> the ones where menstruating women are considered filthy and isolated for a week from the men I think you’re massively overstating that, and probably misinter

> the ones where menstruating women are considered filthy and isolated for a week from the men I think you’re massively overstating that, and probably misinterpreting what the Quran actually says. English translation, which probably misses some of the nuance of the original text: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation_in_Islam https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation_in_Islam And they ask you about menstruation. Say: It is a harm (painful situation); therefore keep aloof from the women during the menstrual discharge and do not go near them until they have become clean; then when they have cleansed themselves, go in to them as Allah has commanded you; surely Allah loves those who turn much (to Him), and He loves those who purify themselves. For anyone who’s lived with women who have a hard time of menstruation, that’s not entirely unreasonable advice, and it indicates women are given less strict rules to follow due to the difficulties they’ve to contend with as women, which also seems not entirely unreasonable. There are other versus that deal with the treatment of women specifically, and those versus also have at least some not entirely unreasonable advice, especially given the context of a world with less advanced medicine, I mean historically, as did we all, and the idea that menstruating / pregnant women ought be given additional consideration.