pursuit of education and knowledge, freedom of expression, initiating enterprise and owning property independently (‘Abd al ‘Ati 1998).Men and women are complementary and not subservient to each other.Prophet Muhammad said:‘I command you to be kind to women … The best of you is the best to his family/wife’(Badawi 1999:26).He is also reported to have said:‘The quest for knowledge and science is obligatory upon every Muslim man and woman’(Hassan 2000:55).