Manu Smriti & Koran on Women - A brief comparison

Manu Smriti, whatever might have been the time of composition, had become a standard text of Hinduism in the early centuries of the Common Era.

Koran was supposed to be revealed to the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) around 7th Century of the Common Era.

But there are some similarities in the outlook towards women in both texts, which are listed below: 

Men must make their women dependent, as they are not fit for independence. They should be guarded by their father in childhood, by the husband in youth & by the sons in old age. (Manu)

Men have authority over women because God has made the one superior to the other & they spend their wealth to maintain them.

Good women are obedient. (Koran)

There is no difference between the goddesses of good fortune who live in houses & women who are the lamps of their houses, worthy of reverence & greatly blessed. (Manu)

Those who defame honourable but careless believing women shall be cursed in this world & the next. (Koran)

Women will have a share in what (property) their parents or kin leave. (Koran)

The remarriage of widows is not mentioned in the marriage rules of the Vedas. (Manu)

Muslims who die leaving wives behind shall bequeath their widows a year's maintenance without causing them to leave their homes; but if they leave of their own accord, they may pursue any course of action deemed fit. (Koran)

Even if a man has married a woman according to the rules, he may reject her if she is ill, corrupted or married with something concealed. (Manu)

If a woman fear ill-treatment or desertion on the part of her husband, it shall be no offence for them to seek a mutual agreement. (Koran)

A wife who drinks (spirits), is dishonest, rebellious, ill, violent or a spendthrift can be superseded at any time. (Manu)