Title :  Islam & Women Misconceptions and Misperceptions
Author : Shehzad Saleem  

Editorial  
Islam and Women 
     
Feature Article  
Islam and Women:     
Misconceptions and Misperceptions     
1. The Testimony of Women     
2. Women are less Sensible than Men     
3. The Diyat of Women 
4. Women must travel with a Mahram
5. Women can’t become Heads of State     
6. Men are Superior to Women     
7. Female Circumcision     
8. Mahr : the Price of owning a Wife
9. Women Outnumbering Men in Hell     
10. Sex with Female War Captives     
11. Prohibition of Plucking Facial Hair     
12. Going out without the Husband’s Permission     
13. Iddat Restrictions
14. Marriage with Minor Girls     
15. Refusing Sex to the Husband     
16. The Right to Beat Wives     
17. The Daughter’s Share in Inheritance    
18. Polygamy 
19. Marriage with the People of the Book 
20. The Issue of Wali (Guardian) in Marriage 
21. Three Divorce Declarations     
22. The Issue of Halalah
23. Sexual Intimacy 

24. Misinterpretation of some verses of  Surah Ahzab 
i. Women must cover their faces and wear large cloaks (jilbabs) when they go out of their houses.
ii. Women should primarily be confined to their homes.  
iii. Women must not speak in a polite tone with strangers.  
iv. Women should be kept secluded except from their immediate  relatives. 

25. Questions regarding Marriages of the Prophet (sws)
i. Why was the Prophet (sws) allowed to more than four wives?  
ii. Why did the Prophet (sws) marry the wife of his adopted son?  
iii. Why did not the Prophet (sws) marry his slave girl: Maria the  Coptic?