Am I to assume that fostering an intimate, loving relationship with my husband and children is less important than fostering a financially lucrative relationship with a business partner? I can have one or the other if I choose, or I can have both. And as long as no ethical (i.e. Islamic) rules have been broken, why even hint at either scenario being at odds with the other? — Umm Zakiyyah

I truly do not see the world ever looking at woman as an equal to men. We will always be just ‘women’ to the world. But as long as we define what success is to ourselves that is really all that matters. — Umm Talal Noor

Women will never be, can never be, have never been, equal to men. It is that simple. They are DEPENDENT on men, and Allah has made it so. This will not change. No matter how much we want to change it and are changing it, this is how it is. Our "forced" change is only causing damage. — Ali Shah

Unless Muslim individuals — male & female — learn to give each other the rights that Allah wants us to give each other and take up the responsibility that He has placed on us, we cannot expect a change in the Muslim society. — Faraz Omar

Many Muslim women complain that there is an "over-kill" or "information overload" or an "unhealthy emphasis" on their Islamic duties, and not enough is spoken about their rights, which has left them with no alternative other than being strident, even aggressive, in their pursuit of what Allah has already granted them. — Rahla Khan