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‘Islamic Life Coach’ Says Women Are At Fault for Violence Against Them

By on May 15, 2013

Islamic-Life-CoachA controversial figure who calls herself an “Islamic life coach” has said that women are to blame for the rising number of incidents of domestic violence and violence against women.

Sibel Üresin, who earlier drew anger for saying polygamy — marriage with more than one spouse — should be legal and publicly announced that she had encouraged her husband to get a second wife, recommending a close girlfriend for the job, has said to the religious-minded İkra magazine: “Women talk ceaselessly. It is the woman’s fault if she is killed.”

Read the rest: Muslim Men Kill Wives Because They Talk to Much  More here.

This woman is a true believer in the Islamic doctrine. But if her husband did take a second wife, would she get jealous?  That’s the test of her faith, harmony in the household.

This entry is filed under Domestic Violence in Islam.

Lebanese Women Demand Government Protection from Domestic Violence

By on March 15, 2013

Veiled Muslim woman reveals face showing scars of abuseLebanese women are taking to the streets to demand that the government takes domestic violence seriously, by introducing laws to protect women from abusive partners.

Nadine Mouwad, a founder of feminist collective Nasawiya, says the prevalence of unveiled, glamorous women in Beirut can create the impression that Lebanon is more liberated from patriarchal cultural attitudes than neighboring countries. But that’s merely an illusion, she says.
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For the past year and a half, Mouwad and fellow feminist activists have been demanding that politicians ignore the objections of Muslim religious authorities and pass a stalled law protecting women from domestic violence.

A draft version of the Law to Protect Women from Family Violence was approved by Lebanon’s Cabinet in 2010, but has since become bogged down in parliament, mainly due to the objections of Sunni and Shia authorities.

The initial version of the bill was drafted to criminalize physical and sexual abuse, so-called “honor crimes” and marital rape, create specially-trained domestic violence response units within the police, and provide the legal framework for restraining orders to be issued against abusers.
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Dar al-Fatwa, Lebanon’s top Sunni authority, and the Higher Shi’a Islamic Council both said that they opposed the draft on the basis that Sharia law protected the status of women, and should remain the basis for governing legal issues related to Muslim families.
Domestic violence cases in Lebanon are typically heard in the religious courts, which often respond with rulings focused on preserving the family unit, rather protecting women from violence.

Read the rest: Lebanese Women Demand Domestic Violence Protection.

Asma says, “Good luck, ladies.”  Islamic doctrine trumps all your desires, for sharia law is based on the words of Allah from the Koran, Sura 4:34 and can never be changed:

“Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great.”

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Muslim Man Says his Religion Lets Him Hit his Wife

By on February 16, 2013

Shamshu MiahA Muslim man who claimed his religion entitled him to hit his wife has been given a community order.

Shamshu Miah, 58, of Alexandra Road, Llandudno, struck his wife three times after she did not get him a cigarette.

He later told police his religion allowed him to hit his wife if she did not do as she was told.

Read the rest: Muslim Man Says Allah Condones Wife Beating.  (h/t to Jihad Watch)
He’s absolutely right. Allah says so in the Koran, Chapter 4:34,

“Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance – [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand.”

Yeah, Allah is so exalted and grand, for telling men that they are superior to women and can beat them if they disobey!  Sounds to me like Allah is a misogynist.

This entry is filed under Domestic Violence in Islam, Great Britain.

We Don’t Support Violence Against Women but God Says We Can Beat Our Wives

By on October 6, 2012

Woman with black eye holds a QuranI almost missed this story.

I love the imams and Muslims who don’t lie and tell it like it is!

From Egypt via thereligionofpeace.com:

Popular Salafist preacher Yasser Borhamy confirmed in a media statement Friday that the meeting which he was blamed for attending, with former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq, was part of an initiative made by El-Nour Party to mediate between different groups.

Borhamy said the meeting was arranged because of the rising fear at the time that Shafiq might win. He confirmed that discussions tackled only very specific points, including that violence should not be used against protesters, that the Muslim Brotherhood should not be again isolated, that Copts should not be given any “special position” in society and that Quranic verses should not be removed from school curriculums.
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The controversial preacher went on to warn the media Friday in Kafr El-Dawwar that liberals were attempting to remove from the constitution restrictions on gender equality established by Islamic jurisprudence.

“We do not support violence against women, but God allowed a certain form of beating,” said Borhamy, arguing that in Islam the husband is permitted to beat his wife as long as no physical damage or scar would result.

Read the rest: Imam: Men Can Beat Their Wives.

This entry is filed under Domestic Violence in Islam, Egypt.

