“Musliar, the chief of All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama, said women have no mental strength and the power to control the universe, ‘which lies in the hands of men….Gender equality is something which is never going to be a reality. It is against Islam, humanity and was intellectually wrong.'”

Where did he get this idea? From the Qur’an: “Men have authority over women because God has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because God has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and beat them.” (4:34)

“Kerala: Sunni leader says ‘women only fit to deliver children’; calls gender equality ‘un-Islamic,'” PTI, November 28, 2015: