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Nancy
Jan 20, 2009 rated it it was amazing
This book was so readable and so well written. Granted, I felt pretty angry much of the way through - I still find it almost impossible that people can believe 'revelations' conveniently had by men to justify some particular desire of their own, and which almost always are made against women. If a woman were to suddenly announce that she'd received a revelation from God which said that she was now the head of the household and that all men in the family were to be confined to the home and only a ...more
Louise
Sep 08, 2011 rated it it was amazing
A fantastic book - thought-provoking and filled with information, but not at all laborious to read. Brooks makes a sometimes sensitive topic very readable. I would recommend this to anyone who has ever wondered about women and Islam.
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