There is no question that no religion teaches cruelty, inhumane behavior and treatment to any creature created by Almighty God.  Islam is also a religion which promotes peace, equality, love and tranquility in the society.  As the article very rightly stated that it is the Muslim community which by creating its own version of Islam forces the society to go against the teachings of Islam.  So it is the society or so called representatives of Allah - the Mullahs with no spiritual knowledge of Islam - who needed to be condemned.  If Muslim women feel suffocated in their surrounding environment in the hands of Muslim male sect of society, it is their own doing.  They ought to stand up and challenge this ill and unequal treatment from the male community.  In the opinion of this writer, the main culprit to flourish this contorted and convoluted version of Islam is Saudi Arabia.  They are spending tons of petro dollars to set up madrasses worldwide to preach their version of Islam called Wahhabism.  Under Wahhabism, female are second class creatures ( in their mind), have no fundamental rights to drive, to walk alone, to get educated, have no legal protection even if they are raped etc.  Is that a society one wants to live in.  Should contorted version of religion take precedence over fundamental rights of a human being?  Definitely not.  So, the Muslim women have a choice either to stand up and challenge the Mullahs who force them to follow a contorted version of Islam or change their religion.  There are so many religions which provide equal rights to the female community and also preach peace, love and affection for others.  If not, then this suffering will go on and they should not complain, just live with it. Muslim women have a choice to make.