I think it should be said that extremists use the Hadiths (texts written after Muhammad died) to justify violence and terrorism, many of the Hadith directly contradict the Quran.
Of course this is mainly an ideological issue, and doesn't take into account the misogynistic culture (among other factors like colonization, wars) that much of the Middle East has always had. I think the problem is Arabic culture in general, and not necessarily religion, much of South East Asia practices a more moderate form of Islam, as well as Turkey.