Editing Egalitarianism (section)

==== Islam ====
The verse [[Al-Hujurat|49]]:13 of The [[Quran]] states: "O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the noblest of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Quranic Arabic Corpus – Translation |url=http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=49&verse=13 |website=corpus.quran.com |access-date=30 December 2019}}</ref> [[Muhammad]] echoed these egalitarian sentiments, sentiments that clashed with the practices of the pre-Islamic cultures.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} In a review of Louise Marlow's ''Hierarchy and Egalitarianism in Islamic Thought,'' [[Ismail Poonawala]] argues the desire for the Arab-Muslim Empire to consolidate power and administer the state rather led to the deemphasis of egalitarian teachings in the Qur'an and by the Prophet.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Poonawala |first1=Ismail |author-link1=Ismail Poonawala |title=Reviewed Work: Hierarchy and Egalitarianism in Islamic Thought by Louise Marlow |journal=Iranian Studies |date=Summer 1999 |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=405–407 |doi=10.1017/S0021086200002759 |jstor=4311272 |s2cid=245659108 }}</ref>