Sharia involves much, much more than marriage. This ruling opens the door for a great deal more recognition of Sharia in British courts, until finally Sharia is all that they recognize.
“Landmark ruling sees British court recognise sharia law for the first time as judge rules wife married in Islamic ceremony can make claim on husband’s assets under UK law,” by Cheyenne Roundtree, Mailonline, August 2, 2018 (thanks to Harry):
A British court has recognised sharia law for the first time in a landmark decision as a judge ruled that a wife can claim her husband’s assets in the split.
The decision came about after Nasreen Akhter wanted a divorce from her husband Mohammed Shabaz Khan. The couple were wed in an Islamic faith marriage in 1998.
Mr Khan wanted to block Mrs Akhter’s divorce on the basis that they are ‘not legally married’ under English law and says they are married ‘under Sharia law only’.
The High Court ruling on Wednesday said their union should be valid and recognised because their vows had similar expectations of a British marriage contract.
This means women married in an Islamic faith ceremony will have an easier time securing a divorce in the UK, paving the way for them to claim half their husband’s assets.
The judge had heard that the couple, who have a Pakistani background, had taken part in a ‘nikah’ ceremony at a restaurant in Southall, west London, nearly 20 years ago and lived in Pinner, Middlesex.
Nikah ceremonies do fall under UK matrimonial law although before the landmark decision, the courts did not legally recognise it as a valid marriage….
Barrister Paula Rhone-Adrien, who led Mr Khan’s legal team, said issues being considered went to the heart of the understanding of the law of marriage and divorce in British society.
She said the judge’s ruling was likely to be ‘considered in full’ by Muslims….
Yokel says
Good news for the woman.
Not good news for:
1. the application of Sharia in Britain
2. the idea pushed by the left that there should be no legal difference between marriage and “living together”
3. lawyers who think that the Islamic “community” will abide by their decision (the husband was trying the equivalent of “talaq, talaq, talaq, now get out and consider yourself lucky I haven’t killed you” which is all permitted by Sharia)
Others can probably add to the lists.
Clive Stephen Delmonte says
Are we to assume that men can divorce under Sharia law, and, if they do, how does that affect the former wife’s rights ?
How can it be possible to have two systems of law in force within the same territory ?
Yokel says
No you can’t have two systems of law in force within the same territory, which is why Robert said in his commentary: “until finally Sharia is all that they recognize“.
And we slowly have the Conditions of Omar imposed on us.
https://enjoytheconditionsofomar.blogspot.com/
Brian hoff says
What your problem aside being Islamoprobic.
gravenimage says
Here’s the appalling “Brian hoff”–really, “DefenderofIslam”–saying that only “Islamoprobes” have a problem with such horrors of Islamic marriage as polygamy, pedophilia, forced marriage, marital rape, the “Triple Talaq”, wife beating, and “Honor Killing”. None of these have a place in the civilized world.
melek-ric says
This woman’s claim on her partner’s assets should already have been guaranteed under English law via the concept of common law union, so why the need to recognize the Shari’a marriage? No – this was a test case to evaluate the British legal system’s tolerance for the gradual introduction of Shari’a principles, and is the thin edge of the wedge.
Susan B says
+ 1
gravenimage says
*Very* true.
PRCS says
“This woman’s claim on her partner’s assets should already have been guaranteed under English law via the concept of common law union, so why the need to recognize the Shari’a marriage?”
Bingo!
If a common law union is, in fact, established law, that her lawyer didn’t simply cite that as the basis for the lawsuit lends at least some credence to your “test case” assertion.
What a quandary, though; realizing that “women married in an Islamic faith ceremony will have an easier time securing a divorce in the UK, paving the way for them to claim half their husband’s assets” (by actually using islamic law against their little men), will most likely result in future legalization of other aspects of Islam law (polygamy and religious animal slaughter as examples).
melek-ric says
Likely, the British courts’ motivation is that they’re FEARFUL. They’ve watched the growing power and influence of the hundreds of back-room Shari’a courts that have appeared over the past 15 years, especially in Muslim dominated regions. They’re terrified that if they don’t find some way to instill Muslims’ confidence in the British legal system, they’ll completely lose control of an already restive and weakly integrated yet growing populace.
The British elites also know full-well that a parallel justice system in the country is a bellwether for a parallel society – the nucleus of a state within a state. So, they think that by introducing some “benign” elements of Shari’a family law, they can foster integration.
