Spousal abuse is universal across all cultures, but only in Islam is it given divine sanction, both in the Qur’an and in Muhammad’s example:
“Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and beat them.” — Qur’an 4:34
Muhammad “struck me on the chest which caused me pain, and then said: Did you think that Allah and His Apostle would deal unjustly with you?” — Aisha (Sahih Muslim 2127)
“Pakistan religious groups say law protecting women from abuse ‘un-Islamic,'” by Mubasher Bukhari, Reuters, March 15, 2016:
An all-parties conference convened by Pakistan’s oldest Islamic political party and attended by powerful religious groups asked the government on Tuesday to retract an “un-Islamic” law that gives unprecedented protection to female victims of violence.
The Women’s Protection Act, passed by Pakistan’s largest province of Punjab last month, gives legal protection to women from domestic, psychological and sexual violence….
But since the law’s passage, many conservative clerics and religious leaders have denounced it as being in conflict with the Muslim holy book, the Koran, and the constitution.
On Tuesday, representatives of more than 35 religious parties and groups came together for a conference called by the Jamaat-e-Islami party and condemned the women’s protection law as un-Islamic.
“The controversial law to protect women was promulgated to accomplish the West’s agenda to destroy the family system in Pakistan,” read the joint declaration issued at the end of the concrescence. “This act … is redundant and would add to the miseries of women.”
The passage of the new law was welcomed by rights groups but spirits have since dampened as conservative voices have increasingly called for its retraction.
On Monday, Fazlur Rehman, the chief of one of Pakistan’s largest religious parties, the Jamiat-i-Ulema Islam, said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had promised him at a meeting that he would address the reservations of religious parties.
“Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif heard our reservations against the Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Act 2016. He promised to amend the law so that it doesn’t contravene the teachings of the holy Koran,” Maulana Fazl told journalists at his residence.
Earlier this month, the Council of Islamic Ideology, a powerful Pakistani religious body that advises the government on the compatibility of laws with Islam, declared the Women’s Protection Act un-Islamic.
A prominent lawyer has also filed a petition in the top sharia court asking it to strike down the law.
Adrian says
Just how you gonna reform islam’s core texts?
After the move to Medina, ibn Ishaq has no more philosophical, ‘religious’ passages… it is all about warfare, violence and division of spoils…
If you throw that out, and eliminate all violent and murderous commands in Quran, there’s hardly anything left…
I propose Muslims should just go back to the 360 rock Gods (minus Allah)…. much safer back then.
Jay Boo says
They follow into Muhammad’s dishonor.
Muhammad moved to Medina as a refugee seeking asylum.
Those who gave Muhammad safe refuge paid with their lives and sacrificed their wives and children to the perverse desires of Koranimals.
Atheist kaffur says
That sums up the situation pretty well at the present moment. The jihad theology must be shamed and denounce especially after apologetic arguments by CAIR, ISNA etc. Their attempt at victim hood right after a jihad attack should be denounced immediately and fervently. The stealth jihad is the most important battle.
Jay Boo says
Such cowards — ( just like Muhammad)
They are afraid to admit and take accountability for their own actions.
The old “Allah made me do it” excuse.
Islam is such a disgraceful excuse for surrendering to a life filled with a total lack of common human decency.
خَليفة says
“Allah made me do it” is the new version of “the devil made me do it”
john spielman says
allah and the devil are one and the same
Jay Boo says
Why don’t they each all put on their Islamic MAN-DRESS and just man-up for their actions instead of hiding beneath Muhammad’s skirt of Qur’an verse.
Walter Sieruk says
Tragically such laws protecting females , both girls and women, from Muslim male violence may sadly be “anti-Islamic.” For Islam is essence is a religion of cruel and brutal misogyny. As explained by Brigitte Gabriel , who is the founder and head of actforamercia.org , in her book THEY MUST BE STOPPED. Which informs the reader that “The shocking reality is that most Muslim men including those educated in the West, have no objection to honor killing and the degradation of women in their countries. Across the Muslim world, even in moderate Islamic countries, women rights are almost nonexistent…Women in Islam are considered unclean, deemed inferior even to dirt.”
Godwin says
Why don’t these bunch of Pakistani idiots condemn the bombing attacks n suicide-bombing attacks as un-Islamic as those attacks happen so frequently in their country. They really are koranimal beasts.
miriamrove says
of course it is unislamic. Islam was designed for men and men’s pleasure. M
خَليفة says
They know that any step away from their barbaric 7th century mentality towards joining the rest of the civilized world would be the beginning of the end of Islam.
Islam is an all or nothing system, which is proof that Islam is nothing more than a creation of very ignorant, xenophobic and narrow minded men.
KrazyKafir says
Articles like this really make it hard on the taqiyya peddlers.
gravenimage says
Pakistan: Major Muslim orgs say law protecting women from abuse is un-Islamic
“The controversial law to protect women was promulgated to accomplish the West’s agenda to destroy the family system in Pakistan”
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Violence and abuse is the bedrock of the Muslim family.
Conor Cruise O’Brien said:
“Muslim society looks profoundly repulsive….It looks profoundly repulsive because it is repulsive….A Westerner who claims to admire Muslim society, whilst still adhering to Western values, is either a hypocrite or an ignoramus or a bit of both. At the heart of the matter is the Muslim family, an abominable institution.”
And this is yet more proof that Trump was right when he said that Islam treats women badly.
خَليفة says
Such laws are un-Islamic… Therefore, Laws in favor of beating women ARE Islamic
Laws providing gender equality are considered by the civilized world to be an essential indicator of being both civilized and humane.
Therefore we can conclude that Islam is neither humane nor civilized.
We all know Islam is the epitome of savagery.
mortimer says
Misogyny is normative Islam, rather than an aberration.
