The modernist Islamic viewpoint argues that restrictions placed upon women, such as wearing the veil and polygamy, were
a. mistakes made by the Prophet's immediate successors.
b. part of a conspiracy to undermined Islamic beliefs during the Christian Crusades during the Middle Ages.
c. a twentieth century reaction to Western imperialism.
d. creations of the heretic Ottoman regime.
e. pre-Islamic folk traditions.
e
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a) Protestant b) Catholic c) self-made man d) son of immigrants
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A) Spanish B) Japanese C) Portuguese D) Korean
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A) temporarily secured the vote for women, who would cast ballots for absent soldier-husbands. B) suspended their movement for suffrage out of respect for the war. C) hoped that their wartime service would be rewarded with greater equality, especially the right to vote. D) fought for salaries and pensions for wartime nurses and other volunteers. E) None of these choices
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A) a clash of civilizations. B) a global village. C) the end of "history." D) the victory for liberal democracy. E) an age of terrorism.