I’ll wager that within two years we’ll hear that the British legal system will recognize and incorporate Shari’a inheritance laws, along with much expansion of Shari’a finance. However, as Robert says this won’t work, and will just weaken Britain’s justice system and strengthen Islam as the country’s Muslims witness the submission and capitulation of the courts. They’ll keep demanding more and more, and we’ll give it to them.
Brian hoff says
It about time. First most of the moslim community will welcome this ruleing.
gravenimage says
Of course they will–Muslims love pedophilia and rape.
mortimer says
Muslim men will now not bother getting married hopefully. This will likely lead to a reduction in polygamy and child marriage and in the number of children per family and the number of Muslims being born.
I think that the UNINTENDED EFFECT of this ruling will to be to cast a CHILL over Muslim males getting SHARIA MARRIAGES.
Until now, they HAD NO CONSEQUENCES TO PAY if the marriage failed. Now they will have to pay ALIMONY, CHILD SUPPORT, etc. to ALL THEIR WIVES AND CHILDREN.
This is a set-back for Islam in the UK.
mortimer says
This ruling is likely to reduce WIFE ABUSE and CHILD ABUSE. Now if Muslim women don’t like a man’s behavior, they will divorce him and sue for support. This will obviously improve the behavior of Muslim males.
I think this ruling is a blessing in disguise.
HugoHackenbush says
At the very least a blessing for lawyers and billable hours. Think of the principles at play. If the marriage is valid then to what degree is the “sharia contract” to be enforced? The husband will argue that all awards, child custody etc. must be according to sharia as the court accepted sharia as the basis of the marriage. My popcorn budget has to be expanded, this will be interesting to watch.
Simon says
Lol.
R Russell says
Muslim men have one legal wife and children and 3 other wives families which claim housing and support from the benefits system.
Ie, the UK people pay for their keep.
I suppose it is a version of the jizyah
PRCS says
Yup.
Peter Clemerson says
There may be another unintended and welcome consequence of this ruling. If the first marriage a groom has is a sharia marriage and it is recognized under British law, the groom is now a married man until he has a divorce under British. Prior to such a divorce, any further marriage under Sharia law would be bigamous as he would be undertaking another marriage also recognized under British law. It might take a prosecution for bigamy to establish this but even the possibility may well reduce the number of polygynous sharia marriages.
I would welcome a comment from a lawyer familiar with British marriage laws.
gravenimage says
Wait–Mortimer, why would a legal recognition of Shari’ah marriages lead to their decline? No offence, but this makes no sense.
Wellington says
Seconded, gravenimage, because nothing about Islam is beneficial to the West except its denigration, ridicule and, as far as possible within the parameters of Western liberty, its exclusion.
gravenimage says
Grimly true, Wellington.
Susan B says
All rulings about islam in the west seem to be a lose lose for westerns.
Westman says
If domestic Shariah becomes valid in the UK what will be the results of triple talaq? It seems that the UK has opened a door to a mess of judicial problems and Muslim unrest.
John Leer says
Robert – this story conveys that now women in the UK married under the Shariah Islamiyya are also subject to UK Laws, in this case the separation of assets in a divorce.
On the surface this ruling gives more power to Muslim women to challenge and overcome Shariah divorce laws which most always favor the muslim man.
If the UK had any respect for their own culture the judge should have said the marriage has NO standing without a British marriage certificate – case closed.
If the UK had any respect themselves they would not allow all the welfare benefits to muslims who game the system with multiple wives and families and sham Nikah marriages versus state sanctioned marriages.
The UK is like a bad parent who lets their children run wild with no discipline or respect for the rule of law and suddenly start scratching their heads when their unruly Muslim neighbors start making cultural demands at the threat of violence and begin living their lives as Mohammad prescribes in the Qur’an.
My fellow American, we have a ringside seat watching the destruction of a western country from within just across the pond in Britain. It can happen here if we are not vigilant.
Michael Copeland says
“The High Court ruling on Wednesday said their union should be valid and recognised …”
Now the Crown Prosecution Service can start laying all those charges of bigamy.
Susan B says
Dream on.
gravenimage says
If only…
PRCS says
Good point, Michael.
When the second, third, and fourth wives come forward with the same claim….
Giacomo Latta says
Collectively they would get one-half of what the man would get and they would have to split that.
Susan B says
Giacomo, math is not a strong suit for muslims, I don’t think that got into fractions. They are still at 1 + 1 +1 + 1 = 4 maybe.
Susan B says
Sorry typo, don’t think they not that.
marble says
Is a marriage with up to four wives now legal?
gravenimage says
Not yet…
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
Very good policy in UK. other western nations should do the same. That idiocy of one man one woman inspired by that one-eyed satan god mithraist christians Call Holy Spirit is the key factor of moral decadence in western societies, because women outnumber men there and the excess women have to look for men to satisfy them without marriage. As such one could not know who is his biological father depriving him that natural parental love.
