The victim apparently angered her husband so much that it made him believe that she had transgressed this Qur’anic dictate: “And it is not fitting for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and his messenger have settled a matter, that they should claim any say in the matter, and whoever is rebellious […]
Germany: Muslim migrant beats, rapes, threatens to kill wife for wanting to take off hijab and go to work
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. Islam doesn’t teach that man may kill his wife, but once you’ve allowed him to beat her, accidents will happen. The […]
X is Being Used As a Platform to Find Vulnerable Girls
First I want to explain my personal experience of how I learned that Pakistani Muslims living in Western countries manage to fool Westerners by pretending to be open-minded and kind-hearted while they suggest Sharia law punishment for Pakistani citizens, and use a combination of their money plus a powerful Western passport plus Islam. But Westerners […]
Russia: Muslim cleric offers wife-beating guidance, says Qur’an ‘suggests beating’ of disobedient women
Timur Kamaev is no “extremist.” 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 […]
Germany: ‘Girls dressed in western clothing are often considered “unclean” or “haram”‘
As Germany’s celebrations of diversity grow more intense, it becomes more monochromatic. Why? It’s a mystery! “Children’s headscarves alarm teachers: ‘Girls dressed in western clothing are often considered “unclean” or “haram,”‘” by Bettina Sauer, JournalistenWatch, July 18, 2024 (thanks to Medforth): A recent teacher survey shows exactly what critics of Islam have been warning about […]
Amina Wadud’s Fantasy Islam
Some Muslim scholars, such as Amina Wadud, read the Qur’an differently regarding women’s rights. Wadud wrote: “In the area of gender, conservative thinkers read explicit Qur’anic reforms of existing historical and cultural practices as the literal and definitive statement on these practices for all times and places. What I am calling for is a reading […]
Has Islam Really Improved the Lot of Women?
The claim that Islam has been beneficial for women is a staple of Islamic apologetics. Yet in Islam, a woman’s testimony is worth only half that of a man. The justification of this is provided by Muhammad in a famous hadith, “for it is the deficiency in her [woman’s] intelligence.” Such a clearly misogynistc view, […]
Is ‘Extremist Islam’ a Recent Invention?
Many non-Muslims make confident but false claims about women’s rights in Islam. Some of these are tied to views of America’s long incursion in Iraq. There are claims that the United States fought in Iraq in part in order to champion women’s rights in Muslim countries. In fact, the United States went to war in […]
India: Bombay High Court upholds ban on college hijab, ‘not an essential practice of girls professing Islam’
The Bombay (that is, Mumbai) High Court has upheld a college’s ban of the hijab, ruling that it is not a requirement in Islam, except that it is. According to National Herald India: The petitioners claimed such a directive was against their fundamental rights to practice their religion, right to privacy and right to choice. […]
CNN Arabic, UN Women in the Arab States renew ties to promote gender equality in Arab Muslim countries
These people’s balloon never lands. They think education and media initiatives will bring about gender equality in Arab states, They’re campaigning against gender-based violence, yet there is no doubt whatsoever, since this is CNN and the UN, that they never even come close to addressing the justification for gender-based violence in the Qur’an (4:34). And […]