Muslim women’s educational attainment belies claims of universal oppression

Evidence

Another example of Hirsi Ali’s and Manji’s failure to attend to evidence that counters their point of view involves the oppression of Muslim women, a theme that features prominently in their work. They are eager to point out the lack of education and the exclusion from political power that many Muslim women experience, but they make little effort to point to evidence that would complicate this picture. High percentages of women in Iran and Egypt, for example, achieve a college education or greater. In the United States, Muslim women are more likely to have a college or graduate degree than the overall population of women, including Christians. In politics, women have broken the glass ceiling and have served as heads of state in countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 483

Categorization

• XREF: These data on Muslim women’s education counter the dichotomous religion-vs-people framing the reader is tracking; pairs with the survival of polyvocal Muslim experience against native informant flatness. — connects to: The hijab-oppresses-women narrative is sexist and contradicts surveyed Muslim women — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 373; Bush-era discourse gendered Muslim others as incapable of self-determination; Majorities in most Muslim-majority countries support women’s equal rights — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 315 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• The hijab-oppresses-women narrative is sexist and contradicts surveyed Muslim women #corroborates (0.70) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 373
• Bush-era discourse gendered Muslim others as incapable of self-determination #corroborates (0.50)