> . This includes the verses about valuing the word of a woman at half that of a man, verses ordering the smiting of the necks of disbelievers (if you wonder wh

> . This includes the verses about valuing the word of a woman at half that of a man, verses ordering the smiting of the necks of disbelievers (if you wonder why so jihadists behead so often, it's because of that), and verses encouraging marital rape. If you take them out of context, you can understand any text the way you want. Fortunately, these "controversial" verses weren't seen as such in Islamic history overall, and groups that deviated (the Kharijites for example) were intellectually obliterated, and were known not to be able to defend their incorrect views. This is not limited to religious texts. Any person with an agenda will find whatever means to achieve said agenda. Twisting words not to mean what they do, making up lies, and so on. We see it all the time today, and throughout history.