Post by iris89 on Feb 2, 2011 14:22:12 GMT -5
Islam’s Love Of Violence Against All, A Collection Of Recent Realities – Learn The Facts:
INTRODUCTION:
Since its inception, Islam has been very violent and it remains so until today. Now as all well know, a religion should be promoting peace and NOT violence. This is NOT the case with respect Islam as will be shown by recent items of news and from blogs. For details on the history of Islam, go to:
Blood, Blood, and More Blood, the Story of Islam:
religioustruths.proboards59.com/index.cgi?board=recognize&action=display&thread=1180019585 [as of 2/2/2011]
or,
jude3.proboards92.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=islam&thread=202 [as of 2/2/2011]
NOW LET’S DEAL WITH EGYPT:
COOPTING THE MOVEMENT: An analysis of the rapidly changing dynamicPosted: January 30, 2011 by joelcrosenberg in Uncategorized
A protester burns a picture of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak during clashes in Cairo January 28, 2011. Police and demonstrators fought running battles on the streets of Cairo on Friday in a fourth day of unprecedented protests by tens of thousands of Egyptians demanding an end to Mubarak's three-decade rule. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)
>> We’ve just posted a new video blog I did on the crises in Egypt and Jordan at www.joshuafund.net.
>> MONDAY: I’m scheduled to be interviewed today on Fox News Channel with Neil Cavuto around 4:20pm eastern re: Egypt. Also, Janet Parshall has asked me to be on her radio show at 6:30pm eastern to discuss Egypt. Subject to change. Please check back for updates.
>> MONDAY: National Review Online posted a new article of mine (an adaptation of this blog), “In Egypt, Radicals and Reformers Battle for Control of a Movement“
>> SUNDAY EVENING UPDATE: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood eyes unity gov’t without Mubarak
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In the past several days, the dynamic of the protests in Egypt has changed rapidly, and not for the better. What started out as a genuine and positive pro-freedom movement is being steadily coopted by the Muslim Brotherhood and other violent and extremist forces. There is now a growing risk that the overthrow of the Mubarak regime could lead either to an authoritarian military regime, or a Radical Islamist regime. We must pray neither scenario comes to pass. The people of Egypt would be further oppressed. The U.S., Israel and the West would be endangered. Bottom line: This is a very complex and fast-moving crisis, and it could get much worse.
Let me explain and put the situation in some context.
In my 2009 non-fiction book Inside The Revolution: Why the followers of Jihad, Jefferson and Jesus are battling to dominate the Middle East and take over the world, I outlined a range of players in the region, who they are and what they want:
•The Radicals are extremist Muslims who want to overthrow every regime from North Africa to the Middle East to Central Asia and replace them with Islamist dictatorships who believe that “Islam is the answer and jihad is the way.” These include groups such as al Qaeda, Iranian Twelvers, Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the like.
•The Reformers are moderate Muslims who say, “Islam is the answer, but jihad is not the way; we need more freedom, more openness, more protection of human rights and civil rights, free elections, free markets, and the creation of full-blown Jeffersonian democracies, if at all possible.” In this group historically have been Kemal Mustafa Ataturk (the founder of modern, democratic Turkey; though sadly Turkey is now moving away from his model); Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (who made peace with Israel but was then assassinated by Radicals); Jordanian Kings Hussein (the father, who made peace with Israel and initiated a democratically elected parliament while retaining his authority as monarch) and Abdullah II (the son and current monarch who has been advancing his father’s reforms incrementally); Morrocan King Mohammed VI; the current leaders of Iraq such as President Jalal Talabani and Nouri al-Maliki; and the popular pro-democracy movement in Iran that we saw take to the streets by the millions last summer)
•The Revivalists are former Muslims who say, “Islam is not the answer, jihad is not the way, Jesus is the way — and the only way for our part of the world to move forward and make real and lasting social, economic and spiritual progress is to skip back in our history before Islam and revive what we once had: first century, New Testament, Biblical Christianity.” These followers of Jesus Christ in the Islamic world tend to be apolitical and are focused on evangelism, discipleship, church planting, pastor training and spiritual renewal. By using dual strategies of an air war (satellite TV, radio and the Internet) and a ground war (especially the house church movement), their numbers have swelled into the millions since 1979, despite widespread (and recently intensifying) persecution. I profile a number of their leaders in the book, though few of them are known by name in the West.
These first three are the revolutionary forces in the region, people and movements who advocate and push for dramatic, sweeping change.
Then there is another set of important players:
•The Resisters tend to be secular Arab nationalist leaders who oppose significant change of almost any kind. They may be Muslims but they certainly aren’t revolutionaries. They don’t want to build an Islamic empire. They want to build their own empires. They want to hold onto the power, wealth and prestige that they currently have, and gain more if they can. They strongly oppose revolutionary movements of all kinds. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is a classic Resister. So are leaders like Syrian President Bashar Assad, Libyan leader Moammar Ghadaffi, the leaders of Saudi Arabia, and so forth. Previously, Saddam Hussein fell into this camp.
•The Reticent tend to be weak-willed Arab leaders who seem constantly pulled in opposite directions. They don’t have strong convictions. At times they seem to want peace with Israel, for example, and even a modicum of political or social reform, but then other forces push back at them and they waffle or change their tune. At the moment, Palestinian Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is the best example of a Reticent leader. He has been offered historic deals by recent Israeli Prime Ministers to make peace and create a Palestinian state and have dramatic economic change and growth. He has occassionally shown real interest in positive change, but has never had the courage to say “yes.”