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
“women outnumber men” Where? Please cite your information source (Muhammad reporting from hell doesn’t count).
Giacomo Latta says
In sex-slave holding cells.
Susan B says
+1
Susan B says
Lol
gravenimage says
The appalling Ibrahim itace muhammed wrote:
Very good policy in UK. other western nations should do the same. That idiocy of one man one woman inspired by that one-eyed satan god mithraist christians Call Holy Spirit is the key factor of moral decadence in western societies, because women outnumber men there and the excess women have to look for men to satisfy them without marriage.
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Ibrahim itace muhammed has made the ludicrous claim before that women outnumber men four to one–but it is utter bullsh*t.
In fact, men very slightly outnumber women, with 107 boys to 100 girls born.
And note that the foul Ibrahim itace muhammed has said that those who marry for love should be killed.
As such one could not know who is his biological father depriving him that natural parental love.
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There is very little paternal love in Islam. Muslim fathers regularly beat their children, and often sell of their daughters to pedophiles. Ibrahim itace muhammed has lauded this, saying that Muslims have the right to marry children no matter how young they are. *Ugh*.
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
Liar Gravenimage, I know in your satanic evil United States female outnumber males and over 95% of married Americans have sex outside marriage and more than 98% of unmarried girls and boys have sex before marriage many even before puberty as reported by AP. Beasts!!
gravenimage says
Women do outnumber men in the US, but the difference is negligible–50.9% to 49.1%.
And no–I have posted that AP study several times–it says no such thing. In fact, the most common age of first experiences for females in the US is 17–this is not before puberty. Why is Ibrahim itace muhammed so ignorant?
Pete says
Even moehamed didnt know who his biological father was, being born almost 4 years after his named father abd_allahs death
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
Pete, do you know that your Satan god you call Holy Spirit shares sex activities with mithraist christians and that is why you look like wild like him
Joe says
You have banged your head on the floor too much praying to your rock god. Don’t say that you don’t. When the rock god, Allah, was in Petra, you banged your head in that direction. When it was moved to Medina, you banged your head towards Medina. Now the rock god is in Mecca, and you face Mecca while you bang your head on the floor. The real God is pure act, and has no physical being. You should repent from thinking that God is a rock.
gravenimage says
Ibrahim itace muhammed is just babbling again…
Walter Sieruk says
Since as this article reports “A British court had recognized Sharia law for the first time…” This caving in the power and influence of Islam will naturally be seen by many Muslim as the weakness of West. Likewise, awful treatment that the British patriot, Tommy Robinson received for speaking out the truth about dangerous and subversive powers of Islam in England and other Western nations is shameful. That Mr. Robinson was treat in such terrible ways and this British court ruling only prove the point that many zealous Muslims, by hook or by crook, are making gains in the West for Islam.
This is what is known as the Stealth jihad otherwise called the Muslim method of Islamic Gradualism. In contrast to the way of the violent jihad or also called the militant jihad .This non-violent form of the jihad for Islam is a very sly, insidious, subtle and deceptive way of working for the advancement of Islam.
This Muslim scheme for achieving the goal of the Islamic agenda is as, many times, as subtly effective as it is demonically clever. Furthermore, this Islamic gradualism, in some ways, is very similar to the instruction printed in the book entitled THE ART OF WAR by Sun Tzu. Which reads “At first, then, exhibit the coyness of a maiden, until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards emulate the rapidity of a running hare, and it will be too late for the enemy to opposes you”
No Muzzies Here says
Child marriage. 4 wives. Temporary marriage to facilitate one-night stands.
That is what is being legalized. The UK is gone, and the seeds of its destruction are right here.
learning islam says
Please,Google The Pervert Prophet
• how for 1400 years barriers have been erected around Muhammad so no one—Muslim or infidel—could critique his life: “But the time has come; the barrier is broken
• Why do Moslems always say “peace be upon him” after saying Mohammed’s name? Surely if he was the one chosen by his god the blessing is redundant.
