This week, I said a fateful five words in class: “Islam is a patriarchal religion”. Bad boys & daddy issuesI am sympathetic to the fear that calling Islam patriarchal will deter people from the religion. In Islam, a patriarchal religion, men are placed at the top. Isn’t saying “Islam is a patriarchal religion” just as inaccurate or potentially harmful as saying “Islam is a feminist religion”? And so I say, “Islam is a patriarchal religion”.