Fearing being struck by the “Islamophobia” battering ram, the UK government “has refused to make the registration of sharia marriages mandatory out of fear of appearing ‘Islamophobic.'”
All Muslims should be adhering to the law of the land once they move to Western countries and recognize the equality of rights of all people, but all too often that is not the case. The UK has degenerated into a two-tier legal system: one for Muslims and the other for everyone else. Even the victims of the Muslim rape gangs were told to “shut up for the good of diversity” — a message that was retweeted by Muslim Labour MP Naz Shah. Sharia courts in the UK (over 85 of them) have long been operating beyond the reach of British law and oppressing women. For example, a Sharia court handed down a sentence approving of honor killing; another ordered a traumatized woman to return to her abusive rapist husband. It would seem too shocking to be true, just like the Muslim rape gangs, but these accounts are indeed true.
In late 2017, it emerged that “almost two-thirds of Muslim wives in Britain were married in Nikah ceremonies which are not legally binding, leaving them unprotected by family courts.” Among these marriages are forced marriages, child marriages and polygamous marriages.
Abuse of women is justified under Sharia, but to defend human rights in the face of such victimization earns one the label of “Islamophobe.”
Here’s a short peek of how women are treated under the Sharia.
- Women’s testimony is worth half that of a man (Qur’an 2:282)
- A wife must make herself available for sexual relations on demand by her husband — marital rape
- Sharia permits a man to beat his wife (Qur’an 4:34), “so wife-beating might not be considered wrong by a shariah tribunal; moreover there is a tradition of Muhammad that “a man will not be asked as to why he beat his wife” (Sunan Abu Dawood), which can mean in practice that the onus placed on a woman who reports domestic violence to explain why she is being beaten, while the husband is not required to give an account of his actions.”
- Age of consent – Islamic law has no minimum age for a girl to marry, based on the precedent of Muhammad, “who married Aisha when she was six, and consummated the marriage when she was nine.”
- Male guardianship – men are guardians of women, exercising legal authority over them including in relation to their marriages: an Islamic marriage is a contract between the groom and the guardian of the bride, and Islamic law does not permit a woman to give herself in marriage,
- Forced marriage – “in Islamic law, fathers and grandfathers, known as a walī mujbir ‘forcing guardian’, have the right to compel a virgin daughter to marry without her permission.”
- Honour based violence. Honor murder is permitted in Islam. These are exemptions to murder according to the Sharia Sunni manual Umdat al-Salik (Reliance of the Traveler). Section o1.2, such as: i)A child or insane person, under any circumstances ii)A Muslim for killing a non-Muslim iii)A Jewish or Christian subject of the Islamic state for killing an apostate from Islam iv) A father or mother (or their fathers or mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring’s offspring
- Female Genital Mutilation (Sahih Bukhari: 7:72:777, Umdat al-Salik e4.3)
- Child custody and child protection – “Islamic law gives fathers guardianship over children, and only temporary custody of children to mothers up to a certain age.”
- Polygamy – “Islam permits a man up to four wives, but a woman no more than one husband”
- Divorce – a man can divorce his wife irrevocably by saying ‘I divorce you’ three times, known as the triple-talaq, “but for a women to obtain a divorce is difficult and time-consuming, and normally involves the payment of compensation to the husband, which may requires the intervention – and expense – of a shariah judge or tribunal”.
- Inter-religious relationships – “Islamic law rejects the marriage of a Muslim woman to a non-Muslim man, and if a spouse leaves Islam the marriage is automatically annulled”.
- Female dress codes – the veiling of women but not of men (Qur’an 24:31, 33:59)
In 2005, in Canada, after months of debate, then-Premier Dalton McGuinty declared “there will be no sharia law in Ontario — an announcement that should quell a growing public-relations crisis concerning the use of Islamic law.” He was referring to religious arbitration in the family court system. Iranian immigrant Homa Arjomand stated in an interview that she was “so happy today. It’s a victory for the women’s rights movement”. Arjomand had launched a campaign to stop sharia in Ontario.
