n>In terms of their prospects for going to either heaven or hell, there is no distinction between men and women in Islam. “All human beings are equal,” the Prophet Muhammad taught, “equal as the teeth of a comb. There is no superiority of a white over a black nor of any male over the female.” “Men as well as women,” declares the Qur’an, “shall be rewarded for their labours.” “The believers who do good works, whether men or women, shall enter the gardens of paradise.” (It must be noted, however, that there seems to be no male equivalent to the paradisiacal houris.) Read Full Article »