One of the missions brought by Religion of Islam to mankind is to upgrade thestatus of women and make it equal with status of men. Before the coming of Islamthere was a culture of ignorance which Arabs practice by burying their daughtersalive, because they think it is a burden or disgrace to members of the family.1 WhenIslam came, this culture or tradition was totally abolished, and women wererecognised as individual who have right of inheritances2. The Holy Qur’an clearlyasserted equality to both genders, for instance it is stated that God has createdmales and females with the aim to acquaint themselves with each other.3 Thegeneral principles of sharia is that the duties and rights of women are equal to thoseof men, thus the rights and duties of men and women are identical. women havebeen assigned some duties towards men and also men have been assigned certainduties towards women. This was explain by the provision of Quaran which says:“And they (women) have rights similar to those of (men) over them in kindness’’4This paper will state the equality between men and women as provided in theQuaran, hadith and other sources of Islamic law, and it recommend that peopleshould be educated to know that Islam does not discriminate between men andwomen , in the sight of Allah both of them are equal.The Almighty Allah says: “For Muslim men and women, for believing men and women. For devout menand women, for true men and women, for men and women who are patient andconstant, for men and women who humble themselves, for men and women whogive in charity, for men and women who fast (and deny themselves) for men andwomen who guard their chastity, and for men and women who engage much inAllah’s praise, for them has Allah prepared forgiveness and great reward”56In the above verse of Holy Quran Almighty Allah has equated female with theircounterparts. Islam regard women and men as human being of the same essencecreated them from a single soul. Both of them has complete independentpersonality in Islam. In this paper I will focus on the issues of gender equality underIslam.