Islam’s various laws are interconnected. Islam is a holistic and comprehensive system for life. They create an environment less likely to produce crime due to its values, a stable family structure underpinning the society, economic support for the weakest, but also harsh punishments likely to deter all but the most ruthless criminals.

It is widely believed in the West that Islam subjugates women. Many believe that men force women to cover their hair, to stay at home chained to the stove, that women should remain uneducated and weak as second class citizens within an Islamic society. Therefore, they call for the liberation of Muslim women through the abandonment of Islamic tradition, to take on Western values. So how does Islam view women?