Under Islamic law, a woman is worth half of that of a man.
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The Rob Carson ShowAug 25, 2026
Sources confirm that Islamic law and some codes give a woman's testimony half the weight of a man's and in some cases half the inheritance share, and Iran's penal code is cited as treating this as a worth ratio.
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… It's the foundation. Judeo-Christian values are the foundation of Western civilization. Under our Constitution, we believe that God created man and woman as equals in the eyes of God, at least our Judeo-Christian God. Under Islamic law, a woman is worth half of that of a man. So, just for starters, we can start there. So you cannot compare sharia law to canon law or Jewish law. And also remember, we are a nation founded on Judeo-Christian values. We are a Christian nation, despite what the majority wants to tell you. …
The Rob Carson Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. Alukah's essay acknowledges that a woman's inheritance share is usually half the man's but states there is 'no implication that she is worth half a man'.[2]
Contradicts. Penn State Law Review explains that the common 'half a man' notion is a misconception, since Islamic inheritance has several scenarios where women receive equal or greater shares.[3]
Supports. Reuters' factbox on women's rights in the Arab world states that a woman's testimony is worth half that of a man's in an Islamic court.[1]
Supports. The Equality Now analysis of Iran's 2013 Islamic Penal Code says halved female testimony means the woman herself is seen by the law as only worth half that of a man.[4]
Supports. A 2026 source describes Islamic law as giving women less rights, with a woman's testimony and the standard inheritance share each set at half that of a man.[5]
Context. Yaqeen Institute states the two-women testimony requirement is not a universal rule and applies mainly in financial or courtroom scenarios, so the half-weight rule is not uniform across Islamic law.[6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 5 not rated
- 1Factbox: Women's rights in the Arab world - Reutersreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Status of women in Islam (4) - Morals and Advocacyen.alukah.net · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 3The Law of Inheritance Regarding Women and Principles ...pennstatelawreview.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Iran – The Islamic Penal Code of 2013, Books I, II and Vequalitynow.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5The relationship between the Islamic legal system Sharia and …pdfs.semanticscholar.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Women | Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Researchyaqeeninstitute.org · not rated · cited for: context
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