Why not? The mandate to beat one’s wife is in the Qur’an:
“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
It’s also in the Hadith: 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)
“Explain wife-beating question in Islamic Studies exam, Siti Kasim tells Maszlee,” by Annabelle Lee, Malaysiakini, September 22, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Lawyer and activist Siti Kasim has called on Education Minister Maszlee Malik to explain an Islamic Studies examination question for Form Five students on permissible ways to “hit a disobedient wife.”
“Is this what our Malay children (are) learning in school?? What is this Maszlee? Is this acceptable?
“What kind of trash are we teaching the kids in school?” she asked in a Facebook post alongside an image of the examination question.
The question, which Malaysiakini has sighted, presents a flowchart with the title “Ways to hit a nusyuz (disobedient) wife”.
The chart states two such ways – “Not too overboard that it would cause injury” and “Not on sensitive areas,” and requires students to fill in the third permissible way.
The question originates from a Sept/Oct 2018 model examination paper for the Form Five Islamic Studies subject, issued by the Selangor Education Department….
Sobieski says
So, what is the correct answer? I forgot to study for this exam.
gravenimage says
Malaysia: Islamic Studies exam asks students about permissible ways to beat a disobedient wife
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And remember–Malaysia is supposed to be “moderate”…
StellaSaidSo says
‘Moderate’ is relative. Compared with Iran, for example, Malaysia is a ‘moderate’ Islamic country. Compared with how it was 30-40 years ago, however, before the Saudi money started pouring in, Malaysia today is not ‘moderate’.
gravenimage says
Well, this is grimly true.
But Malaysia has never been as moderate as they would like us to believe. The “13 May Incident”, for example, involved the murder of hundreds of Chinese there by rioting Muslims–and this was way back in 1969.
StellaSaidSo says
I did not claim that Malaysia was ever ‘atrocity free’. My point was that the term ‘moderate’ is relative, and somewhat meaningless on its own.
abu taleb says
Malaysia has been discriminating against the non muslims and non Malays (including the native of Sarawak) from the beginning just like the Saudis
StellaSaidSo says
And now that the Saudis are in charge, conditions are much worse for non-Muslims.
My point was that the term ‘moderate’ is inadequate on its own.
Richard says
Some lines from an old Country Song about marriage taken from an older Polish Polka: “Devilish Mary”
Fill my mouth with old soap suds,
Fill my back with stitches.
She let me know right a the start
That she would wear my britches.
As soon as we got married
She got mean as the devil.
If ever I looked at her crosswise
She’d pop me in the head with a shovel.
If ever again I marry
‘Won’t be for love nor riches.
I’ll wed a little gal about three feet tall
So she can’t wear my britches!
jayell says
It is absolutely right to condemn this obscene institutional misogyny. Now, what about all the current institutional misandry in the West usually masquerading as so-called ‘equality’ (where it suits), or are we going to continue ignoring it or/and attempting to justify it with the exactly same kind of quasi-paranoid fatuous claptrap that the Qur’an promotes in the opposite direction? Or is crass hypocrisy an integral part of the feminist-inspired ‘progressive liberal’ agenda?
Lynn says
I think the third way is to hit her someplace where it is not visible. In other words don’t give her a black eye.
CogitoErgoSum says
A benefit of the burka is that a husband can cover up all the bruises he’s given his wife (or wives) … including black eyes.
marble says
Recent interpretations have eased on the securities for acceptance by a diminishing number of people holding to the values of Western civilization, including Judeo-Christian principles. Other readings included beating with a stick, an interpretation modified by using the word “twig.” However, the word in Arabic was used elsewhere for advice on how to direct a camel.
