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Mernissi
makes the claim that "Any man who believes that a Muslim woman who
fights for her dignity and right to citizenship excludes herself
necessarily from the umma...is a man who misunderstands his own religious
heritage, his own cultural identity" ( viii). She goes about
supporting this claim by delving into the very detailed documentation of
Islam history. She attributes misogyny in the past and present Muslim
culture to the male elite. She gives many examples of how Muhammad and
Islam have only supported equality of the sexes and also how the male elite
used false hadiths ....
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