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The Anglo-American author Christopher Hitchens wrote in his book God is not great: How religions poison everything. "Violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism, tribalism and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and coercive towards children, organised religion ought to have a great deal on its conscience." According to Hitchens, the three Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) are the source of bigotry and discrimination against women. In addition, the monotheist religions are affecting our lives on a daily basis, in this essay, I will illustrate how monotheism is detrimental to women's rights. Monotheist religions are discriminatory against women for two main reasons, the first reason being the explicit call for gender inequality. For example, Christianity states the following.   “Let a woman learn in silence with all submission.  And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, b