There is nothing right in holding back women.
Nor Islam is fastest spreading religion. Rather, the one with highest birth rates.
You can decide that "holding back women" is awful and be all for for "female empowerment".
You just have to accept a few things will happen along with it.
A. Lots of well paying jobs held by women who will refuse to be breadwinners and still insist on a higher status man.
B. Lots of doctors etc who will end up working part time or worse, this reducing capacity in such industries.
C. Increasing tendency to badmouth and attack your own civilization and religion.
D. Safetyism and increasing curbs on "harmful" free speech.
E. Lots of emphasis on saying the "correct" things rather than doing the right things.
You can see anywhere in the world as women get "liberated". All of these happen.