Postavení ženy v islámu: Předsudky evropské společnosti

This thesis deals with the status of women in Islam and prejudices of european society concerning this topic. The main objective is to find out, whether these prejudices are duly justified and what are their possible sources. The first part is focused on description of the role of women in islamic original sources -- Qur'an and Sunnah. The second chapter discusses the real status of woman in today's islamic world and highlights the wide variety of existing attitudes. The last part is concentrated on european prejudices resulting from insufficient knowledge of the status of muslim women and biased depiction of the subject offered by european media.