• Jesus was not an Arab, Allah is an Arabic name of god
• Sexual Impotence: mo used to complain to allah about his impotency so allah sent Gabriel with some celestial food that give mo “ the sexsual potency of 40 men – Al Jamii al-Kabir, Al Suyuti, p. 2672#906
• Sexual Prowess? Narrated Aisha: “Magic was worked on allah’s apostle so that he used to think that he had sexual relations with his wives while he actually had not”
Hadith Bukhari book 7 volume 071 haddith 660
an interesting narrative (contained in Umdat al-Qari and Faid al-Qabir). Reportedly, Allah sent Gabriel with some sort of celestial food (called al-kofid) to Muhammad, commanding the latter to “Eat!”—identical to when Gabriel came to Muhammad saying “Read!” (i.e., iqra, the word for Koran). The report goes on to quote Muhammad saying that the food given to him “gave me the sexual potency of 40 heavenly men.”
from the Sunan of al-Tirmidhi, where it says that the “heavenly man” has the sexual potency of 100 mortal men.
“So, doing the math, 40×100, we can conclude that Muhammad, whenever he ate his heavenly aphrodisiac, had the sexual potency of 4000 men? Really, O umma, is this the claim to fame of your prophet—that he was a raving sex maniac?” Then, less seriously, “Imagine the surprise when Westerners find out that, once again, it was Muhammad who first discovered Viagra!”
• Stern WARNING! FOR ADULTS ONLY! THIS COMMENT CONTAINS UPSETTING AND SHAMEFUL FACTS ABOUT MOHAMMED’S BIZARRE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED! VIEWER IS REQUESTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT NONE OF THESE DEPRAVED AND CRIMINAL ACTS ARE SEEN AS CRIMES TO MUSLIMS, EXCEPT IF THEY ARE COMMITTED BY SOMEONE ELSE. ———————————————————————————————————————-
• Here’s just a few examples from Islam’s own sacred authorities which the cowardly media and politically correct public schools and churches refuse to tell us about of the perverse sexual activity of “Islam’s perfect man.
• The lust of Mohammed for women.
Q: what is a muslim marriage?
A: A marriage contract gives a muslim man the right to enjoy the woman’s private parts. ~Mohammed (Bukhari 7:81)
Beat your disobedient wife! (Quran 4:34), rape & divorce baby girls(Quran 65:4).
Q: was Mohammed a pedophile?
A: Aisha, the child bride of Mohammed, said: “The [54-year-old] Apostle of Allah had intercourse with me when I was 9 years old.” (Abu Dawud, V2, #2116; Tabari, V7, P7; V9, P131; Sahih Muslim V2, #3309)
• Hafsa, Maria and Muhammad
•
17 year old Safia….(Forced). ….What is that? (Reluctant Abu Dawood 2150 or 3433)
Please, Google
• Former Muslim says, Only One Interpretation of Islam by Muhammad
Sorry, liberals. There’s only 1 interpretation of Islam — Muhammad’s u-tube video
Published on 23 Sep 2017
Reference on Qurayza Jewish tribe http://www.answering-islam.org/Author…
Peace be with you. Today, I wish to present to you the video clip of Saudi former Muslim called Dom Azarel.
She made no interpretation of Islam from the Quran but from the lifestyle of Muhammad bin Abdul Allah.
Please watch through it with me and I will deliver my comments at the end of her testimony in order to derive at the conclusion that Allah does not carry the attribute of self existing Creator.
Dom Azarel says,
Hello, everyone it’s your favorite.
Friendly neighborhood infidel Dom Azarel. And yes i’m banned on one account but
that’s not the reason why I’m making ,this video. I recently received an email
from a distressed gentleman who was a concerned with my categorical
perspective of Islam. And so since nobody
has ever disagreed with me before on
anything, I have to say about Islam then
I had to address it by video. And if he
didn’t catch the sarcasm in that and
this is going to be a really long video.
• Category Education Licence Standard YouTube Licence
• the god’s verses just seem to come down conveniently to approve of anything he wants.
• Khaula, Muhammad’s Aunt ‘Aisha said, ‘O Allah’s Apostle! I do not see, but, that your Lord hurries in pleasing you.’
The truth about Mohammed’s bizarre sex life is plain to see and easily found on the pages of Islam’s own recognized authorities. The best estimate based only on Islam’s own sources has Mohammed engaging in sexual relations with at least 66 women. 30 named wives, multiple other wives that remained nameless. What your right hand possessed and those offered themselves to muhammed see quran 4.24 and 33: 50-51
He had 11 – 13 wives at one time and sexually exploited slaves, concubines and children. a list of all the women—66 are known—to have had sexual relations with Muhammad.
according to Sirat Al-Halabi, Muhammad can have a woman no matter what, even against her will; and if Muhammad desired a married woman, her husband would have had to divorce her. According to Ibn Sa’ad, who wrote another authoritative biographical account of Muhammad, “The prophet did not die till all women were permitted him” (see Kitab Al Tabaqat Al Kubra, v.8, 194).
