On International Women’s Day, the imam of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Mosque (which fell to the cultural genocide against Turkey’s Christians when the Hagia Sophia museum was converted to a mosque last year) “criticised the media over what he called its excessive coverage of femicides in the country, saying the term femicide sought to make women enemies of men.” Rather than admit the abuses against women that Sharia sanctions and inculcates as it assumes that women are inferior to men, Mehmet Boynukalın, who is also a professor of Islamic Law at Marmara University, presented femicides (including Islamic honor killings) as no different than any murder:
“A murder is a murder,’’ Mehmet Boynukalın said on Twitter in a message celebrating International Women’s Day. “The constant emphasis on ‘femicides’ is a slogan-geared media propaganda tool that looks to pit women against men.”
Contrary to Boynukalın’s avoidance of the truth, here’s a review from Robert Spencer of what Islam really teaches about women, which is reflected in femicides. Other Islamic teachings also drive the persecution of Christians and other infidels).
“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
The Qur’an likens a woman to a field (tilth), to be used by a man as he wills: “Your women are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth as you will” — Qur’an 2:223
It declares that a woman’s testimony is worth half that of a man: “Get two witnesses, out of your own men, and if there are not two men, then a man and two women, such as you choose, for witnesses, so that if one of them errs, the other can remind her” — Qur’an 2:282
It allows men to marry up to four wives, and have sex with slave girls also: “If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, marry women of your choice, two or three or four; but if you fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly, then only one, or one that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice” — Qur’an 4:3
It rules that a son’s inheritance should be twice the size of that of a daughter: “Allah directs you as regards your children’s inheritance: to the male, a portion equal to that of two females” — Qur’an 4:11
It allows for marriage to pre-pubescent girls, stipulating that Islamic divorce procedures “shall apply to those who have not yet menstruated” — Qur’an 65:4
Islamic law stipulates that a man’s prayer is annulled if a dog or a woman passes in front of him as he is praying. “Narrated ‘Aisha: The things which annul the prayers were mentioned before me. They said, “Prayer is annulled by a dog, a donkey and a woman (if they pass in front of the praying people).” I said, ‘You have made us (i.e. women) dogs.’ I saw the Prophet praying while I used to lie in my bed between him and the Qibla. Whenever I was in need of something, I would slip away. for I disliked to face him.” — Sahih Bukhari 1.9.490
Another hadith depicts Muhammad saying that the majority of the inhabitants of hell are women:
“I looked into Paradise and I saw that the majority of its people were the poor. And I looked into Hell and I saw that the majority of its people are women.” — Sahih Bukhari 3241; Sahih Muslim 2737
When asked about this, he explained:
“I was shown Hell and I have never seen anything more terrifying than it. And I saw that the majority of its people are women.” They said, “Why, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “Because of their ingratitude (kufr).” It was said, “Are they ungrateful to Allah?” He said, “They are ungrateful to their companions (husbands) and ungrateful for good treatment. If you are kind to one of them for a lifetime then she sees one (undesirable) thing in you, she will say, ‘I have never had anything good from you.’” — Sahih Bukhari 1052
And in another hadith:
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) went out to the musalla (prayer place) on the day of Eid al-Adha or Eid al-Fitr. He passed by the women and said, ‘O women! Give charity, for I have seen that you form the majority of the people of Hell.’ They asked, ‘Why is that, O Messenger of Allah?’ He replied, ‘You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religious commitment than you. A cautious sensible man could be led astray by some of you.’ The women asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, what is deficient in our intelligence and religious commitment?’ He said, ‘Is not the testimony of two women equal to the testimony of one man?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘This is the deficiency in her intelligence. Is it not true that a woman can neither pray nor fast during her menses?’ The women said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘This is the deficiency in her religious commitment.’” — Sahih Bukhari 304
Another statement attributed to Muhammad: “If a husband calls his wife to his bed [i.e. to have sexual relation] and she refuses and causes him to sleep in anger, the angels will curse her till morning.” — Sahih Bukhari 4.54.460
So no, the media is not “over-emphasizing femicides.” If anything, the media routinely understates, whitewashes, or ignores outright the treatment of women in Islam. Last fall, Turkey’s Religious Affairs Ministry reaffirmed that it is permissible for girls to be married at age nine. It is a slap in the face to women for Boynukalın to be spreading his own propaganda on International Women’s Day, while accusing the media of doing the same.
