Whether it's society that allows the mistreatment of women or whether it's religion is irrelevant. The results are the same, psychologically damaged women and dead women. Yes Islam is a pathetic backward religion, made worse by a patriarchal society, but Christianity supposedly teaches us to know better, which makes those statistics even worse...because as the so-called civilised ones...we are supposed to know better than to beat and kill women, for whatever reason, religious or not.
BTW Just because I criticise some things about the west doesn't mean being a supporter of Islam. That's rather like the Bushism "Either you are with us, or with the terrorists". Baloney.
Zan
I'm flattered by your response. Thx but I'm no hero...trying hard for heroine tho