Civilized people consider that to be the behavior of a criminal. Today he would be arrested, convicted, imprisoned and possibly executed. He would definitely be registered as a sex offender.Yet, muslims continue to regard Mohammad with great respect as their prophet.
After Life wedding: What psychiatry say – deranged
Mary, mother of Jesus The Afterlife. Muhammad said that Allah had wedded him in Heaven to the Virgin Mary, who was one of the four perfect women. The Qur’an refers several times to Mary, praising her chastity and affirming the virgin birth of Jesus. Muhammad said she lived in a beautiful jewelled palace in Paradise next to Khadijah’s. • Qur’an[88]
• Bukhari[89]
• Muslim[90]
• Majlisi[91]
Queen Asiya of Egypt The Afterlife. Muhammad said that Allah had wedded him in Heaven to Queen Asiya, who was one of the four perfect women. The Qur’an tells how Asiya rescued the infant Moses from the evil Pharaoh, and how Pharaoh later tortured his wife to death for her monotheism. Muhammad said that Asiya’s palace in Heaven was on the other side of Khadijah’s. • Qur’an[92]
• Muslim[93]
• Ibn Kathir[94]
• Majlisi[95]
Kulthum bint Amram The Afterlife. Muhammad originally believed that Maryam the sister of Moses and Maryam the mother of Jesus were one and the same. When he realised his mistake, he apparently over-corrected by deciding that Moses’ sister was not even named Maryam. He renamed her Kulthum (“Chubby Cheeks”) and said that Allah had wedded her to him in Heaven. He did not say that she was a perfect woman or that she lived next to Khadijah. • Qur’an[96]
• Muslim[97]
• Majlisi[98]
• [libertyORdeath
Unfortunately there are copious examples of Muslims committing the same kinds of sexual crimes in our time and in our countries with no legal or other consequences. And why wouldn’t they? Their religion, prophet and community have sanctioned the use of women as objects for 1400 years and now the “liberal” West has given them license to do the same under the guise of “religious freedom”.
I honestly wouldn’t have believed that western feminists would come to the point of not only looking the other way when it comes to misogyny and sexual abuse but actually supporting and defending it. I am seriously worried for the future generations if this trend continues.]
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
Not learning Islam, remember your Satan god you call Holy Spirit is homosexual having anus sex with you while having sex with your bad smelly ladies and shares sex activities activities with you. Tell me are you sure who is your biological father considering indiscriminate sex like beasts in your society? wild animals!!
Mary says
Ibrahim you know nothing of our religion or our family life. You say the same thing over and over again.,it’s sickening. You’re an imbecile.
gravenimage says
Note that Ibrahim itace muhammed is unable to address a single issue that Learning Islam brings up–he just spouts his usual bizarre calumny against Christianity and the West.
J H says
This IS totally against the Magna Carta by having more than one law in Britain.
I am afraid that unless we stand and fight WE will soon be the refugees.
They now have more than a few steps in taking over, this and many other things prove it.
scherado says
When I read the headline, “Court recognizes validity of Sharia marriage for the first time,” I wondered whether it was premature of me to have written-off the UK two years ago,…or was it three? I’ll consult Memory Division. I wonder whether anyone understands what I mean?
The entire notion is ludicrous–I’m referring to my wonder-age. What this, the “first” in UK, means is that I was correct when I “wrote them off” however many years ago.
For the record, I DO hope I am WRONG.
Hari Singh says
In some countries like the USA ministers register and can sign state marriage licenses.There are rules they have to follow, such as they can’t marry a person known to be married, so the four wife part of shariat is nullified, as is child marriage for a Muslim minister.
So when Muslim cleric accepts the right to officiate at marriages he accepts the superiority of state law over shariat.How does that effect his status as a Muslim recognizing the right of the state to limit Allah’s law?
gravenimage says
Sharia UK: Court recognizes validity of Sharia marriage for the first time
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Mixed feelings. Of course, I applaud this woman’s being able to get a divorce and to claim her fair share of joint assets–but recognizing these foul Islamic “Nikah” marriages opens the door to polygamy, child marriage, forced marriage, the “Triple Talaq”, wife beating, marital rape, and all the other horrors of Muslim marriage. *Ugh*.
Hari Singh says
In most third world countries marriages are not registered with state authorities. Some such as civil Servants, as in India, have to have state registered marriages.
Some immoral people come from third world countries where they have a wife and children and then remarry in the West.Immigration and jurists are naive and think the whole world is the same.
