Yes, because his culture is informed by his religion. The Qur’an teaches that men are superior to women and should beat those from whom they “fear disobedience”: “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’s child bride, Aisha, says in a hadith that 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?’” — Sahih Muslim 2127
“Mr Arif said that a disagreement between the couple ensued and the victim struck his client first.”
This blaming of the victim is quite common. Houston doctor Shafeeq Sheikh was convicted of raping a hospital patient. He “testified that he went to the woman’s room to do a medical check but that she ‘came on to him’ by grabbing his crotch, Andrews said. Sheikh left, came back to the room, and she came on to him again, Andrews said.” Lisa Andrews is “one of Sheikh’s attorneys.” Andrews also disparaged the victim in lurid terms: “Here we have this Latina woman with her fake boobs that came on to that little nerdy middle-aged guy and he lost his mind.”
In the UK last month, a Muslim migrant who was charged with sexually assaulting a boy in a McDonald’s men’s room claimed, according to his defense attorney, that “the boy had been watching him.” And in July, also in the UK, a Muslim cop on trial for the sexual assault of a teenage girl claimed she repeatedly asked him to have sex with her.
In a similar vein, Muzzammil Hassan, the Buffalo, New York moderate Muslim leader who beheaded his wife, claimed she beat him, and he was just defending himself. Turkan Lowmani, who stabbed his wife 21 times, claimed that his wife “had grabbed the knife first and he had taken it from her before a struggle ensued.” 68-old-year Komar Uddin, accused of raping a teenage girl, claimed she made all the advances upon him. Mohamed Noor, the Minneapolis cop who shot dead an unarmed woman, is also claiming that he acted in self-defense.
“BRUTAL ATTACK Man punches his partner in the face and tells cops ‘it’s part of my culture to hit women,’” by Harvey Sullivan, The Sun, December 5, 2018:
A MAN punched his new partner in the face and then told cops it’s part of his “culture” to hit women, a court heard.
Chaudry Mahmood, 51, and the victim, who is his former sister-in-law, were arguing at a fair in Wellholme Park, Brighouse, West Yorkshire.
Tensions within their families were high after they had started seeing each other before Mahmood hit struck his wife.
A Good Samaritan stopped his car when he saw the incident and took photos of Mahmood before calling the police.
The assailant pleaded guilty to assault by beating when he appeared in Kirklees Magistrates’ Court.
Prosecutor Natalie Chapman said the witnesses’ attention was drawn to the victim sitting on a bench in the park.
She told magistrates: “A male was stood up close by and with his right hand he punched her to the side of her face, causing her to move….
Mahmood, of Bradbury Street in Ravensthorpe, was arrested and initially told police that he’d only pushed his partner.
Miss Chapman told magistrates: “He said it was Asian culture, an open hand to the back to the head to shut them up.
“When asked if he’d do anything differently he said ‘no’.”…
Mohammed Arif, mitigating, said that the couple had been together for five months….
Mr Arif said that a disagreement between the couple ensued and the victim struck his client first….