Despite the inequities between genders in normative Islam and abuses of women sanctioned in Sharia, the UK government is more concerned about identity politics than about human rights.
“Fearing ‘Islamophobia’ Accusations, UK Govt Allows Sharia Marriages Which Trap Women in ‘Marital Captivity’: Report,” by Kurt Zindulka, Breitbart, August 12, 2020:
Thousands of women are trapped in “marital captivity” in the United Kingdom, as the government has refused to make the registration of sharia marriages mandatory out of fear of appearing “Islamophobic”, a report has found.
The report, entitled Fallen Through the Cracks, authored by Emma Webb of the Civitas think tank, revealed that of the 100,000 sharia marriages that are held each year in Britain, only around 25 per cent are actually registered with the government.
The research published on Tuesday found that people in the government are afraid of accusations of being Islamophobic if they crack down on the unregistered marriages and view the practice of sharia marriages as a “social and religious” problem that should “be dealt with by the community rather than the law”.
Failures of the government to tackle the issue have resulted in hundreds of thousands of women being trapped in marriages in which they have little or no legal recourse in the event of an Islamic divorce, in which they are often forced to forgo custody of their children.
As the state does not sanction the marriages, there is also nothing preventing Muslim men from taking multiple wives, as laws against bigamy do not apply to unregistered sharia marriages.
In 2018, a British reporter, David Jones, was granted access to a Sharia Court in Birmingham, England, which was given authority to settle business, marriage, and financial disputes under the Arbitration Act of 1996.
“What strikes you first is the squalid nature of the women’s stories. Their husbands have beaten and abused them, they claim; lied and cheated, cavorted with prostitutes, become addicted to drugs. One weeping wife even accuses her spouse of molesting her infant child,” Jones reported.
The author of the study, Emma Webb, told The Telegraph: “Despite calls from Muslim women activists and the international bodies, every day women continue to suffer horribly because of completely unjustifiable shortcomings in our legislation.”
“Despite bigamy being illegal in the UK, the fact that religious-only marriages can go under the radar effectively allows men to enter into polygamous relationships that leave the women with absolutely no marital rights or legal protection under UK law,” she said.
“This leaves women and their children vulnerable to abuse, exploitation and destitution – it simply cannot be allowed to continue,” Webb concluded…..
Ray Jarman says
I have a question for the British government; does the government permit claiming these sham Sharia marriages as tax deductions and if so why? Another question not addressed, is Bo Jo permitting polygamy and child marriage as Sharia declares as lawful? He and the Tories were given a mandate by the voters to restore long held British ideals and jurisprudence and they seem to be submitting to a small minority of voters.
gravenimage says
+1
Keith O says
Ray,
If you can find a politician anywhere in the world who says something to get elected and then carry’s out that promise, I will be stunned.
Wellington says
Trump comes closest. For instance, on moving the American Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. On tax cuts. On increasing spending for the military. On pulling out of the putrid Iran nuclear deal made by his pathetic predecessor in the Oval Office. On pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord (which isn’t about climate but about money). On holding China to account on tariffs. On doing away with NAFTA (which Trump replaced with USMCA). On holding NATO members to pay more of their fair share. On increasing spending and efficiency for VA hospitals.
How’s this for starters?
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
Great!
May also add…
President Trump should have completed a total of 450 miles of the Southern border wall by the end of 2020.
In spite of being fought by the Democrats every inch of the way…
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-wall-progress-whats-been-built-so-far
Ray Jarman says
Wellington & James, Thanks and I would add that the present president has removed a lot of the ridiculous regulations imposed by non-elected clowns who think they are rulers and we the serfs. He has nominated and obtained Senate Conformation of conservative judges including the 9th Circuit.