The concept of registering marriages is an old Roman and Catholic procedure. In the Catholic church you tell the officiating priest where you wish to get married where or what church you were baptized in. The priest writes your baptismal church asking its priest to check if you have been married [they write your marriage on the back of your baptism certificate the church keeps] and thereby prevents multiple marriages.In the West people are used to this type of organization, third worlders often think they can do as they like as per marriage.The courts have to start prosecuting polygamy again , it is difficult with the end of unlawful cohabitation laws,child marriage and incest-marrying you first and second cousins.In India it is said that Muslims are volatile because they marry their first cousins.No one would do that with livestock.
gravenimage says
True. Of course, with Muslims this is more than just garden-variety bigamy–polygamy is a core part of the vicious creed.
Investigate Gov Corruption NOW says
Back door Sharia. All Fake politicians in the UK and the US said there’d be no Sharia.
learning islam says
72 Virgins(Houris): 2 earthly wifes , 300 Boys and 80,000 servants, golden bed
All these pervert Qur’anic verses are the Creation of the pervert mind of the prophet of Islam. A MAN IS AS HE THINKS.Period
It seems then that this promise of sensual happiness and sexual bliss in paradise, not only is the motivator for the Islamic terrorists but it may even be a motivator for our secular evolutionists to join the rank of Islam.
UGLIEST: (beside 65:4 for little girls), ‘… will serve, (devoted) to them, young male servants (handsome) as Pearls well-guarded.’ Google
http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=52&verse=24
Muslims are motivated to terrorism because the Quran tells them that fighting non-believers is a duty of every Muslim and the only way to be certain of going to heaven to enjoy untold sensual pleasures is to die fighting in the cause of Allah.
If they can make it to heaven, one of the rewards all Muslims are promised is 72 virgins. The number of virgins is not specified in Quran, it comes from a quotation of Muhammad recorded in one of the lesser known Hadith. (“Hadith” is an Arabic word meaning traditions. After Muhammad’s death, several collections of his deeds and sayings were assembled. These collections are called Hadith and form the second most authoritative document is Islam, right after the Quran.)
VIRGINS (Houris):
Mohammed knew that sex would sell very well among the group of his followers who were motivated to fight battles by the promise of sex slaves and booty. By constantly emphasizing to his followers that they would get untouched virgins in Paradise, Mohammed is clearly expressing his “high” opinion of the institution of marriage and his fairness to women. Once the followers go to heaven, they can conveniently ditch their wives for the fresher and more pleasurable sexual encounters with ‘Houris’ (beautiful virgins). The poor wives who gave up their virginity for the pleasure of their husbands do not get anything. But wait, Allah is all merciful! He gives the wives the rare honour of watching their husbands deflower those 72 Houris (virgins) and 300 young pre-pubescent boys.
The specific Hadith in which the number of virgins is specified is Hadith Al-Tirmidhi in the Book of Sunah (volume IV, chapters on The Features of Paradise as described by the Messenger of Allah, chapter 21, About the Smallest Reward for the People of Paradise. The same hadith is also quoted by Ibn Kathir in his Quranic commentary (Tafsir) of Surah Al-Rahman:
“The Prophet Muhammad was heard saying: ‘The smallest reward for the people of paradise is an abode where there are 80,000 servants and 72 virgins, over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine, and ruby, as wide as the distance from Al-Jabiyah [a Damascus suburb] to Sana’a [Yemen].”
(QURAN 37:40-4 : “In the Gardens of Paradise, Facing one another on thrones, Round them will be passed a cup of pure wine; White, delicious to the drinkers, Neither they will have any kind of hurt, abdominal pain, headache, or sin, nor will they suffer intoxication from it. And with them will be chaste females, restraining their glances, with wide and beautiful eyes.”
(QURAN 44:51-55): “Verily! The righteous will be in Paradise. Among Gardens and Springs; Dressed in fine silk and also in thick silk, facing each other, and We shall marry them to Houris with wide, lovely eyes.”
(QURAN 52: 17-20): “Verily, for those who fear Allah there will be Gardens in Paradise, filled with Delight. Enjoying in that which their Lord has bestowed on them, and the fact that their Lord saved them from the torment of the blazing Fire. The Lord will say: ‘Eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do’. They will recline with ease on thrones arranged in ranks. And We shall marry them to Houris with wide lovely eyes.”
(QURAN 55:54-59): “Reclining upon the couches lined with silk brocade, and the fruits of the Gardens will be near at hand. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny? Wherein will be those houris, restraining their glances upon their husbands, whom no man or jinn has opened their hymens with sexual intercourse before. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny? In beauty they are like rubies and coral. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny?”
