INTRODUCTION: Throughout the world there are numerous religions in practice today. The most prominent of the Worlds' religions are Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism and Sikhism. Each religion is discernible in its own unique way, with its various traditions, methods and places of worship, art, literature etc. In addition to that each religion has texts or scriptures which are considered to be sacred, holy and very important. Scriptures in the religious sense means the 'Word of …showed first 75 words of 2553 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2553 total…Many people in the Western world believe that Islam oppresses the rights of women. For example in Saudi Arabia women are not allowed to drive. This kind of extremity has not been prescribed in Islam and is the manifestation of a country's culture. It will not be wrong to say that the Koran has given women higher more respectable position in Islam as opposed to the position awarded to women by the Bible in Christianity.