“If a woman wants to become a mufti, if she wants to become a scholar, or wants to work: she can have all these positions. It’s just in the house that the man is guardian. Under God’s law, men and women have the same rights and responsibilities. The family is the only place where they have different ones. It is a secondary matter.” “Maybe secondary for him,” I caught myself thinking. “Not just because he’s a man, but because he’s a believer.” For Akram, equality didn’t hinge on who does the dishes, but on equal grace from God:
