A common defence of Islam is that the Qur'an never explicitly states that women are inferior to men. However, this defence misses the core issue. Hierarchies do not need to be stated explicitly. They can be embedded within the structure of a system itself. And verbal expressions of
For centuries, religious traditions grounded their authority in sacred texts that claimed to originate from divine revelation. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all rely, in different ways, upon the idea that God communicated guidance to humanity through historically transmitted scripture – a sacred book. What interests me here is not whether spiritual
It's been a while since I touched upon this topic, but now some of my academic work prompted me to make this brief inquiry. So, there is a common misconception between religion and faith. In the minds of many, these two conceptually different categories are often being equated.
So, here is something I’ve been thinking about since I looked into the 'how' of the construction of gender identity in my research. Why is it that men statistically seem happier in relationships, while many women feel happier out of them, especially after divorce or widowhood. There’