The Kuwaiti parliament, which had only functioned very briefly and ineffectually before, was reconvened and the emir backed the enfranchisement of women.
Sophisticated instruments which were to make possible the European voyages of discovery, such as the astrolabe , the quadrant, and good navigational maps, were also developed by Muslims.
If fanatics who believe Muslim women should be imprisoned in their homes and gay people should be killed are insulted by my arguments, I don't resile from it.