Imagine the embarrassment the Federal Court of Switzerland will feel when they discover that domestic abuse is sanctioned in the Qur’an and Sunnah:
“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)
“Non-integrated imam forced to leave Switzerland,” SwissInfo, October 15, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Switzerland’s top court has upheld a decision to not renew the residence permit of an imam from Kosovo guilty of domestic abuse.
The Federal Court on Tuesday upheld an earlier decision of the St Gallen court in eastern Switzerland where the man lives. The imam was found guilty of physically and sexually abusing his wife and did not let her venture out of the home without his consent.
The couple has been living apart since the woman took refuge in a women’s shelter with her four children in December 2015. Two years later, the cantonal migration office refused to extend the man’s residence permit. The Kosovar had arrived in Switzerland at the age of 26 and has lived in the country for almost ten years.
Standing before the Federal Court, the man invoked the protection of privacy, guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights. But the judges felt that his vision of women’s rights and duties was clearly contrary to the law and values of Switzerland.
In its judgement, the Federal Court wrote that various elements pointed to the fact that the imam had not assimilated Switzerland’s social and legal values and that he did not respect them. This was particularly true of the constitutional principle of equality between men and women, they said….