ABSTRACT
The holy book of Islam was compiled in the early seventh century in Arabia; Muslims believe that it was dictated by Allah to Mohammed. The Muslim faith was spread by the Arab conquests of the Middle East, Northern Africa and Spain (by the early eighth century), and Islamic law, based on the Koran, spread along with it. The passages below are addressed to men but prescribe the place of women in Islamic society. Source: Quran, The Final Testament: Authorized English Version, with the Arabic Text, tr. Rashad Khalifa (Tucson: Islamic Productions, 1989). Selections below are from the following suras and verses: 2:221-3, 226-31, 233-7, 240-1, 282; 4:1, 3, 7, 11-12, 15-16, 19-25, 32, 34-5; 24:32-3, 60; 33:35-59.
