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Islamic Influence On Spain: Discussion Of Women’S Rights And Islamic Influence, Samreen Uzzama
Islamic Influence On Spain: Discussion Of Women’S Rights And Islamic Influence, Samreen Uzzama
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection
Current sentiment in the West surrounding Islam stems from a variety of factors: terror attacks, lack of understanding the Islamic faith and cultures that practice the religion, and stereotypical depictions in the media of Muslims as terrorist or as oppressed women. Arab societies oppress women via laws, such as the law that prevents women from driving or the law that prevents women from being outside of the house without being accompanied by a man, both in Saudi Arabia. These depictions, especially of Saudi Arabian practices or similar practices from other nations, are generally available to the West, via media, web, …