Why would people who call themselves ‘progressive’ or ‘liberal’ support this extreme misogyny?
Why would they say we shouldn’t discuss the abuse of women in Pakistan?
خَليفة says
Why would liberals…
The enemy of my enemy rule…
If you have not noticed, among leftists and liberals there is a growing anti-Christian sentiment. Those same people have no idea what Islam is all about and are nothing more than useful idiots of the Islamists- what they dont comprehend is that Islam will turn them on them and destroy them when the right conditions arise. In the mean time, those leftist liberals are enjoying see Christians getting frustrated with the world.
Mike says
If one were to colonise an Islamic country, I am 100% sure that the way to change the culture would be to ensure that women are no longer abused and have equal rights.
That would get the ball rolling.
Westman says
“..the family system in Pakistan” – rule the roost and beat your wife. This great system is soon coming to your neighborhood. Don’t miss out. Watch the front page of your newpaper for recent updates.
Mirren10 says
This is published by *Reuters*, hardly an ‘islamophobic’ news outlet.
So, why are the morally bankrupt Jewish and Christian groups, waving their banners against ‘anti-muslim bigotry’, not latching onto *this*, and proclaiming their anger against **anti-women** bigotry ?
And answer came there none. Faugh !!
Atheist7 says
This could be a great opportunity for a knowledgeable, eloquent female college student to go to one of Hillary’s rally’s and – if there is a question and answer period – simply ask: “Why is Islam so opposed to the rights of women?”
billybob says
Pakistan: Major Muslim orgs say law protecting women from abuse is un-Islamic
Nigeria: Senate rejects gender equality bill, Muslim senators say it violates Sharia
Just look at these headlines. They should be on the front page of major newspapers everywhere. Shame on these misogynists! All the BS spouted by CAIR about “Islamophobia” – if you ever wanted simple proof of the evil of Islam here it is – straight from Muslims themselves. No need to even mention of “terrorists” or “jihad”.
I love these kind of examples of the reality of Islam as it is practised by the majority of Muslims around the world, because the leftists can’t respond to it. Muslims condemn themselves. Just throw in a bit about Apostasy and Blasphemy laws, and you’ve got them cornered without even reciting the Quran.
Champ says
The One True God: Jesus Christ, Loooves women …
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Muslim Woman Gives Jesus One Week To Prove Himself Before Ending Her Life. Then This Happens!…
“God never dominates anybody. Wherever you encounter domination, it’s something satanic, that’s not how God rules people, but satans ambition is to dominate the whole world, not just some little part of humanity, threw a kingdom of darkness to dominate the whole world. And because his kingdom is a kingdom of darkness, the people who are in that kingdom, for the most part, don’t know what their in. You See. The Kingdom of God is a Kingdom of light, If we’re in the Kingdom of God, we know where we are.
The god of Islam and the God of Christianity are Not the Same.
The jesus of Islam and the Jesus Christ of Christianity are Not the Same.
Allah & Muhammad’s Islam heaven is the opposite of the Christian Heaven.”
https://youtu.be/TJUh-Jeqfrg
billybob says
Very touching story.
Champ says
Indeed, Billybob …it brought me tears of Joy.
linnte says
Wow! Amazing story. I wish Jesus had healed his follower Suzanne of MS too. She was my best friend.
Champ ✿ says
Linnte, so sorry for your loss …
abad says
This is precisely why I will NEVER understand why any woman would want to be Muslim.
It just boggles the human mind.
Islam :- the hateful religion of idiots says
The so called men of knowledge in the picture look like a muslim fashion parade,,
These 7th century idiots in a 21st century world, they all want us to go back there (to the 7th century) but where would they be without their lights, microphones and glasses ..
It always stuns me coming across idiots that don’t understand ,,,,
WOMEN ARE THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO MEN ………
abad says
I don’t think those Muslim men in the photo had any mothers – I think a bunch of goats gave birth to them lol
Sixupman says
Muslims, apparently, do not recognise, except where it suits them otherwise, the UN Declaration of Human Rights as it is a secular document.
ex Europe Globalisation and the Coming Universal Caliphate Bat Ye’or
Jay Boo says
Good Morning Muslim World
It is time once again to place the Qur’an on the ground and slowly back away.
How can you Muslims dare condone such a disgrace when you brag with a straight face that:
(“Major Muslim orgs say law protecting women from abuse is un-Islamic”)
Well. let’s not offend Muhammad.
Muhammad found it very offensive that others knew he was an obvious fraud.
His supposed revelations of Mecca verses versus Medina verses are so contradictory that the Qur’an had to be written down in such a way as to add maximum convolution to hide the fact that Allah supposedly changed his mind.
The Qur’an does this by bogging the reader down in long verses much like a liar giving an evasive over-explanation to a simple question. Next it puts them out of sequence to hide the obvious contradiction and bury it all in a fall back excuse called aberration.
Jay Boo says
“abrogation” not aberration — spell check or a Freudian slip
Jay Boo says
meant to say — long (chapters) not verses
Florida Jim says
What are these 7th century idiots saying-“we have a right to abuse women, children and non-believers just like our prophet did” some chant.They will continue doing these atrocities until there is none in America or North America..
vcragain says
And a thoroughly choice looking bunch of males they are – any girl would be proud to be chosen by any one of them ! UGH — do they not realize their wives probably feel physically sick when they touch them ? Most women in trapped circumstances cannot leave either because their society will not let them be independant, or because of their children, or for financial reasons. Most women would rather be free of the hassle and enjoy liberty rather than be trapped like this. One day their women WILL rebel and they will get the shock of their lives – I really hope it will be soon for these fools.
I know of that which I speak !