Wellington says
Yes, Ray, two other very important achievements. Also, Trump has decimated ISIS and had Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed, as well as that Iranian creep, Qasem Soleimani.
gravenimage says
+1
LB says
Look at it this way: The UK government (not just one, but all of them since Tony Blair) offered THEIR OWN NATIVE ANGLO-SAXON CHILDREN to the muslims to do as they please with. What makes you think that the UK would do anything to protect foreign-born and minority women and children from those same muslims? Face it, the UK has fully submitted itself to islam, and the native (white) Brits, as furious as some of them may be, can’t do anything about it because none of them are willing to lose their jobs, families and material possessions.
Sylvia Drummond says
Not only Bojo but others before him have allowed sharia law to flourish in the UK together with halal butcheries, mega mosques and terrorism. The moslem women in such precarious situations with regard to their marriages are just as fanatical as the men until it does’nt suit them. Best not to interfere eh?
LB says
Yes, I’m aware that muslim women are in general just as toxic and supremacist as their men (if not worse) in a sort of “I am a muslim and therefore better than you in every possible way” manner. This is especially manifested in muslim women living in Western non-muslim countries. Which is why I too share your sentiment of “Fuck em! They got what they wanted”.
But there’s a flip-side to every story. One could argue that it was women’s survival mechanism to accept islam and all the brutalities that it comes with (FGM, no education, married at age 9, wearing a full black tent outside, being a 4th wife, being a baby-making factory, etc.), because it’s better to be tortured than to be dead, so they brainwashed themselves throughout the centuries into thinking islam is good for them in order to escape reality (something like “I may have it bad, but I am a believer of the one true faith, and it’s nowhere near as bad as being a godless Western whore”). This is of course no excuse for today’s muslim women’s toxic behavior. If you love islam so much then please, by all means keep it, but don’t come crawling to non-muslims if you can’t endure the abuse that comes with it.
In a stark contrast to muslim women living in the West, there are many (but nowhere nearly enough to make a difference) cases of modern women in the muslim world (Iran comes to mind) who actively reject islam and its oppressive norms by taking off the hijab, being against marriage, fighting for their education, etc. Although those stories usually don’t have a happy ending…
toomanyhobbies says
ONE MORE TIME; Islamophobia is a certifiable fallacy; a phobia is an Irrational fear. The fear of Islam which has been murdering its way through history for the last 1400 years (numbers as high as 270 million) is neither irrational or unrealistic but just common sense!
Mary says
Yes you’re right. It is not irrational to fear Islam.
PRCS says
“All Muslims should be adhering to the law of the land once they move to Western countries and recognize the equality of rights of all people…”
Should being the key word.
jca reid says
Islamophobia is the irrational fear of Islam. Is it irrational to fear a degenerate, perverted political ideology that denies Basic Freedoms & Liberties? Is it irrational to fear an ideology that views children & women as simple “bush meat”? Is it irrational to fear an ideology that permits rape & sodomy of children & women? Is it irrational to fear an ideology that endorses slavery & Murder of non- Members? Why are Muslim men permitted to commit polygamy in countries where it is illegal & has been for Centuries? In 1937 – 45 what would one say if one was a “Naziophobe”? Would it be irrational to fear an ideology that actively supported Nazism before, during & after WW2? It still does. The most popular non-Muslim is still Hitler. The most popular book outwith the Islamic Texts is his “Mein Kampf”. IOrwellian ‘Newspeak’ & Dystopia is really now taking hold in the West. Now, that is irrational.
davefromsanantonio says
The cure for ‘islamophobia’ is to just read the qur’an. Then…it is no longer an ‘irrational fear’. Or…just watch what is going on in the world. That works, too.
Rufolino says
Neither of which most people in he West are doing !
Sylvia Drummond says
and they make good doorstops and three of them on top of each other are very useful if you can’t reach the top kitchen cupboard. In the winter, mixed with some firewood, they make excellent kindling.
gravenimage says
jca reid wrote:
In 1937 – 45 what would one say if one was a “Naziophobe”?
……………….
Actually, many *did* claim that warning against the Nazis before WWII was just being mindlessly anti-German, and touted Fascism as “modern”.
