslim attitudes toward woman as based on the Qur'an and as actually practiced in Muslim countries today.

The role of women in Islam is unique among religious based societies. The Qur'an and the early Muslims bear witness to the fact that woman is, at least, as vital to life as man, and that she is not inferior to him, nor is she one of the lower species. It was the introduction of foreign cultures that brought these views into the Islamic culture. The woman's role was a matter of fact in the …

…aspires to exclude women from conferences, meetings, gatherings, and even the Mosques. Today's Islamic countries have for the most part, placed the woman's role in society back to a pre-Islamic culture. While there are many women in Islam that are recognized as World leader's or scholars, the vast majority are living in a world that is little more than slavery, and as have attempted to point out, this role goes against what the Qur'an states.