Re: Why are two woman witnesses, equivalent to only one male witness in Islam ?
Well then the verse is no longer applicable in cases where women are businesswomen.
I take offense to the author comparing men to surgeons and women to general practitioners. So many surgeons are women.
From what I remember reading about the verse, the verse is specific to a time period where, lets face it, very few women had the financial and outside-world training to deal with those sorts of matters. Where you don't have those conditions, then the rule no longer applies. Simple. :)
Allah sent down the Quran for all mankind for all times!