Savvy journalists and those like Churchill were condemned as “hysterics”, or–even more grotesquely–as “warmongers”.
Sylvia Drummond says
Could you call muzzies Christianophobes? they hate us enough for it to qualify.
Sylvia Drummond says
Mohamedans in the UK are despised and derided rather than feared. The women are described as ragheads the men as pakis wherever they come from. Their huge presence in some districts is resented and generally speaking they are loathed but not feared.
Spiro says
Sharia marriages first step
Then sharia courts and either have two separate but equal systems or just finish giving in to Islam
Now tell me is the UK going to survive
as non Muslim county
Doesn’t look like it. looks they don’t have will to resist
Ray Jarman says
Unfortunately, no sane person can argue with your statement.
gravenimage says
You are not wrong, Spiro.
Michael Copeland says
Islam is government.
https://gatesofvienna.net/2020/07/islam-is-government/
spiro says
Well put
That’s one thing of many people need to learn
OTTER says
Islam wages war society by all means possible.
Subjugation and domination of their women is one of the cleverest and under appreciated ways.
Guns, Bombs, knives, planes, food, dress, children and women are all a part of this comprehensive all conquering ideology.
No military genius has ever devised such a system that can so thoroughly conquer another society and so thoroughly lay it waste.
Once again I say: Islam will conquer the West because it keeps its women under control and the West will lose his freedom because western women (especially the white ones) have become so dominated by leftist thinking that they have actually emerged as one of the most serious national security threats.
Wellington says
OTTER: I agree with much that you asserted, especially respecting the diabolically clever dimensions of Mo’s creed, though I would contend black women in the West, particularly in America, are even more rooted in Leftthink, looked at from a sheer percentage standard, than white women. Guaranteed that a far greater percentage of black American female voters will cast a ballot for the pathetic Biden/Harris ticket than will white American female voters.
And now I am about to enter into dangerous territory by stating that, once again percentage wise, females in general are more likely to vote stupid than males. OK, let the assault begin, though if I am correct here then that greatest of allies, truth, is on my side. After all, if only men had the vote in America, I think it far less likely that idiotic politicians like AOC, Omar, Pelosi, Schiff, Obama himself, the foolish mayors of Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington, et al. would be holding office.
We live in a time when if you wish to denigrate males, there is really no negative consequences for doing so. But if you wish to denigrate females, oh boy, then watch out. But to the extent that I am correct here, it only proves what a very silly age we live in. Enough for now.
OTTER says
There is nothing clearer than the fact that females are likely to vote stupider than men.
In evolutionary terms, women are geared to nurture and not to recognize enemies.
And the entry of women into public life, the notion of equality, and unprecedented split in Western society between men and women has all rendered western society uniquely vulnerable to Islam.
At the forefront of those who are most emotionally invested in protecting Muslims, you will find leftist women in the forefront. They would rather be raped then protest a Muslim.
As white western men have relinquished the notion of control over their women, white women are returning to Muslim men to satisfy their subconscious urges to be dominated.
If anyone wants to do any empirical research this, ask yourself why Fifty Shades of Grey was such a success with women?
Muslims, leftist and deluded white women. Who can beat that as a way of committing cultural suicide?
And the most tragic aspect of this is, that the very few and incredibly brave women who are fighting Islam, physically and intellectually find themselves in a terrible minority. In JW too.
They are the bravest amongst us. But unfortunately their sisters are are our deadliest enemies.
Wake up White men, black men, brown men! Reassert your control over your women.
Otherwise you’re lost.
Wellington says
Per Pew research, females are more likely to vote 8-16% (depending on the specific election) for the Democratic candidate than men. Averaging all this out means that females in America are around 12% more likely to vote for the Democratic candidate than the Republican candidate. This is a huge difference since so many elections, and especially the Presidential election, comes down to who wins the last 20% of voters since around 40% will vote for the Democratic Presidential candidate no matter what and around 40% will vote for the Republican Presidential candidate no matter what.
