So recently I was led to a post in which these verses were used as an example of "women as the property of men."Your wives are a place of sowing of seed for you, so come to your place of cultivation however you wish and put forth [righteousness] for yourselves. (Qur'an 2:223)I was pretty surprised …

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This is kind of a terrifying misconception. Children steal. The poor steal. Greedy, rich jackasses steal. Of course, only the first two will suffer from this misconception, which makes clearing it up pretty damn important*. The misconception comes from this translated verse: The male thief, and the female thief, you shall cut off the hands …

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