“In September, Morocco criminalized sexual harassment and toughened sentencing for perpetrators of domestic violence. But activists criticized the law for not going far enough to protect women.”
How could it? This is mainstream Islam:
“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 “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?” — Aisha (Sahih Muslim 2127)
“Video of Moroccan woman’s bruises after alleged beating by husband ignites outrage,” The Observers, July 18, 2019 (thanks to the Geller Report):
Social media users in Morocco expressed fury after a video emerged of a woman with large bruises on her body who described being beaten by her husband.
The woman’s eyes appeared heavily swollen and she had deep purple bruises on her thigh and torso, as seen in a video posted on Facebook on July 7. It has since been viewed nearly 850,000 times.
The woman said her husband attacked her after she questioned his late return home. “I asked him, ‘Why are you coming home late?’ He answered, ‘Why does it matter to you?’ And he beat me,” she explained in the video, filmed by a passer-by.
The woman said she went to the police but was rebuffed. “They didn’t even let me in,” she said. “My husband also took the children from me.”
Online users, outraged at the violence the woman had been subjected to, demanded a response from authorities….
In September, Morocco criminalized sexual harassment and toughened sentencing for perpetrators of domestic violence. But activists criticized the law for not going far enough to protect women.