text: how does islam relate to women? the holy quran has the following to say:  men are in charge of women, because allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). so good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which allah hath guarded. as for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them (4:34).  women's testimony is equal to half that of a man:         get two witnesses, out of your own men, and if there are not two men, then a man and two women, such as ye choose, for witnesses, so that if one of them errs, the other can remind her (2:282).  polygyny, and sex with slave and captive women:         "if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, marry women of your choice, two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, (4:3). in a nutshell: look at the young woman in saudi arabia who was sentenced recently to a punishment of 90 lashes for the "crime" of being a victim of gang-rape