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For Saudi Arabia:

Female literacy rate, about 91%;
Youth (15-24 years) literacy rate (%) 2008-2012*, male: 99%
Youth (15-24 years) literacy rate (%) 2008-2012*, female: 97%

Source: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/saudiarabia_statistics.html

I don't remember where but I remember reading that women in Saudi Arabia are also given scholarships to study abroad.
Update: Found it, it is even included in the Wikipedia article:

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In the United Kingdom alone, more than 15,000 Saudi students, 25% of whom are women, attend universities.
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Saudi Arabia provides female students with one of the world's largest scholarship programs. By this program, thousands of women have earned doctorates from Western universities.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Saudi_Arabia

The only wars whose alleged wrongness can be used to criticise Islam are the wars during the time of the Prophet and the first four Caliphs. Any other latter war or Muslim ruler may or may not be a follower of Islamic laws and guidelines.

On the matter of Spain, the Muslims were "invited" by one of the Spaniard lords. Legend has it that he sent his daughter (or his niece) to the court of one of the royals. That royal apparently had non-marital relations with her which had the effect of turning that Spaniard lord towards the Muslims and inviting them to invade Spain. If I remember correctly the ships and information for the invasion was also provided by him. Apparently, when the Muslim armies were marching through Spain, they were also joined by Jews (probably the reason they were kicked out alongside the Muslims when the Christians regained power) and other Spaniards. This is not surprising as Muslim armies in India had Hindu soldiers and generals too.

From one orientalist book I was reading, the Ummayyad Caliph of the time, when he got news of the invasion became angry and called back the Muslim commander and reprimanded him.

As I mentioned before, empires generally used to remain in perpetual war with each-other and peace treaties were the odd events.

if you look at pictures in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide

there are no photos of mass killings in thousands.
So the death tolls are largely accounted due to sickness,starvation and exhaustion after the exile.

Islam was spread by Islamic traders and scholars that travel to many nations by inviting Kings and Chief tribes of those lands to reverting back to Islam . Hence why Islam spread real fast as once their kings accepted Islam, people in those lands became Muslims well.

As many smaller regions neighboring byzantine  accepted Islam, Byzantine kingdom began to be hostile and hence engaging with series of war with Islamic nations.

ISIS PROPHECY IN ISLAM:


It was narrated in Kitaab Al-Fitan (the Book of Trials), written by Al-Mirwazi (Al-Bukhari's teacher), that Ali bin Abi Taalib (ra) said:
"If you see the black flags, then hold the ground and do not move your hands or your feet. A people will come forth who are weak and have no capability, their hearts are like blocks of iron. They are the people of the state (literally says "the people of Al-Dawla"), they do not keep a promise or treaty. They call to the truth, but they are not its people. Their first names are Kunaa (nicknames like Abu Muhammed), and their last names are Quraa (names of towns and cities, like Al-Halabi), and their hair is loose like women's hair. (Leave them) until they fight among themselves, then God will bring the truth from from whoever He wills."



black flags, check.
weak with no capabilities [compared to proper todays military standards], check
hearts are like blocks of iron, check [check their execution vids, they don't fear death..etc..]
people of the state, check.
first names are kunaa and last names are quraa, check
loose hair like women, check

some pics of ISIS members to confirm the long hair part

http://i.imgur.com/YtqJaSN.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/8Drv1Z4.png

http://i.imgur.com/ySewwsQ.png

http://i.imgur.com/w0HXvR4.png