I explain how Khadija’s existence cemented my belief that my faith could never promote inequality. When I have been faced with the argument that women are not equal to men by Muslims who doubt that gender equality exists in Islam, I have always given this scenario: Imagine a woman stealing an apple. Now imagine a man stealing an apple. Theft is forbidden in Islam. The sin of stealing for both a man and a woman is equal. In no verse in the Quran, or in any hadith, is it written that a woman’s sin is less than a man’s. Islam is very clear that a woman’s capability to do wrong is equal to a
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