But a woman who can read the Quran soon learns that her subjugation and oppression is a man-made construct, very much against the law of Allah and his prophet. She learns that Islam gives her the right to choose her own spouse, and the right to leave a man she does not like. He must release her with kindness and return to her what is hers. Schooled in Islamic sunnah, and raised by a grandmother with a deep understanding of the Quran, I was an educated woman. I knew my place. And it was not as the workhorse of an abusive household.