Anjuli Pandavar says
Ah, “Malaysia, truly Asia,” according to the country’s Tourist Board. But more to matters in hand. Here’s how Deythere [Date Here. Get it?] “Africa’s #1 Mens Magazine for Business”, reports Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s response to the public caning of two women for alleged “attempted lesbian sex”:
“Earlier this month, two women were caned publicly for ‘attempting lesbian sex’ in Terengganu. …Prime Minister Mahathir actually denounced the punishment, saying it ‘did not reflect the justice or compassion of Islam.'”
One wonders whether Mahathir Mohamad had 4:34 in mind or whether, with one black eye on the skeletons in his own closet, he was merely throwing some pre-emptive Rahim Noor (compassionate light) of his own. Thankfully, the Ministry of Education was compassionate enough not to quiz the kids on the correct ways to beat lesbians.
Indiana Tom says
t’s also in the Hadith: 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)
There you have it. Punch them in the chest!
Do I win a free bowl of camel piss now?
FYI says
islamic studies exam..
1.How many colors are in the islamic Rainbow?
1)For Jews and christians and atheists? There are 7{no marks for infidels}
2)For devout jihadists and taliban students:only one..and its name is muhammed:all other colors are infidels belonging to the kuffar{bonus marks for muslims}
2.In koran 5:46 allah claims he gave the Gospel to Jesus [“we bestowed on him the Gospel wherein are guidance and light confirming that which was revealed before it in the Torah”}and says in koran 3:3 that the koran confirms the Bible.
It doesn’t:the koran contradicts the Bible.The warped teachings of allah are at odds with the moral teachings of Exodus 20{in the Torah} and totally at odds with the Gospel.
Discuss allah’s error in his “perfect” book.Good luck.
If a book contains a false statement{koran 3:3} how can it be true?
If a book contains such errors,how can the koran be “perfect”?
If a book claims to confirm the Bible when it doesn’t how can it be from God?
3.When muhammed split the moon in half,explain 1)how it was done and 2)why there is no scientific evidence for it
4.Scenario:you have a bomb,what do you do?
Do you..
1)Follow allah’s Commandment-of-God violating instruction to “slay the unbeliever” k2:191,do evil and be rewarded in paradise for commiting murder?
OR
2)Realize that the Sixth commandment of God mentioned in Exodus 20 prohibiting intentional homicide must be obeyed and evil avoided since murder is considered a sin against God which is why God gave Moses those essential commandments in the first place..you know the ones which allah the “best of deceivers” k3:54 doesn’t agree with?
sidney penny says
Well, Robert Spencer, you missed this part.
“There are many other opinions on the interpretation of (how to discipline wives). Why do we teach our children only one interpretation?”
Because the other interpretations are not in the Koran?
Other opinions? Whose?
sidney penny says
MMM
Modern Moderate Malaysia.
Truly Asia (self-promotion)
jasmine says
why are there no balancing verses in the koran on how wives should beat unfaithful husbands ? well it seems that the koran is all about yang and no ying..so it is imbalanced ideology which is very dangerous as the universe operates on a balancing of ying and yang…
kuriakose says
“Lawyer and activist Siti Kasim has called on Education Minister Maszlee Malik to explain an Islamic Studies examination question for Form Five students on permissible ways to “hit a disobedient wife.”
“Is this what our Malay children (are) learning in school?? What is this Maszlee? Is this acceptable?
“What kind of trash are we teaching the kids in school?” she asked in a Facebook post alongside an image of the examination question.
Dear Siti Kasim: The trash comes from your books and hadith so why not start there instead of deflecting blame onto the ministry of education?
“Moderate Malaysia” was only moderate because of colonisation by the Brits and the coming of immigrant races like Chinese, Indians etc. The British/Western legal system was the basis of the justice in Malaysia, now the country is reverting back to their syariah. That stupid lawyer needs to undersatnd that islam is THE problem. In fact if the country was not colonised by Westerners, would this woman even have been able to go to college and be qualified as a lawyer? Before the Brits came, the Malay women were mostly secluded in their villages.
Buraq says
Beat her to a pulp, moderately! Clowns!