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There is no question, at least in my mind, that womens' rights in Muslim controlled countries lag very far behind those is non-Muslim majority countries on aver
by yequalsx 10y ago
There is no question, at least in my mind, that womens' rights in Muslim controlled countries lag very far behind those is non-Muslim majority countries on average.
- AlexandrB 10y agoThe fundamental question is whether this is correlation or causation. For example, in general more secular countries (regardless of religion) have "better" women's rights. However does this mean that religion causes mistreatment of women? Or is it that more developed countries are generally both more secular and have more women's rights? Predominantly Christian western countries have dominated the 21st century as much through historical accident as through merit. Had the Renaissance began in Constantinople instead of Florence we may be living in a very different world today and questioning why all these Christian countries have such a poor track record on women's rights.