On November 11, 2002, 20 women in the Middle East were returned home after spending more than two years in jail simply for dating men outside of their pre-chosen rout. This is not an uncommon practice in many Muslim states, and many women are treated much harsher than this, some even being killed . The media has covered many stories like this, and many more go unreported. It is a major problem in Muslim countries, and rightly so Americans …showed first 75 words of 684 total…

…showed last 75 words of 684 total…as to whether women are currently being treated fairly in Islamic countries. And yet there are many questions as to whether or not they should be, with the Quran as the central piece of evidince. However, this is all open to inteprtation, and if one can interpret these things to show that men and women should be treated equally, how is it possible that this book can be the sole basis of somany womens' sufferings?