“Media ‘over-emphasising’ femicides, says Hagia Sophia imam in Women’s Day message,” Ahval, April 8, 2021:
The head imam of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Mosque on Monday criticised the media over what he called its excessive coverage of femicides in the country, saying the term femicide sought to make women enemies of men.
“A murder is a murder,’’ Mehmet Boynukalın said on Twitter in a message celebrating International Women’s Day.
“The constant emphasis on ‘femicides’ is a slogan-geared media propaganda tool that looks to pit women against men,’’ he added.
A total of 300 femicides were recorded in Turkey in 2020, according to the We Will Stop Femicides organisation. Another 171 women were found dead under suspicious circumstances in the country last year, the organisation says, with some of those cases including alleged suicides.
The professor of Islamic Law at Marmara University went on to share a verse from the Qur’an, speaking on the equality between men and women, which said the most valuable person before Allah is the one who is most “god-fearing.’’
Boynukalın made headlines last month when he called for the French-inspired laïcité, a less libertarian form of the concept of secularism, to be removed from Turkey’s constitution.
The Republic of Turkey should return to its “factory settings,’’ Boynukalın said….
Mike says
and Biden Obama 2.0 is welcoming this C.R.A.P. into America
mortimer says
Is mentioning the misogynistic hadiths of Mohammed ‘propaganda’, Mr. Boynukalın?
Surely, Imam Mehmet Boynukalın of the Hagia Sophia Mosque would love to whitewash and cover up the misogynistic hadiths of Mohammed that insult and degrade all women. Clearly, misogyny is authentic Islam:
– I think that women were created for nothing but evil
– Women have ten ‘awrat (vulvas). When she gets married, the husband covers one, and when she dies the grave covers the ten (of her shameful parts)
– A straw mat in the corner of the house is preferable to a barren woman
– Women are toys, so choose (your ‘toys’)
– The woman is a toy, whoever takes her, let him care for her [or do not lose her]
– Had it not been for women, God would have truly, truly been worshipped
– Men perished the day they obeyed the women
– Obedience to a woman’s advice causes regret
– Consult women and act contrary (to it)
– Sneezing, drowsing, yawning in prayer, also menstruation, vomiting and nose-bleeding are from Satan
– When…your affairs are in the hands of your women, the interior of the earth (hell) will be the better for you than its surface
– If a woman offered one of her breasts to be cooked and the other to be roasted, she still will fall short of fulfilling her obligations to her husband. And besides that if she disobeys her husband even for a twinkling of an eye, she would be thrown in the lowest part of Hell, except she repents and turns back
– Mohammed asked some women, “Isn’t the witness of a woman equal to half that of a man?” The women said, “Yes,” He said, “This is because of the deficiency of the woman’s mind.”
– I have not seen any one more deficient in intelligence and religion than you (women)
– I was shown the Hell-fire and that the majority of its dwellers are women.
– Bad omen is in the woman, the house and the horse
– After me I have not left any affliction more harmful to men than women
– Don’t wear false hair for Allah sends His curse upon such ladies who lengthen their hair artificially
– Treat women well for they are like domestic animals and they possess nothing themselves. Allah has made the enjoyment of their bodies lawful in his Qur’an
– Women, slaves and camels are the same
– Prayer is annulled by a dog, a donkey and a woman
– “Women are like cows, horses, and camels, for all are ridden,” is in fact recorded in Tafsir al-Qurtubi (see vol. 17, p. 172)
– If you relax the woman’s bridle a tiny bit, she will take you and bolt wildly. And if you lower her cheek-piece a hand span, she will pull you an arm’s length … Their deception is awesome and their wickedness is contagious; bad character and feeble mind are their predominant traits
– “[A man’s wife] fears him, while he fears her not, a kind word from him satisfies her, where nothing of hers has importance in his eyes, it is she who must tolerate the presence of concubines, and it is she who worries when he is ill whereas even her death would leave him indifferent
– If a man calls his wife to his bed and she refuses, and he spends the night angry with her, the angels curse her until morning
– Treat women well, for they are [like] domestic animals [awan] with you and do not possess anything for themselves. You have taken them only as a trust from God and you have made the enjoyment of their persons lawful by the word of God, so understand and listen to my words…
– Muhammad’s last words on women during his farewell speech:
– God allows you to put them in separate rooms and to beat them but not with severity. If they refrain from these things they have the right to their food and clothing with kindness. Lay injunctions on women kindly, for they are prisoners with you having no control of their persons. (Sirat Rasul Allah. Translated in English by A. Guillaume. First published by Oxford University Press, London in 1955)
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Why hide the WORDS OF YOUR PROPHET, Mr. Boynukalın ?
born saturday says
troll
gravenimage says
Grim and important list, Mortimer. Thank you.
