A leading Islamic scholar and an adviser at the Saudi royal court, Abdullah Muhammad Al-Mutlaq, has given Muslim women the permission “to refuse to have sex with their husbands during the coronavirus outbreak.” According to Islamic law (al-Bukhari 4851-4852, in the Book of Marriage): The Prophet said, “If a man Invites his wife to sleep […]
Egypt: Survey shows that women approve of female genital mutilation more than men do
The likely explanation for this is that female genital mutilation has justification in Islamic law. This story repeats the usual establishment media line: “People in countries where FGM is still common attempt to link it to religion, but the practice has nothing to do with any faith and predates both Christianity and Islam. It has […]
Indonesia: “Niqab Squad” promotes archery, horseback riding, says niqab “doesn’t mean we become weak Muslim women”
“A movement of Indonesian women” called the “Niqab Squad” is promoting the niqab “as a way to get closer to heaven and avoid sexual harassment. Others fear it reflects growing extremism.” The “Niqab Squad” is acting in obedience to the Quran; such obedience isn’t “extremism,” it’s a commitment to normative Islam. (Quran 24:31) And tell […]
ISIS, Muslim Brotherhood fatwas forbid new churches, allow looting non-Muslim money and say women inferior to men
The Islamic State (ISIS) is universally regarded as “extremist,” but the Obama administration did all it could to support the short-lived Muslim Brotherhood regime in Egypt. “ISIS, Muslim Brotherhood Fatwas Call for Discrimination against Christians, Women,” Asharq Al-Awsat, March 22, 2020: Egypt’s Dar El-Ifta’s Global Fatwa Index (GFI) has registered a number of fatwas by […]
NY: Muslim cleric says coronavirus is punishment from Allah, women who show ankle are “playing games like Jews”
A hadith depicts Muhammad saying to a woman, “‘O Asma’, when a woman reaches the age of menstruation, it does not suit her that she displays her parts of body except this and this,’ and he pointed to her face and hands.” (Sunan Abu Dawud 4092) “Syracuse Imam Khadar Bin Muhammad: COVID-19 Is a Reminder […]
Muslims attack International Women’s Day marchers in Kyrgyzstan and Turkey, as well as Pakistan
Yesterday Jihad Watch reported that Muslim hardliners had attacked Women’s Day marchers in Pakistan. It is not surprising that this has happened in other Muslim countries as well: “While the world…celebrated International Women’s Day with joyful events and colourful initiatives, women’s marches were attacked in Muslim-majority Asian countries, namely Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Turkey. In some […]
Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker says “Islam gives unmatched respect, rights and status to women”
Why, of course. The Qur’an likens a woman to a field (tilth), to be used by a man as he wills: “Your women are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth as you will” — Qur’an 2:223 It declares that a woman’s testimony is worth half that of a man: “Get two witnesses, […]
Germany: Court rules against hijab in courtrooms, smashes effort to “enshrine Sharia law in German legal system”
Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has made a groundbreaking ruling which has favored the constitutional rights of the people over the argument of religious rights of Muslim women to wear the Islamic headscarf in German courtrooms. The case involves a 38-year-old German-Moroccan law student who was born in Frankfurt and customarily wears a headscarf in public. […]
France: Macron poses in selfie with niqabi who defied French law
Emmanuel Macron has been battling for votes, caught between his globalist instincts and the rising “populist” movement. For instance, he stated that he doesn’t want Muslims to be stigmatized, after making a U-turn seven months earlier, vowing “an intractable fight against political Islam.” He fails to realize that normative Islam encompasses the Sharia in every […]
India: Hindu woman says married Muslim forcibly converted her to Islam and married her
These “love jihad” incidents are motivated by supremacist assumptions. The idea is that the Muslim community will always grow at the expense of the non-Muslim community. “Shimla: Hindu woman accuses married Muslim man of forcibly converting her into Islam and marrying her,” OpIndia, February 15, 2020: A Hindu woman in Shimla has accused a Muslim […]