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press their ideas in public and to participate in the political affairs
of the community. He called his society's attention to the fact that
men and women are equal in biological nature because Allah
created both from a single being.2'1 He also taught that men and
women are equal in their potential for doing good or bad, and for
achieving intellectual and spiritual excellence.

Prophet Muhammad jg praised the role of motherhood and
gave women a liberty and status which befit their noble nature. As
.1 result, the Muslim community has benefited greatly from the
substantial contributions made by women in Al-Islam. Whenever
we see women relegated to an inferior status in a Muslim society,
we should be aware that it is practicing unenlightened traditions
rather than the religion of Al-Islam.

In brief, the character of Prophet Muhammad 56 is exemplary in
all walks of life.27 As the Holy Qur'an says, "You have indeed in
I he Messenger of Allah a most excellent pattern [of conduct] for
anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day, and who