There is, of course, domestic violence in all cultures. So to post this is just “Islamophobic,” right? Wrong: there is domestic violence in all cultures, but only in one does it have divine sanction.
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
An another hadith states: “Rifa`a divorced his wife whereupon `AbdurRahman bin Az-Zubair Al-Qurazi married her. `Aisha said that the lady (came), wearing a green veil (and complained to her (Aisha) of her husband and showed her a green spot on her skin caused by beating). It was the habit of ladies to support each other, so when Allah’s Messenger came, Aisha said, ‘I have not seen any woman suffering as much as the believing women. Look! Her skin is greener than her clothes!'” — Sahih Bukhari 7.77.5825
“284 women killed in Turkey in domestic violence in 2020,” Turkish Minute, January 25, 2021 (thanks to Henry):
At least 284 women were killed in Turkey at the hands of men in 2020, according to a parliamentary question submitted by an opposition deputy in the Turkish Parliament.
The parliamentary question submitted by Semra Güzel, a deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP), concerns the shortcomings of the mobile phone app KADES, the Women’s Emergency Assistance Notification System, developed by the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services in 2018 to prevent acts of violence against women.
Güzel said violence against women had increased significantly in 2020, noting that 48 out of the 284 women were killed at home, while one out of every five of them was murdered because they wanted a divorce….
Women’s rights organizations have for years been trying to raise awareness about the increase in violence against women that has taken place in the last decade.
Many think it is linked to the policies and rhetoric of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has its roots in political Islam.
AKP leader and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has long been accused by critics of seeking to erode the country’s secular principles and limit the civil liberties of women.
born saturday says
the revival of the ottomaniac empire, as it spread, brought a wave of attacks (since the war in syria) allover turkey as the muslims of turkey have been since radicalised to jihadists…. the ottomaniac chalifate had help from many to spread this islamism and to force millions of muslims in europe….
Infidel says
And yet, there are still people today who tell us about their tours of Turkey (mainly Mediterranean coastal Turkey) and not seeing women wearing the fez
gravenimage says
“Not seeing women wearing the fez”–hilarious!
born saturday says
when you talk about tourists and touristic areas it is commonly known that particularly in an islamic country those see what is prepared for them to see and not the true conditions in the country…. even in konstantinople you will see many women not wearing the veil. it has to do with the fairy tail of the turks of a country with european values that is ready to enter a visa restriction halt for travel in europe which is one of the main requests of turkey to the eu…. that in order to influx many more jihadist immigrands and even millions of turks inside the eu….
jirtu says
Apologists of Turkey keep repeating the cliche that Ataturk banned the veil and suddenly Turkish women became equal to men. Not only there’s no advancement in the status of Turkish women but Erdogan’s anti-secularist party has been turning the hands of the clock backwards. Thus, an increase in the number of women killed.
Michael Copeland says
Aah…Turkey, where the conservative rural practices include burying a teenage girl alive for talking to boys.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-02-06/teen-girl-buried-alive-in-family-garden/2598038
Map: Turkey An autopsy has found that a 16-year-old Turkish girl was buried alive in her family’s garden. She was reportedly killed by her family for having male friends.
Michael Copeland says
In Sharia law the penalty for a killing is retaliation.
However, “Not subject to retaliation” for a killing are:
“A father or mother … for killing their offspring”
Manual of Islamic Law, “Reliance of the Traveller”, o1.2(4)
mortimer says
Right, MC. Many women killed by Muslims are first-cousin wives who fall under the Sharia law you have quoted. The grandfather may MURDER his granddaughter or HAVE HER MURDERED by a family member.
gravenimage says
Horrifying, Michael.
jirtu says
When the Turkish mores allow this kind of atrocity against their womenfolk, one can imagine how Turkish soldiers treat Greeks, Alevis, Arabs, Armenians, Kurds, and Yazidis. No wonder the “Midnight Express” film has become shorthand for hell.
mortimer says
Turkey … a progressive-yet-equally-backward Muslim country where Sharia law is the last resort of scoundrels.
gravenimage says
Turkey: 284 women killed in domestic violence in 2020, 56 because they wanted a divorce
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Horrible–and I bet the actual number is much higher.
Walter Sieruk says
The title of this article alone reveals much about the brutal oppressive and even murderous “culture” of misogyny that Islam produces in Muslim families as well as in Islamic nations.
The misogynistic essence of Islam influences and inspires male Muslims to terribly ,harshly control and oppress ,and even murder females. both girls woman.
Further information on this is provided by Brigitte Gabriel in her book which is entitled THEY MUST BE STOPPED that informs the reader on pages 171,172, that Control of behavior and disregard for human life are key elements in Islamic ideology.” and “Women in Islam are considered unclean, deemed inferior even to dirt.”
Truly it is very important andnessasy that “they must be stopped.”
Walter Sieruk says
This article about the extreme misogyny in Islam which may result in murder As in those cases in the Muslim counrry of Turkey . Since the murders inspired by the misogynistic religion of Islam.
This is a very strong member that back in the late 1990’s I had read an Islamic propaganda booklet printed and published in Turkey by a Muslim board of scholars, written for Westerners that had actually had the claim that “Islam is a religion that respects life, all life.”
Words in claims are easy to make but actions tell the real truth. Therefore, such a total falsehood is that bogus claim by Islamic booklet that “Islam respect life all life.” have been proven completely false by the murdering actions of male Muslim against girls and women ,many times over, in many different countries ,As in Turkey
RANDALL ANDERSON says
It’s SOOOOO ISLAMIC!!!
European pagan says
Turkey should go back to the original Turkish religion tengrism.
How can WOMEN follow a religion where they can be beaten and men can have more wives?
It’s very sad that so many women were killed by their husbands… if they think that they are men, they should try to beat someone who is stronger than them.
gravenimage says
Actually, the religion of most of Anatolia when the Muslim Turks invaded was Christianity.
OLD GUY says
HEY ladies of America, pay attention your politicians just opened the borders to the muslim migrants that want to invade our country. Islam in America will take women’s rights to a new low. VARY SCARY!