Epilogue to the article about economic development of Islamic countries (18)

The article says:

“Being more controversial, the status of women and religion have not received the same attention as factors limiting development.

These factors are inter-related.

If women achieve a high level of education and workforce participation, they may have fewer children.

Female employment provides higher family incomes, while lower fertility assists in achieving higher per-capita income growth.

Society can then devote more resources to capital "deepening" rather than capital "widening".

This means for example that rather than building more roads, houses and schools for a higher population, more high technology factories can be built.

Therefore the role of women in society is a critical factor in development. ”

Then the author says that, as if Islam constraints to development.

He argues, as if Quran says that: In Islam, women are inferior to men.