Not exactly true. Up until the 1500's islamic states followed tribal examples of government where the men were in charge of war and diplomacy but the women ruled over home and trade affairs. The purely patriarchal society was something else they learned form the Christians during the crusades along with the religious intolerance. [ Befroe the crusades, where christiians burned villages and poisoned the wells of Islamic villages, the only persecution other religions saw was they had to pay taxes while Islamic people gave the same amount to the church.]
[ Befroe the crusades, where christiians burned villages and poisoned the wells of Islamic villages, the only persecution other religions saw was they had to pay taxes while Islamic people gave the same amount to the church.]