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Koran More Feminist Than Bible: Scholar

Muslim text 'more modern' than Christian regarding women

By Michael Foreman, Newser User

Posted Sep 2, 2008 11:36 AM CDT

(Newser) – Certain passages in the Koran give women more freedoms than the Bible, a Dutch philosopher tells Radio Free Netherlands. On the site bibleandkoran.net, Marlies ter Borg compares texts on economic independence, marriage, and divorce from both books to dispel what she calls misconceptions about... Read full story »

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