Everyman
Virtuous Women
1979 • E21 Nov 18, 1979 50m
Islam means submission to the will of God; but in women's lives obedience to fathers and husbands has predominated, with marriage their only guarantee of honour. ' If a girl doesn't marry she won't go to heaven.' How do women survive this pressure? Everyman filmed with Muslim women in this country, and discovered that for some of them the Koran holds a different message, of independence and equal rights.