Interesting

if women's rights are a problem for some modern Muslim men, it is neither because of the Quran, not the Prophet, not the Islamic tradition, but simple because those rights conflic with the interests of a male elite. The elite faction is trying to convince us that their egoistic, highly subjective and mediocre view of culture and society has a sacred basis...Islam was not sent from heaven to foster egoism and mediocrity. - Fatima Mernissi