The Prophet Preached Equal Rights; Now the Task Is To Restore Them
By Benazir Bhutto
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
This article originally appeared in Asiaweek magazine, August 25, 1995
IN AN AGE WHEN no country, no system, no community gave women any rights, in a society where the birth of a baby girl was regarded as a curse, where women were considered chattel, Islam treated women as individuals. "Believers, men and women are mutual friends. They enjoin what is just and forbid what is e…
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