1Sahil B = ""There is no question that the Quran, like all holy scriptures, was deeply affected by the cultural norms
of the society in which it was revealed—a society that, as we have seen, did not consider women to be
equal members of the tribe. As a result, there are numerous verses in the Quran that, along with the Jewish
and Christian scriptures, clearly reflect the subordinate position of women in the male-dominated societies
of the ancient world. But that is precisely the point which the burgeoning Muslim feminist movement has
been making over the last century. These women argue that the religious message of the Quran—a
message of revolutionary social egalitarianism—must be separated from the cultural prejudices of seventhcentury
Arabia. And for the first time in history, they are being given the international audience necessary to
incorporate their views into the male-dominated world of Quranic exegesis."-No god but God, Reza Aslan"
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