“Denying women access to the mosque, like denying them other rights, was simply clinging to customs, not faith, said Akram. In the case of education, he’d gone further: preventing women from pursuing knowledge, he said, was like the pre-Islamic custom of burying girls alive.”

“Denying women access to the mosque, like denying them other rights, was simply clinging to customs, not faith, said Akram. In the case of education, he’d gone further: preventing women from pursuing knowledge, he said, was like the pre-Islamic custom of burying girls alive.”

— Carla Power