Spain - Islamic feminism conference draws hundreds

AFP reports.

The Islamic feminist movement has slowly emerged in the Muslim world, which comprises some 29 countries with more than one billion people.

The advocates - mostly well-educated, urban women versed in the Koran - argue that Islam must not be a pretext for cultural practices denigrating women, dictated by men with a monopoly on interpreting Islam's holy book.

Good luck to them. They'll need it as the left and the women's movement has abondoned them.