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
“Beaten because she posts a video without the veil on social media, a 16-year-old of Egyptian origin ends up in hospital,” translated from “Picchiata perché pubblica sui social un video senza il velo, 16enne di origine egiziana finisce in ospedale,” L’Unione Sarda, February 27, 2023 (thanks to L.):
She posted a video without the veil on TikTok. This would be the “fault” of a 16-year-old girl of Egyptian origin, who was then beaten by her father and ended up in hospital.
This happened yesterday in Brescia, as reported by local newspapers.
Some family members in Egypt warned the parent of the video without a veil of her daughter. The girl, beaten with slaps and blows on the back, managed to send a message for help to a friend who called 112. She First transported to the hospital, she is now in a protected community.
The father has now been reported on the loose.
The Carabinieri, who intervened in the home of the family of Egyptian origins, and the Prosecutor of Brescia are investigating the case.
Westman says
Although apologists for Islam will point out that most Muslim men do not beat their wives, it is also true that the Quran and Hadith give the misogynistic Muslim man justification for his actions. This is a unique weakness in Islam, and the most likely to further deprecate Islam in the West; leading to considerable dissolution within a few generations as Muslim women leave by marrying into other social groups.
It has always been the case that the role of men in all patriarchal religions has appeared to be superior to that of women due to the requirements upon men, in the brutal past, to both support and protect women, and the necessity that women limited their travel and associations to avoid the brutal consequences.
The Industrial Revolution laid a new groundwork upon which the dependency of women was reduced and WW2 brought them into direct experience of independence by working for industries and government in support of the war. The post-war increase of Western economic wealth also drove both inflation and work opportunities for women to the present day.
Like a “superior” Muslim male, the “superior”-attitude Western male could also continue to have a superior role in the family while the wife moved into a larger responsibility of bread-winning while still carrying the responsibility of children’s welfare and physical support. This didn’t last more than a generation before divorce became common. Women were not willing to be slave and mule.
The misogynistic-inclined Muslim males who immigrated to Western nations now find themselves in a similar situation where the “king of the family” role no longer exists. It seems doubtful that “no go” zones are created simply because of language and culture. It also insulates misogynist men who still use brutal means to maintain their superior family status while avoiding non-Muslim notice and prosecution.
This Muslim, a deplorable “father” who beat his daughter, is just such a misogynistic Muslim male – caught in the Western reality that men are not superior.
Mark Spahn says
“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
This is a pretty crummily-worded instruction. Allah has made one *what* superior to the other what? One sex superior to the other sex? Then the author [Author?] of the Qur’an goes out of his way to avoid saying which sex is superior to the other. What unseen parts do good women guard? Their internal organs? Don’t men do that too? “Allah has guarded them.” What are them? Women? Women’s unseen parts?
Kenneth Johnson says
Most Muslem men don’t bea t their wives?? Here in Costa Rica we admittde 150 families between Auust and Decemberf. Two men are serving time for wife abuse and t wo or tyhree more have been deported. Of the remainder 110 are awaiting court apperances for divorce proceedings.
When they got off the plane the men an d the women sere immediatelkyh seerated and given briefings on the Costa Rican Law end womens rights. At the conclusion of the briefingsd several wives immediately asked to be seperated and given lproktgedtion from their husband. This at the airport upon arrival in Cosxta Rica.
Westman says
Yes, it is intelligent Muslim women who will defang Islam in the Western nations by refusing to marry Muslim men.
30 million Chinese men could explain the bleakness of a future, alone, without wife or children..
Jennifer Alexis says
Why would any woman want to follow such crap?
Glen says
The penalty for leaving Islam is death.
The penalty for repeatedly disobeying their husband, father, brother or whomever the man of the house is death.