TREATMENT OF WOMEN IN ISLAM

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• Quran enhanced security of women in Arbia
• Portrayed women as honorable individuals
• Quran and Sharia later enhanced male dominance

Muslims adopted veiling of women when Islam reached Byzantine and Sasanid empires

Upper class women veiled themselves to discourage attention from other men

Over time legal scholars limited rights to women and placed them under control of male guardians