Contemporary Muslim Women Education: A Critical Appraisal of Asian Context
This article examines the major factors contributing to the gender gap in women's education in Muslim societies.
In Eastern countries where Muslims are the dominant community, women's education still lags behind that of the developed world, which increasingly recognizes universal education as a central feature of human development.
As a result, Muslim women have been deprived of the opportunity to reach their full potential, leading to the notion that
Muslims consider woman intellectually inferiorbecoming a widespread discourse globally.
A key question arises: how to justify societal investment in women's education when the society itself does not recognize its usefulness.
Author's summary: Examining gender gap in Muslim women's education.