Down vote away- but it's true. Fundamentalism is a literal interpretation of a "holy" book. The liberals in a religion techincally are just the non-hard core believers who have "reinterpreted" the holy book.

Aha. Which other religions stone their women? And force women to cover up?

What went wrong? The fundamentalists took charge. Just look at what's happening to Christianity here in America. There was a guy on Fox News the other day who wants to rescind Women's Suffrage. He's a preacher from the Deep South named Vaughn. That's how it starts. Next thing you know women aren't allowed to go to school any more and must be accompanied by a male family member anywhere they go. That's happening in Afghanistan. Trust me, there are plenty of men here in the USA who find uneducated and subjugated women appealing.

Fundamentalists. As my late Israeli friend said, no matter of what religion, they screw up everything.

The British and French colonial empires and their roles concerning the fall of the Ottoman empire, and what they did in the region in the decades following are the answers your looking for. They replaced a secular, albeit often repressive regime, with colonial governors who were equally and often more repressive. They created artificial borders through tribal land splitting families. Then the only groups with sufficient organization to expel the Europeans and their friendly dictators, were religious extremist groups. So we see the rise of these groups in the 1960s and 1970s. Don't forget, that while this likely wealthy woman could dress like this, the Shaw was horribly repressive as well. There are additional factors at play as well. Solidarity with Palestine being another, manipulation by the Saudi royal family is way up there too.

I've read a theory that suggests Europe was able to surge ahead due to Arabic being a calligraphic wiring system, largely incompatible with movable-type printing. Books exploded across Europe throughout the 14th Century, while Arabic bookmaking was done by scribes well into the 19th Century.

The Catholic Church is what went wrong.....

European colonialism and its aftermath causing a cultural backlash

It went wrong because Islam.

Wellll. Did you notice, how LONG ago that was. But strong religion always seem to stall all development , like the political christians in US

Colonialism

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Nothing went wrong we are still here heavily contributing to the world and its positive progression as we also live here on planet earth. However the world chooses to pick up negativity that has nothing to do with Islam but claim it does

There's plenty of old women want it too. Some of the most fundmentalist Christian and Muslim are women, it's often the grandmas who force FGM too, sadly. There's plenty of cruelty and crazy to go around. Not need to limit ourselves to one category.

Often

What do you mean, "as America experienced recently?" I think America is moving along just fine...

Fast backward.

Who's forcing 10-year-olds to have babies?

Yeah, in Islam, they just stone the 10 year old for refusing their husband's sexual advances.

Not true. 10 yo kids won't have to give birth if you were interested in making things right. But all you care is about getting rid of babies. And after they are born they are just a nuisance for you. 44,000,000 babies killed after Roe vs Wade under false pretenses.

Exactly.

That's a lie. Shah might have been as bad as this. These "mullahs" kill citizens because of not wearing hijab and I know this because I'm Iranian

It's not a contest but living in a muslim country, I'd say we women are having it a bit tougher here than those living in the Bible belt. It's also systematic in muslim countries

Stoning women? They are, where?

To be clear, there is a huge difference between a religion’s source document(s) telling its people to suppress women, and people choosing to misinterpret their source document(s) and going on their own agenda to suppress women. “Christians” who “move things backwards” are not following Jesus’ teachings. Jesus never suppressed women in any capacity, in fact, He celebrated them and made sure they were treated equally, seen, heard, and respected.

Thank you: )

If the moderates in these religions would speak up and fight against the extremists instead being silent, maybe people would better understand. In the U.S., most conservatives just went silent when the Supreme Court made forced birth legal.

You should read 1 Corinthians Chapter 6. Also, Romans 1 and the entire Book of James Ch 1-5. They would all disagree with your opinion.