(QURAN 55:70-77): “Therein gardens will be fair wives good and beautiful; Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny? Houris restrained in pavilions; Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny? Whom no man has opened their hymens with sexual intercourse before. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny? Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny?”
(QURAN 56:37-40): “…We created the houris and made them virgins, loving companions for those on the right hand….”
(QURAN 78:31-34): “As for the righteous, they shall surely triumph. Theirs shall be gardens and vineyards, and high-bosomed virgins for companions: a truly overflowing cup.”
Two points need to be noted. First, there is no mention anywhere in the Quran of the actual number of virgins available in paradise, and second, the dark-eyed damsels are available for all Muslims, not just martyrs. It is in the Islamic Traditions that we find the 72 virgins in heaven specified: in a Hadith (Islamic Tradition) collected by Al-Tirmidhi (died 892 AD) in the Book of Sunan (volume IV, chapters on The Features of Paradise as described by the Messenger of Allah [Prophet Muhammad], chapter 21, About the Smallest Reward for the People of Paradise, (Hadith 2687). The same hadith is also quoted by Ibn Kathir (died 1373 CE ) in his Quranic commentary (Tafsir) of Surah Al-Rahman (55), verse 72: “The Prophet Muhammad was heard saying: ‘The smallest reward for the people of paradise is an abode where there are 80,000 servants and 72 wives, over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine, and ruby, as wide as the distance from Al-Jabiyyah [a Damascus suburb] to Sana’a [Yemen]’.”
An Hamas spokesman correctly uses the word martyr (shahid) and not suicide bomber, since those who blow themselves up almost daily in Israel and those who died on September 11 were dying in the noblest of all causes, Jihad, which is an incumbent religious duty, established in the Quran and in the Traditions as a divine institution, and enjoined for the purpose of advancing Islam. While suicide is forbidden, martyrdom is everywhere praised, welcomed, and urged: “By the Being in Whose Hand is my life, I love that I should be killed in the way of Allah; then I should be brought back to life and be killed again in His way…”; “The Prophet said, ‘Nobody who enters Paradise will ever like to return to this world even if he were offered everything, except the martyr who will desire to return to this world and be killed 10 times for the sake of the great honour that has been bestowed upon him’.” [Sahih Muslim, chapters 781, 782, The Merit of Jihad and the Merit of Martyrdom.]
Eternal erection and virginity
Modern apologists of Islam try to downplay the evident materialism and sexual implications of such descriptions, but, as the Encyclopaedia of Islam says, even orthodox Muslim theologians such as al Ghazali (died 1111 AD) and Al-Ash’ari (died 935 AD) have “admitted sensual pleasures into paradise”. The sensual pleasures are graphically elaborated by Al-Suyuti (died 1505 AD), Quranic commentator and polymath. He wrote: “Each time we sleep with a houri we find her virgin. Besides, the penis of the Elected never softens. The erection is eternal; the sensation that you feel each time you make love is utterly delicious and out of this world and were you to experience it in this world you would faint. Each chosen one [ie Muslim] will marry seventy [sic] houris, besides the women he married on earth, and all will have appetising vaginas.”
Susan B says
Learning Islam, did you get this pornographic promise from the short story section of “Hustler”? For allah, a god that loathes sexual adultery in the current life, he sure makes up for it in the afterlife.
I can not even begin to image how low an IQ is required to buy into this. Now I understand why islam promotes inbreeding, the dumber the subjects the easier to manipulate. No wonder the majority of the residents of hell are women, as claimed by mohammad. I would certainly choose the hell below as to the one promised above, at least from a women’s perspective. What can anyone say to this????? Please tell me that 1 billion people are not this dumb or even not this evil to want this.
gravenimage says
Yes–and while “Allah” hates adultery, and will murder people for it, he is fine with polygamy (including “marrying” prepubescent girls), raping Infidels in Jihad, and keeping as many sex slaves as Muslims can get their hands on. There is no morality in Islam.
learning islam says
BOYS.
Homosexuality was and is widely practised in Islamic countries. To please the homosexuals among his followers he promised them pre-pubescent boys in Paradise. So after committing plunder, loot, rape and murder in this life, the followers of Islam get “rewarded” by untouched virginal youths who are fresh like pearls.
Sodomy is quite common in the Muslim countries because they keep their women locked up indoors .Then there is also shortage of females when they marry more than one and up to four .Hence ,Muslim men have no choice and it is also a status symbol to have a boy for sex beside the number of wives. They believe: NO JOY WITHOUT A BOY which to them is a sweet dish after the main course .Thanks to the holy prophet who made Islam so lovely and delightful in this world and the next.
