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But how we interpret the religious texts that guide these ideas of gender is crucial to how those norms manifest themselves.

But not all Muslims interpret their traditions the same way.

In 1878, researchers excavated gravesite remains since interpreted as belonging to a high-status warrior, which a 2017 analysis found to be female.

But we have to interpret.

In the late 1800s, German scientist Ludwig Edinger compared primate and crow brains and interpreted the crow’s brain structure as primitive, dismissing their cognitive abilities.

Vernon Finley, director of the Kootenai Culture Committee, recalls his grandfather describing how anthropologists rarely interpreted Elders’ stories correctly or let Elders know what they’d do with those stories.

Others include a belief in angels, like the one who appeared to Muhammad, and the belief that the Qur'an is the actual words of God, not something Muhammad interpreted or edited.