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Originally Posted by chunksmediocrites
I think the Muslim connection to this is overplayed. The tribal and cultural factors that define women and fertility as property of the patriarch do not have more than partial reflection in Islamic scripture or Sharia Law.
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I.e., as I've put it,
"more pretextual than causal." When it comes to most practices or traditions for which it is blamed (or credited, depending), supernaturalist organized religion is neither a necessary nor sufficient cause. Rather, it has often been invoked as further justification for practices and traditions which had already taken some form. This is true of other breeds of supernaturalism too, not only Islam.