The common view that Islam and the social rules it imposes on Muslim believers result in various instances of gender discrimination in Muslim countries, may be wrong. Here’s an interesting poll result from Gallup: asked whether Muslim women should have the right to initiate a divorce, religious Arabs (69%) are more likely to say “yes” than Arabs who say religion is not important (46%):
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I agree, this poll covers only 5 Arab countries (Egypt, Bahrain, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen and Libya) and only one possible area of discrimination, but the difference in responses is nevertheless striking.
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