# A Feminist Critique of Women's Rights in the Quran

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- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:56
- Published: 2026-11-08
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran) Since we're talking about the Quran, let's dedicate a moment to the alleged author, Allah.

[0:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=4) Allah, in no uncertain terms, calls himself the best of deceivers not once, not twice, but at least five times in the Quran.

[0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=11) Now, as a woman and a feminist, let's talk about what it says about the fairest .

[0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=15) Muslim men can their wives and force them to bed anytime, anywhere, and under any circumstances.

[0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=21) Surah 2223 says, "Your women are your field.

[0:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=23) You may enter your field whichever way you like." Two things.

[0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=26) Here, this completely eradicates the concept of consent and allows marital to go unpunished and unnoticed.

[0:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=32) As of 2019, nearly 150 countries around the world outlawed marital in some form of the other.

[0:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=38) Yet the Quran, which is meant to be timeless guidance, can't seem to get it quite right.

[0:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=42) Women are merely objects, not human beings.

[0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=44) A Muslim husband can punish you and use your organs at his discretion purely to satiate his carnal appetite.

[0:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=50) Notice the terminology used in the Quran, "Enter your field."

[0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=53) I can't begin to imagine how vulgar and disrespectful the analogy is.

[0:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=57) Women also get the short end of the stick when it comes to inheriting.

[1:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=60) Quran 411 states a man gets double the share of inheritance over a female.

[1:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=64) A woman's testimony also counts for just half of a man's.

[1:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=67) Husbands may hit their wives if they merely fear high-handedness.

[1:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=70) Note, fearing something is different from it actually occurring, notwithstanding the fact that the concept of nushuz is extremely sexist.

[1:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=77) Quran 434 says if you fear high-handedness from your wives, remind them, then leave them apart in bed and beat them.

[1:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=83) It's safe to say, sorry, dogs in the West have more rights than Muslim women.

[1:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=86) A man who beat a dog in America got 25 years jail time.

[1:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=89) But in Islamic countries, men get off scot-free.

[1:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=92) On Egyptian TV, they glorify wife beating, while on Saudi TV, a man demonstrates how to do it.

[1:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=97) If you happen to beat a woman in a country with Sharia, you're a hero teaching his wife how to behave.

[1:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=101) The Quranic manifesto is one of the greatest threats to women.

[1:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=104) Women in Iran and Afghanistan are facing the brunt of this harsh reality as we speak.

[1:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=108) The only people safe under this value system are straight Muslim men and nobody else.

[1:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7PTztAlmAGwL/en/a-feminist-critique-of-women-s-rights-in-the-quran?t=113) Not myself, not anyone