Wife Beating in Zanzibar

By on August 31, 2012

Women in Zanzibar, TanzaniaDespite ongoing efforts to minimize domestic violence, promote gender equality and empower women, new study in Zanzibar indicates that many women are still beaten and bullied by men including Muslim clerics!

In its report, the Tanzania Media Women Association (TAMWA) – Zanzibar revealed that although men beat women, but the number of cases being reported to the police remain few, mainly because most women opt to tolerate violence in order to keep her family together. “Women have testified to have been bullied and beaten by men, but they think it is improper to report the case.

Some get hurt severely in the domestic violence, but treat themselves silently to save the husband or partner,” the report says. The report says that women beating in Zanzibar are linked to love jealousy, disputes over wealth and family care, alcohol, neglect in marriage, and men superiority in the family. The report further says that most of the women asked during the survey held in ten districts of Zanzibar, agreed that beating and bullying is common but done under secrecy.
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Some Zanzibari Islamic scholars like Sheikh Fadhil Soraga from the Mufti Office, and Dr Issa Ziddy – lecturer at the State University of Zanzibar (SUZA) says beating of women is not allowed in Islam and that a man should avoid bullying and beating his wife. A Researcher, Silas Maranatha, in his publication ‘WIFE BEATING IN ISLAM’, points out that Wife/Women beating is one of the more controversial issues in Islam with the Quran’s authorization for husbands to beat disobedient wives.

Many people have criticized Islam because of this harsh sanction and many Muslims have written articles seeking to defend it. He says that Prophet Muhammad’s viewpoint of women was that they “lack self-control” and thus for their own good, and societies’ good, they must be subordinate to and managed by their husbands. Wives must obey. In an Islamic marriage when a man gives his bride a dowry he is accredited the right to manage his wife. By accepting his dowry a woman is giving her husband the right to her regulation.

Read the whole article: Zanzibar Men Still Beat Their Wives. It’s worth your time.

Unfortunately, multi-cultural, politically correct Westerners can’t have this same level of discussion as these Africans.

The Koran, 4:34:

Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great.

This entry is filed under Domestic Violence in Islam, Tanzania.

Turkish Man in Germany Beheads Wife

By on June 8, 2012

Muslim Women in Burka's Herded by Man with SwordA Berlin man was arrested on Monday on suspicion of killing his wife and cutting her body to pieces after a row in a flat where police later found six children, authorities said. Witnesses said they saw him throw her head from the roof.

“Upon entering the apartment, officers discovered the partly dismembered body of the 30-year-old tenant and detained the 32-year-old husband after he attempted to resist them,” police said in a statement.

A police spokesman said later that the body parts were discovered on the terrace of the flat and that limbs had also been found in the courtyard of the building. An autopsy showed the woman had been stabbed to death.

The man, who is believed to work in the building industry and who, authorities say, has several traffic violations and tax infractions on his police record but no violent crimes, was to appear before a judge later Monday.

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This entry is filed under Domestic Violence in Islam, Honor Killing, Turkey.

6 Out of 10 Swedish Mosques Told Muslim Women to Accept Beatings and Polygamy

By on May 26, 2012

Muslim Woman with Black Eye Holding a KoranSix out of ten mosques in Sweden gave women advice about how to deal with spousal abuse and polygamy that contradicted Swedish law, a media investigation has revealed.

Using hidden cameras and telephone recording equipment, two women posing as abused spouses visited ten of Sweden’s largest mosques as part of a report put together by Sveriges Television (SVT) investigative news programme “Uppdrag granskning”.
The women then asked leaders at the mosques for advice about how to address issues such as polygamy, assault and non-consensual sex.

Six out of the ten mosques visited by the women, who had also claimed that their husbands had multiple wives, told them that they should nevertheless agree to have sex with their husbands even if they didn’t want to.

Six of the mosques also advised the women against reporting spousal abuse to the police. Leaders at another mosque were divided on the issue, while women received vague advice from yet another mosque.

Read the rest: Swedish Mosques Advise Muslim Women Not To Report Abuse.   And read more at MuslimWomenNews.com.

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From the Horse’s Mouth: Beat Your Wife Lightly

By on May 14, 2012

Rania al-Baz after being beaten by her husband in Saudi Arabia

Rania al-Baz, a Saudi television presenter, after being beaten by her husband. Click image for more details.

Here’s advice from the Fatwas (Islamic ruling) of Ibn Baz from a blog called “Covered Pearls”:

Q 115: My husband beats me and spits in my face for trivial reasons. What is your opinion?