GreekEmpress says
Wellington and OTTER,
I vote in every election, as I feel it’s my civic duty, and also I want to have a say in the government that runs the country where I live and raise my family.
That being said, you reminded me of women I met during the 2016 election, who voted for Hillary Clinton ONLY because she was a woman. They had no clue about what she stood for, or what she would do if elected. And I’m sure there will be women who will vote in 2020 for Biden solely because Kamala Harris would be the first female Vice President. So yes,
SOME women do vote “stupid”
(And some men too, of course!)
No offense taken here. And now a little ouzo sounds pretty good. Have a good evening, all—
Wellington says
GreekEmpress: Yes indeed, those from both genders can be found who vote “stupid” but females are a bit more likely to be in this category than men. This is just the way it is, though I certainly applaud females who don’t vote stupid (e.g., my wife) and I especially applaud black Americans who realize that standard liberal policies have hurt the black community most terribly. Very difficult to be a black conservative in America—even tougher to be sure than being a conservative white woman.
Enjoy the ouzo. Take care.
gravenimage says
This is more from OTTER calling for white men–and all other men–to control women.
You know who *really* enjoys controlling women? Why, Muslims! They can be genitally mutilated, “married” off as children, beaten, raped, used as sex slaves, “Honor Killed”, and stoned to death.
But hey–Dar-al-Islam doesn’t have a problem with Islam, because they control their women! Oh, wait–somehow it hasn’t worked out that way…
And, as I have mentioned, the implication that “Fifty Shades of Grey” is about women wanting to be controlled by men can only make sense to someone who has never read this book or seen the movies.
Firstly, the hero is *not* Muslim, despite what OTTER appears to believe. Then, he did not control the heroine–in fact, she doesn’t sign the contract he asks her to, she does not obey him, and she has her own will. He has no interest in love or marriage initially, but they do indeed fall in love, get married, and have children–and he is much happier for it.
The fact is that, apart from the “spicy” B&D aspects, “Fifty Shades” is very much a traditional Romance novel–with the distant hero who finally realizes how much he needs a good woman in his life. True to life or not, this idea that this is about women looking for some thug to beat them up could not be sillier.
Daniel Triplett says
The 19th Amendment 100 years ago allowed women to vote. It’s a fact that during the last 100 years, no Democrat POTUS would’ve been elected if the women’s vote was subtracted.
Just sayin. I’m not proposing repealing 19A. But if I was a GOP campaign manager, I would definitely target the women. They are the demo deciding our elections — Latinos will become a really big deal too as their numbers increase through birthrates (nearly 5X that of US whites) and legal/illegal immigration and anchor babies.
Wellington says
A two-tier justice system, one rooted in draconian dictates and barbarism and the other rooted in proper ethics and common sense, cannot remain forever co-existent in a polity.
A la Lincoln, two legal systems divided against themselves cannot stand. Matters legally will eventually cease being divided and it will become all the one legal system or the other.
Stanton Lore says
Remember this if Biden/Harris win in November. I don’t think Biden will survive 4 years, which leaves the country in the hands of Kamala Harris. Antifa running rampant. BLM accusing every law enforcement officer of being racist. Gutless mayors and governors cowering instead of standing tall to protect citizens. You can be certain gun and ammo purchases will increase dramatically. Perfect recipe for a war. Or many wars.
Crusader 666 says
Shattered, staggering, dhimmi Britanistan has lost all will to resist the Islamist barbarians.
I don’t know why the U.S. still allows Britanistan to remain a member of the “Five Eyes” security pact, and NATO.
Every day, hundreds of “refugees” cross the English Channel in rubber boats, escorted by the French Navy to the mid-point of the Channel, and then escorted the rest of the way by the Britanistan “Border Security Force”.
No-one checks the “refugees” for COVID infection; that would be Islamophobic! The Britanistan tax-payers can pay for their medical treatment! On arrival, they are given food, clothing, housing and medical treatment, all of it free. BREXIT party leader Nigel Farage has recently filmed large hotels in the North of England which are “closed” to potential customers, but in which hundreds of young, fit men of Middle-Eastern appearance are living at the expense of the Britanistan taxpayers.You can watch it on Youtube.
