A Conversation about Women and Islam

I had shortly before I left Turkey went like this…
Kloe: Are women allowed to be leaders in Islam?
(My friend called her father, cause she doesn’t know much about her religion, and he was a high school “Morality Teacher” before retiring.)
Answer: Islam came from Arabia, which treated its women as second-class citizens, so Islam continues this tradition.
Kloe: So what about now?
Answer: No. Men are not capable of following a woman, because they would always think impure thoughts. But at least men are honest about their desire. Women are twisted in their thinking, they never say the truth. If you ask a man “Are you hungry?” he will answer simply, “yes” or “no.” A woman will always say “no, no, no,” but may indeed want the tea you are offering.
(notice the woman in the burka standing in the doorway of the mosque)