James Lincoln says
Gee, mortimer.
Is that all you could find? (sarc/off)
Hoi Polloi says
Well, Mortimer, thanks for the list. Even if you are a troll….out of the mouths of trolls. At least you weren’t born on a Saturday. That would be much worse. Seriously though, thanks.
john smith says
+1
You certainly know your stuff mortimer.
born saturday says
is it a coincidence that Hagia Sofia is a temple dedicated to a female Saint???? the fact that they turned it to a mosque??? the perversion of the islamists of turkey reaches to the outmost extend…. what the world needs is a revolution against islam… for fact islam has subjugated not only women but even ancient temples of christianity, even this ultimate more ancient cathedral of christianity… as muslims in islamic countries destroy ancient temples and monuments and turn it into stables or mosques, the muslims within the west are granted more and more places of worship and freedoms to express the perversion called islam… it is obvious the west is commiting suicide, it is obvious the west is subjugating christianity, it is obvious that we are governed by the modern traitors of everything western everything civilised….
gravenimage says
born saturday–with all respect–Hagia Sophia does not mean “Saint Sophia”, but “Holy Wisdom”. A small point, though–I agree with the rest of your points.
Beverly Teboe says
I was just curious how many men who practice Islam have been killed by women. Women are second class chattel. Pretending otherwise is total BS.
gravenimage says
Yep.
Hoi Polloi says
“excessive coverage of femicides in the country, saying the term femicide sought to make women enemies of men”…… Because opposition to and exposure of their teachings and practices would further the already massive problem of women and children in muslim abusing and murdering muslim men. Maybe he could worry about the actual femicides if he’s so concerned? Thought not. He’s too busy worrying that people are hearing about it.
gravenimage says
Spot on.
revereridesagain says
Women are considered less important than non-women as well as the imaginary and not-yet-human in most religions, Islam just leads the class. It’s nice to hear us defended here, though some of you may not have thoroughly thought out the teaching of your own mystical belief systems or which of the above mentioned you would rather see preserved than some “impure” female.
Hoi Polloi says
Or maybe they have thought them out and none of it is magical and mystical to them; rather it is all very real. Hence the Christians here who defend women’s rights to be fully human in muslim countries in a way their own families do not. Merely leading the class is a massive understatement as Christians do not even attend classes that assert that rule one for half of God’s human creation is that they are condemned to begin at half human status. We all know Islam only sinks to far lower depths from there.
DavidR says
This quote has been edited by substituting one word:
“The constant emphasis on Islamophobia is a slogan geared media propaganda tool that looks to pit Muslims against the rest of the World.”
Projection thy name is imam Boynukalin.
Wellington says
If only all women became enemies of Islam mankind would be well on its way to ultimate relief from the hideous, retrograde, stupid doctrine which goes by the name of “Islam.”
May the Islamic Allah terminate my life tonight if I have “misspoken.”
Be back tomorrow. Count on it because there is no Allah, Mo was a fraud, albeit a very clever one, and the Koran is a hate manual. Time for some bacon and some beer.
gravenimage says
+1
john smith says
Wellington please behave yourself, you know how I feel about you saying such things. But having said that, who am I to interfere with your particular sense of humour.
Wellington says
I’m back, John smith, and I will try to behave myself, deuce difficult as that is for me, but I make no promises. Best to you and yours. To Hell with Islam.
john smith says
Ha ha. and to hell with islam.
Keith O says
Boynukalin is correct on only one point.
“A MURDER IS A MURDER” it is the intent or motivation behind the murder that is the difference.
Some nut job killing women because “the voices told him to” is one thing or killing the ex wife because she destroyed your life for instance.
But killing women because the ramblings of your “perfect man” in your “holy book” said it’s OK is an entirely different matter
Thinking that it is acceptable to torture and kill anyone because your religion teaches you that you can, is at the very least barbaric, but to then believe that the rest of the civilised should bow down to your twisted beliefs?
Any religion or belief system that says it’s OK to harm women in any shape or form does not belong on this plain of existence.
gravenimage says
In Women’s Day message, Hagia Sophia mosque imam accuses media of ‘over-emphasising’ femicides
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As if the most basic right is not to be murdered.
God, I hate Islam.
lili marleen says
Well, he’s not wrong about the media
Hoi Polloi says
How so?