Muslim women are seen as equals to Muslim men in the Qu'ran.

To begin I would like to clarify some things. Muslim women: Women of the Islam faith. Equal: like or alike in quantity, degree, value, etc.; of the same rank, ability, merit, etc.: two students of equal brilliance. Qu'ran: The Qur'ān (القرآن , literally "the recitation"; also sometimes transliterated as Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran or Al-Qur'ān) is the central religious text of Islam. In the Qu'ran men and women are held as equals. Here is some evidence. For Muslim men and women - for believing men and women, for devout men and women, for true men and women, for men and women who are patient and constant, for men and women who humble themselves, for men and women who give in charity, for men and women who fast (and deny themselves), for men and women who guard their chastity, and for men and women who engage much in God's praise - for them has God prepared forgiveness and great reward. (Qur'an 33:35) And those who launch a charge against chaste women, and produce not four witnesses (to support their allegations), flog them with eighty stripes; and reject their evidence ever after: for such men are wicked transgressors(Qur'an 24:4) Qur'an 24:31 "And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty except what (must) appear; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display them except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or their women, or the slaves whom they possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments." This about modesty, not control. Shielding your body allows only for people to focus on your intellect and personality. Many believe the hijab is mandatory, this is false, it is only suggested. O believers! It is not lawful for you to consider women as a part of your inheritance and retain them against their will in order that you may force them to give up a part of the dowry you have given them, unless they are guilty of proven fornication. Treat them with kindness even if you dislike them; it is quite possible that you dislike something in which Allah has placed much good (Qur'an: 4:19) If you wish to marry another wife in place of the one you already have, do not take back anything of what you have given her even if it be a heap of gold. Would you take it back through slander and open sin (accusing her unjustly)?[20] And how could you take it back when you have enjoyed conjugal happiness and she had taken from you a firm pledge of marriage?[21] (Qur'an: 4:20-21) If any of your women are guilty of fornication, ask for four reliable witnesses from among yourselves against them; and if they testify and their guilt is proved, confine them to their houses until they die or Allah opens some other way out for them.[15] And the two, whether married or unmarried, who are guilty of this offense, punish them both. If they repent and mend their ways, leave them alone. Surely Allah is the Acceptor of Repentance, Merciful.[16] (Qur'an: 4:15-16) Men are punished as well as women if they are guilty, the woman is not only to blame. http://www.al-quraan.org... http://www.themodernreligion.com... Even these might not be 100% reliable as examples (meaning the websites), but I believe they are fairly reliable.