Higher Education Minister Nida Mohammad Nadim explained that the Taliban’s ban on women going to universities “was necessary to prevent the mixing of genders in universities and because he believes some subjects being taught violated the principles of Islam.” Women are considered inferior to men in Sharia, and the Taliban strictly adheres to Sharia. What […]
France: Muslim asks his girlfriend to convert to Islam, beats her into a coma
There is 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 Qur’an teaches […]
Spain: Muslim migrant arrested for trying to force his daughter to marry a much older man of his choosing
Forced marriage is illegal under Islamic law: the bride’s consent must be obtained. However, the idea of “consent” is a bit elastic: “Narrated `Aisha: I asked the Prophet, ‘O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Should the women be asked for their consent to their marriage?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ I said, ‘A virgin, if asked, feels shy and […]
UN removes Islamic Republic of Iran from women’s rights panel
People are celebrating this, and that’s fine, but remember: the Islamic Republic of Iran didn’t just start oppressing women a few months ago. The Islamic Republic of Iran has always oppressed women. It was oppressing women when it was put on this women’s rights committee in the first place. So don’t start assuming that the […]
India: Muslim strangles his wife to death for refusing sex twice in one night
A hadith depicts Muhammad saying: “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” (Bukhari 4.54.460). And: “By him in Whose Hand lies my life, a woman can not carry out the right […]
Sharia in action in Afghanistan: Woman flogged for going shopping without male guardian
The prohibition on women going out without a male guardian is not the Taliban’s invention. It’s basic, mainstream Sharia: “The husband may forbid his wife to leave the home…because of the hadith related by Bayhaqi that the Prophet…said, ‘It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to allow […]
India: Muslim cleric says ‘If you make women MLAs, ministers and councillors, we can no longer safeguard hijabs’
Shabbir Ahmed Siddiqui knows that Muslim women hate Sharia restrictions on their dress and behavior, and would rid themselves of them if they could. So he opposes women in politics. “‘Giving election tickets to Muslim women against Islam’: Ahmedabad cleric sparks row,” India Today, December 4, 2022 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): By India […]
India: Muslim leader opposes pledge to give equal property rights to woman, it’s against the Qur’an
“Allah gives you a responsibility concerning your children, to the male the equivalent of the portion of two females, and if there are more than two women, then their share is two-thirds of the inheritance, and if there be one, then half. And to each of his parents, a sixth of the inheritance, if he […]
US ambassador to Lebanon wears hijab during meetings with pro-Hizballah officials
In the Islamic Republic of Iran, women are being killed in protests against the forced hijab. Is Dorothy Shea tone deaf? Oh yes, and much worse as well: administration officials such as Robert Malley have made it quite clear that they don’t want to see the regime in Tehran fall, by persistently claiming that the […]
India: Muslim pressures minor girl to marry him, says he’ll kidnap her and ‘chop her into pieces’ if she refuses
Child marriage has abundant attestation in Islamic tradition and law. Turkey’s directorate of religious affairs (Diyanet) said in January 2018 that under Islamic law, girls as young as nine can marry. “Islam has no age barrier in marriage and Muslims have no apology for those who refuse to accept this” — Ishaq Akintola, professor of Islamic Eschatology and […]