A: Every husband must fear Allah. He must neither beat his wife, nor spit in her face. Allah (Exalted be He) states: …and live with them honourably (Surah Nisa 4:19). The Prophet (peace be upon him) stated: Act kindly toward women! Verily You have taken them as a trust from Allah, and they have become permissible to you by the Word of Allah. [1]

A husband should treat his wife kindly, fear Allah and be careful with her. He should treat his wife in the best possible way, being easy-going and gentle. Harsh beating and ill-treatment is not acceptable in Islam. If the wife disobeys her husband, he may resort to the slight beating which leaves no mark on the body.

Allah (Exalted be He) states: As to those women on whose part you see ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (next), refuse to share their beds, (and last) beat them (lightly, if it is useful) [Surah An Nisa 4:34].

Allah has pointed out the procedures the husband should follow when his wife shows ill-conduct and disobedience. Slight beating may be used in cases of ill-conduct on the part of the wife or extreme refraction and rejection of the husband’s reasonable requests on a consistent basis. Even then, other measures, such as exhortation and sleeping in a separate bed from hers should be tried first. For example, he may advise her to fear Allah and to obey him or to sleep in a separate bed from hers for one, two or three days. When these two measures are of no avail, the husband may resort to slight beating that leaves no injury or mark on the body. The well-mannered believer should not be macho or tyrannical with his wife. Rather, he must treat his wife kindly.

In a nutshell, these are pearls of wisdom from Islam:  Don’t beat your wife but you can beat her if she deserves it. Harsh beating is bad, a slight beating is good.  And when you’re not supposed to beat her and you do, don’t leave marks on her body!  So it’s plastic pearls for Mohammedans. Pitiful!

 

Read the rest: Covered Pearls on Wife Beating in Islam.

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A Gift for the Muslim Couple, Or How To Beat Your Wife

By on April 1, 2012

Gift for Muslim Couple: A Guide to Wife Beating and Other Fine Points of Islam
 A Gift for the Muslim Couple has been called a “controversial marriage guide.”  But the controversy is only in Western minds.  For most Muslims, it is business as usual: Islamic doctrine, sharia law and the customs of primitive tribal culture.

A local bookstore has “sold out” of a controversial marriage guide that advises Muslim men on how to beat their wives. 

The 160-page book, is written by Hazrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi, who’s described in the book’s foreword as a “prolific writer on almost every topic of Islamic learning.”
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In the book’s opening pages, it is written that “it might be necessary to restrain her with strength or even to threaten her.”

Later, its author advises that “the husband should treat the wife with kindness and love, even if she tends to be stupid and slow sometimes.”

Page 45 contains the rights of the husband, which include his wife’s inability to leave “his house without his permission,” and that his wife must “fulfill his desires” and “not allow herself to be untidy … but should beautify herself for him … ”

In terms of physical punishment, the book advises that a husband may scold her, “beat by hand or stick,” withhold money from her or “pull (her) by the ears,” but should “refrain from beating her excessively.”

At the end of the article, there is a quote by a bookstore customer that the book sell-out was an indication that radical Islam had come to Canada.  What he doesn’t understand is that these directives are not “radical.”  They are directly from the Koran.  This is Islam.

Read it all here: Book Tells Muslim Men How to Beat Their Wives

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Spanish Imam Tells Muslim Men to Beat Their Wives:  Koran 4:34

By on March 8, 2012

The Abuse of Women in Islam is Mandated by the KoranThe Spanish imam is doctrinally correct about the treatment of women in Islam.  The explicit divine commands from Allah are laid out in the Koran, Sura 4:34:

 Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them. Then if they obey you, seek not a way against them. Lo! Allah is ever High, Exalted, Great.

Muslim Women Will Always Play Second Fiddle

Islam is a patriarchal religion, culture and legal/political system. No matter what Muslim women say or write, they will always play second-fiddle to the Muslim man.  And that will always be the case.  Why? Because the misogyny is made sacred, it is a command from god and can never be changed, for Allah is perfect and therefore, his commands are perfect, and as such, eternal.

Here’s an excerpt from the article :

A Spanish imam near Barcelona is under investigation after allegedly calling on the faithful to “discipline” errant wives using physical and psychological violence, police said on Tuesday.

The imam in the city of Terrassa is under investigation for “disseminating discriminatory messages and violating the principle of equality and of women’s right to physical and moral integrity,” police said in a statement.

“He provided concrete examples of the manner in which wives should be beaten, how to isolate them inside the family home and how to deny them sexual relations,” said the police, saying they had received testimony to the effect from numerous witnesses.

Here in the US, a Muslim man writing in the Huffington Post uses Sura 4:34 to show us how to solve our domestic violence problems. He never actually quotes the whole sura but explains it to us as a method of anger management, reformation and reconciliation.  His twisting and turnings and whitewashing of the doctrine is an amazing process of dissimulation and justification of wife beating.

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