Women had the vote 1,400 years ago in Islam. Islam freed people from slavery and class and poverty and made them responsible for their own actions. What these people are doing is confuse their own culture with Islam. There's an awful lot of things that Muslims do that has nothing to do with Islam, just as Christians do things that are nothing to do with Christianity. I am quite sad that the Christians don't understand how close they are to Islam, and how much we have in common - more than between Christians and Jews.
People see the media coverage and they're frightened.
They're frightened that you have got to step back 1,400 years in time if you want to be a Muslim. But the Koran is a message for all time. Another misconception is the jihad. The vast majority of Muslims have an entirely different definition of jihad. It is seen as a personal, internal struggle with one's self.