Boreal Books wrote:  "There is never any mention of where much of this misogyny originates and the religion of the perpetrator; better to paint all men and all faiths with the same brush."

ML's mother was ex-nun and he was baptized Roman Catholic.  I realize the Roman Catholic Church is misogynistic but I don't think we can blame the perpetrator's action on his mother's religion.  

His father was a non-practicing Moslem and abandoned the family when ML was two.  

ML himself was an atheist.