In a striking, no I'll be honest, amazing turn of events, muslim men have respected muslim women for what some might say would be one of the first times in history. Nov 3, a huge group of muslim women, bound by their layers of clothing, rushed an Israeli mosque trying to free gunmen "besieged by Israeli troops." In the scirmish, two women were killed and at least ten women wounded, but some gunmen escaped. To quote the associated press article "they were celebrated as heroes, an unusual role in a deeply conservative society that tends to keep women on the sidelines." I don't know if it's progress or not, it's kind of a twisted progress for muslim women.
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Umm...excuse you but Muslim women were able to vote since the beginning of Islam. The first martyr in the name of Islam was a Muslim woman. The first convert to Islam was a woman. A lot of great scholars were woman. One of them was called daughter of the camel because all her books and diplomas was pilled on a camel when she traveling and lecturing. In Islam women can't be forced to marry. And she has the right to divorce.
There's a lot more.
But I'll leave it to you to dispel your own ignorance and even perhaps your assuming stance on a religion--when it's really culture, media, (perhaps even some bad Muslims) etc--that has marred your view of Islam.
~Blog4progress
I'm not Muslim either, but have taken several classes about Muslim politics and Women in the Muslim World. Yes, technically a woman has the right to refuse a marriage, but in reality, her family or wali may make a contract on her behalf and execute the marriage without her even knowing about it. And she may divorce her husband, but she has to go to court and she forfeits her dowry, unless her parents buy her back. On the other hand, her husband can divorce her by saying "I divorce you" three times, and she doesn't even have to hear it. A woman does not inherit equally with men. There are many other inequalities. Like, a man can have 4 wives, but a woman can't have 4 husbands. In Saudi Arabia a woman can't even get a driver's license. But really, that's culture, not religion.
The rights the Prophet accorded to women were revolutionary for the time, but women's rights have improved dramatically since the 7th century, and a woman's rights in Islam are still what they were during Muhammad's time. How many female Imams are out there interpreting the Hadith and the Qur'an?