GodAnon

Many of our Muslim friends either believe can not be as intelligent as men or do not know and accept their own religious writings. Bukhari (6:301) - "[Muhammad] said, 'Is not the evidence of two women equal to the witness of one man?' They replied in the affirmative. He said, ' This is the deficiency in her intelligence .'" Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

Some people may wonder why their muslim neighbors (but only men) have an interest in being married to the wife of an adopted son. The answer is that the Quran permits a man to marry the wife of his adopted son. Allah apparently decided to permit this at the same time that Muhammad married Zaynab, the wife of Muhammad's adopted son. Interesting timing. "Allah has not made for any man two hearts within him; nor has He made your wives whose backs you liken to the backs of your mothers as your mothers, nor has He made those whom you assert to be your sons your real sons; these are the words of your mouths; and Allah speaks the truth and He guides to the way." Qur'an 33:4 It's interesting that the writer needs to include the opinion that Allah speaks the truth.

Perhaps we struggle to understand why our Islamic neighbors can justify having sex with prisoners of war. Of course, we speak of muslim men having sex with women prisoners of war . We call it rape , since it is in no meaningful way consensual sex. The opposite (women having sex with men prisoners of war) would be silly, for some reason. The reason is that the Quran offers cover for this behavior: "O Prophet! We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom thou hast paid their dowers; and those whom thy right hand possesses out of the prisoners of war whom Allah has assigned to thee; and daughters of thy paternal uncles and aunts, and daughters of thy maternal uncles and aunts, who migrated (from Makka) with thee; and any believing woman who dedicates her soul to the Prophet if the Prophet wishes to wed her; this only for thee, and not for the Believers (at large); We know what We have appointed for them as to their wives and the captives whom their right hands possess; in orde...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman recently made headlines by saying he will try to return his country to “moderate Islam” as part of reform efforts. Though it is unclear what changes this may produce, this is part of a growing trend in the Arab world to use parts of the state-sponsored religious establishment to counter extreme religious ideologies. At least in theory, these types of changes would not be possible in the United States because we have no  state-sponsored religious establishment.