In Afghanistan and elsewhere in the Islamic world, this kind of behavior is broadly tolerated. Women are so devalued, men look to other men and boys for sexual pleasure. Also, the Qur’an promises not just virgins to the blessed, but boys like “scattered pearls”:
(QURAN 52:24): “And there will go round boy-servants of theirs, to serve them as if they were preserved pearls.”
(QURAN 56:17): “They will be served by immortal boys.”
Qur’an 56:11-18 : “Those are the ones brought near in the Gardens of Pleasure, a company of the former peoples and a few of the later peoples, on thrones woven, reclining on them, facing each other. There will circulate among them young boys made eternal with vessels, pitchers and a cup from a flowing spring.”
(QURAN 76:19): “And round about them will (serve) boys of everlasting youth. If you see them, you would think them scattered pearls.”
Qur’an 76:17-20 : “And they will be given to drink a cup whose mixture is of ginger, a fountain within Paradise named Salsabeel. There will circulate among them young boys made eternal. When you see them, you would think them scattered pearls. And when you look there, you will see pleasure and great dominion.”
It is common in Arabic poetry to glorify homosexuality, take their famous poet Abu Nuwas:
O the joy of sodomy!
So now be sodomites, you Arabs.
Turn not away from it–
therein is wondrous pleasure.
Take some coy lad with kiss-curls
twisting on his temple
and ride as he stands like some gazelle
standing to her mate.
A lad whom all can see girt with sword
and belt not like your whore who has
to go veiled.
Make for smooth-faced boys and do your
very best to mount them, for women are
the mounts of the devils
An “old Arab proverb” ……..
“For sex, a woman.”
“For pleasure, a young boy.”
“For ecstasy, a melon.”
…… or a passing donkey?
The koran endorses every sin and that is their form of ‘holiness’ and ‘entitlement’. the Koran elevates sin and sinners above the righteous because it’s the worship of Satan. Their idea of heaven is the carnal pit of hell.
A salaf’s vow to avenge Uthman’s murder through sodomy
We read in al-Muhadharat, volume 3 page 253 chapter 15:
“ A drunk man was crying and said:”If only I have to apprehend a killer of Uthman”.A homosesual asked:”what would you do?” He replied;I would sodomisehim”, The homosexual then said: “I killed Uthman”, The homosexual said from underneath; “ if the executors of Uthman are going to avenge the killing of the Uthman in such a manner then I killed Uthman every day”
Sick.There is no way in hell that these savages can assimilate to western culture. I wish there would be a PERMANENT BAN on anyone who lives by the Quran and the teachings of Mohamed. Very sick society and a disgrace to humankind. Actually it’s a disgrace to the animal kingdom as we
God you have to wonder at a religion that is JUST SO sexually obsessed on every level, to every degree.
How anyone can read the Quran, the Hadith – any of the Islamic ‘literature’ and convince themselves that this religion is heaven sent, is beyond me?
Raping little boys. Raping women and little girls. Eternal sex slaves and eternal virgins. Eternal servitude, for others to worship and prostrate themselves at your hairy feet, while you lounge back on thrones, guzzling milk and honey and have your tiny little penis played with all day every day.
What kind of Heaven is that? What kind of filthy pig aspires to this? What kind of unutterably stupid man or woman is plain IDIOTIC enough to believe in this waffle?
It just cannot be more obvious that Mohammed created this crapfest of a religion so he could gain power, wealth and sex. Looooooots of sex. And in order to get others to do his bidding – and die fighting for him – he had to promise them the most outlandishly exciting things that he knew would please their innermost desires.
Its so obvious that its embarrassing to realize that there are 1.6 billion dipshits on this planet today, who actually call themselves Muslim. They’re all to a one, not safe to operate a potato peeler unsupervised. (Sarah)
Homosexuality is a sad and regrettable fact of life, but it doesn’t call for verbal abuse or attacks on gays in public places and certainly not for the throwing off from tall buildings or similar cruelties
gravenimage says
All true, Learning Islam. While pious Muslims hate those in adult, consensual same sex relationships, and will brutally murder such people, they are fine with pedophilia and homosexual rape intended to humiliate. *Ugh*.
Vicky King says
This heresy will soon be legalized in the United States as Sharia law has already been used, instead of the constitution, in a number of court opinions. Also more and more muslims are being given judgeships across our country.
MFritz says
Down, down, down the slippery slope of the rabbit shithole & towards a muslim state under sharia law. And where’s the democratic nation that will free you, United Kingdom?