Britanistan is now in the same state as France in the summer of 1940, collapsing.
I wonder how many “boots on the ground” will the Muslim High Command deem necessary before it launches the Muslim version of the Tet Offensive?
gravenimage says
UK: Fearing charges of ‘Islamophobia,’ government allows Sharia marriages trapping women in ‘moral captivity’
Fearing being struck by the “Islamophobia” battering ram, the UK government “has refused to make the registration of sharia marriages mandatory out of fear of appearing ‘Islamophobic.’”
……………..
This leaves these women without protection. Obviously, this must also include polygamous “marriages”. Does it also include child and forced marriages, both sacralized in Islam? Almost certainly so.
Sickening cringing dhimmitude.
And while at first this will affect mostly Muslim women, eventually it is bound to reach Infidels, as well. This type of story is rife in places like Pakistan:
“Pakistan court: 14-year-old Christian girl kidnapped and converted to Islam must remain married to her captor”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/08/pakistan-court-14-year-old-christian-girl-kidnapped-and-converted-to-islam-must-remain-married-to-her-captor
Will Britain also eventually allow these kinds of Sharia marriage?
mortimer says
The ‘Islamophobia’ slander is gas-lighting, the Straw-Man Fallacy, the Poisoning-the-well Fallacy and psychological projection rolled into one.
Human rights abuses against girls and women will continue unopposed in the Muslim world if Western Feminists and human rights defenders don’t call Muslims on the insincere ‘Islamophobia’ shield they put up to defend Muslim abusers from exposure and condemnation.
Jayell says
A sharia marriage that is not properly registered in the UK would not exist according to UK law. Therefore, a the polygamous wife of such an unregistered sharia marriage might qualify as an ‘unmarried mother’ in UK law when she gives birth and be entitled to her own local authority housing and all relevant allowances. Thus, the UK taxpayer will be saddled with the financial responsibility of maintaining all muslim families that are established this way. Furthermore, since there would be no official sanction in UK law in the case of a sharia divorce from a ‘non-existent’ sharia marriage, muslim men would be able to pass all financial responsibility for unlimited numbers of successive unregistered sharia marriages to the UK taxpayer, theoretically resulting in a national liability of £billions to the UK taxpayer to support the entire muslim population if it were carried to the extreem.
IanB says
Jizyah!
OTTER says
For mainstream parties, when it comes to political considerations, tip toeing around, bowing and scraping before the fanaticism of Muslim men always wins out over any harm that is done to females. No system of thought has subjugated women more completely than Islam. And this virus can make people think that a prison manual is the Magna Carta.
latha says
This is a very old video made 11 yrs ago where we are warned. Have we learnt any lesson ? Zilch. What has failed us ? Democracy. Yes. Politicians all over the world care only for their power & would sacrifice the nation & the people to achieve their goal. Their minds are cold. They are another clan of terrorists who kill the citizens softly but surely. Please realise that Democracy has failed & the world is taken by ransom by muslims because they vote as a block & only their votes count. Wake up dhimmies. We have to change the system thoroughly if we do not want to push our children to hell. ACT. Talk talk & talk is not gonna save our kids. Act & act NOW.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kKkY5EpVpY&list=PL92BD51C9294BB626&index=14
James Lincoln says
latha,
Thanks for the video link.
gravenimage says
The problem is not Democracy, but appeasement and willful denial.
Dennis says
Sharia in England… drip drip drip drip by drip drip drip drip Will Charles III entertain the idea of turning Buckingham Palace into the world’s biggest you-know-what? drip drip drip drip
Sylvia Drummond says
He probably will if his unctuous words to muslims at their eid festival was anything to go by. He could’nt grovel low enough in his praise for the ‘immense contribution they had made to this country’ It is a sort of ‘i’ve been nice to you now be nice to me’ sort of thing. You would imagine at his age he would know better.