The Muslim woman, like her other counterparts, though given ... rights and ... status in Islam, suffers like the rest of all fronts ... There is a vast gap between what Islam ... promises her ... and what is doled out to her in practice.

... In reality, she is deprived of all these rights, ... in the name of religion, and conveniently tuned into a bonded labour ... She leads the life of a second class citizen, often worse ... She ... has her pregnancies and abortions planned by others ... are kept indoors in the name of purdah. The Muslim woman is truly today's "Muslim sati".