There is a misconception that Islam does not allow a woman the right to divorce her husband. This lie is spread and made powerful by the halting of the education of girls and women by men, by cultural stigma, and by the mullahs who want to maintain power. 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.
