Women's Intelligence and the Islamic Tradition: Difference between revisions

Prophet [[Muhammad|Muhammad's]] declared that the majority of the inhabitants of [[Hell]] are women.<ref>{{Bukhari|1|6|301}}</ref> When asked why, he said it was because they are deficient in intelligence and religion, and because they are ungrateful to their husbands. Although [[apologists]] and female Muslims use a lot of creative arguments to explain away Muhammad's declarations about women, they do not stand up to scrutiny. Here we will present evidence showing Muhammad's belief that ''all'' women are less intelligent than their male counterparts; as well as examine and refute the common Muslim claims about the [[Hadith|ahadith]] in question.