I would think that the subject of women's status in countries you refer to has more to do with the non-seperation of church and state and references to religious documents influencing state law. I mean, if you look at it, the Bible has just as many references to the inferiority of women/women as objects.
"For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man." (I Corinthians 11:8-9)
"Of the woman came the beginning of sin, and through her we all die." (Eccles. 25:22)
"A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. "(NIV, 1 Timothy 2:11-12)
And so on. Even in non Islam dominated countries, you still have women being paid less then men, not promoted due to the fact they are women, etc.
Ít just seems to come down to the fact that the more a majority of a country believe in one particular religion and if there is no seperation of church and state..well things such as the mistreatment of women can be justified by religious documents. It then becomes the "Word of God" and therefore the law. What is more interesting to me is what about the countries that do seperate church and state. What justifies women's lower status in these places?
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