•Finally, and most importantly, are the Rank-and-File — these are the billion-plus everyday Muslims citizens who work hard, play by the rules, are trying to find decent jobs to feed and educate their families. They aren’t revolutionaries. They long for more freedom and opportunity, but mainly they keep their heads down and try not to be noticed and not be interfered with. They are the audience to which the revolutionaries are playing. They are watching the battle between the Radicals and the Reformers, and they are increasingly curious about the message of the Revivalists. And some of them are making their move and joining one of the revolutionary movements.
That said, let’s focus again on the crisis at hand. What we are witnessing in Egypt is an historic clash between true Reformer Muslims who want free elections and free markets, and Radical Muslims who want to use the protests to overthrow the Mubarak regime and install a violent, extremist Islamist government. The Revivalists in Egypt are, for the most part, staying underground. True to their nature, they are remaining apolitical and are devoting themselves to much prayer for the future of their country and the souls of their friends and neighbors.
For the first first few days of last week, most of the initial protestors on the streets of Egypt were peaceful, respectful, somewhat educated, and poor to middle class. I believe they were genuinely calling for an end to the Mubarak regime’s corruption and authoritarian rule in order to achieve more freedom, more opportunity, a better economy, more and better jobs, and a democratic government that would respect and protect their human rights and civil rights and set them free from the stagnant, stultified, oppressive Egyptian system they have suffered under for so long.
However, beginning on Thursday and accelerating throughout the day on Friday, the situation began to change dramatically.
The leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood (which began in Egypt in the 1920) had initially been caught off guard by sudden and intense rise of the protests and had not been involved in planning or developing these protests. But sensing an opportunity, they decided to move decisively and try to coopt the movement for their own purposes. They mobilized their followers throughout the country and told them to take to the streets. That’s when the complexion of the protests took a turn for the worse, characterized by:
•Violent attacks directed at the police – Agence France Presse reported on Saturday that an estimated 60 percent of Egyptian police stations have been set on fire?
•Rioting, instead of mere protesting
•The emergence of gangs on the streets wielding machetes and knives
•Government office buildings being set on fire
•Cars being set on fire
•The looting of the Egyptian Museum, with vandals ripping the heads off of two ancient mummies
•Looting of shops, businesses and homes
•Muslim Brotherhood members escaping from prison –[see this article as well]
•UPDATE: Some 8,000 prisoners escaped from a prison in the east of the country and one report said “prison guards have joined the protests allowing dozens of Muslim Brotherhood members to walk out of jail.”
•A rising civilian death toll as the police have been forced to defend themselves and protect other citizens — as of Sunday, there were more than 100 people dead, and more than 2,000 wounded
These are not the actions of a true pro-freedom movement. Almost none of this happened last summer when millions of Iranians took to the streets to protest the fraudulent re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. To the contrary, the Iranian people, to their great credit, initiated what was overwhelming a classic non-violent, principled protest movement against the Radical regime.
President Mubarak’s response to the protests has been badly overdone and typically authoritarian — shutting down the Internet, blocking social media like Facebook and Twitter, and now blocking even the Al Jazeera satellite TV network. What’s more, the police and army at times have been thuggish and brutal (though not always; their have been fascinating reports of policemen and soldiers embracing the protestors, encouraging them even).
So I find myself in a quandary. I strongly support the right of the Egyptian people to have free elections and free markets and true opportunity in the 21st century. What’s more, I want the Church to be free to share the gospel and win Muslims to faith in Jesus Christ, make disciples and plant new congregations without government oppression and without violent attacks by Radical Muslims. I do believe Mubarak has stayed too long. He has not responded to the yearning of the Egyptian people to be free. His day is coming to an end.
That said, however, I don’t want to see the Muslim Brotherhood win. For all of Mubarak’s sins, he is not a Radical. He doesn’t want to launch a jihad against the U.S., Israel or the West. He has maintained the peace treaty with Israel. He has worked to counter the Hamas movement in Gaza. He is strongly opposed to the Iranian nuclear weapons program and has worked closely with the West to counter it. The Obama administration needs to be careful to support positive change in Egypt and support human rights there, without cutting the legs out from underneath Mubarak precipitously, the way President Carter did to the Shah of Iran in 1979. The Shah had his many flaws, no question about it. But Carter’s actions helped trigger the Islamic Revolution and led to the rise of the Ayatollah Khomeini, the loss of an American ally, and the rise of a terror-exporting country that has gained in lethality ever since. We dare not make the same mistakes with Egypt.
I am praying, therefore, that the Lord would be merciful to the people of Egypt, and that He would give wisdom to Mr. Mubarak and his senior advisors. My ideal at this point is that Mubarak would hand the keys to the kingdom to a group of Reformers, men truly committed to steadily expanding hope, growth and opportunity for all their people, and doing so in a way that creates order and stability, not an opening for the Muslim Brotherhood to seize control. This will not be easy. I am not convinced Egypt spymaster-turned-new-Vice President Omar Suleiman is the man to accomplish this. But I know that ultimately the Lord is in charge, and this — and nothing else — is what should give us all hope.
[source - retrieved from flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/inside-the-egyptian-revolution-violence-is-rising-because-the-muslim-brotherhood-is-coopting-the-movement-where-do-we-go-from-here/
on //2011]
DR. WAFA SULTAN, AN ENLIGHTENED MUSLIM, SAYS VIOLENCE DESTROYS ISLAM:
The Saturday Profile
For Muslim Who Says Violence Destroys Islam, Violent Threats, By JOHN M. BRODER, Published: March 11, 2006, New York Times.
LOS ANGELES, March 10 — Three weeks ago, Dr. Wafa Sultan was a largely unknown Syrian-American psychiatrist living outside Los Angeles, nursing a deep anger and despair about her fellow Muslims.
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J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times
“I have no choice. I am questioning every single teaching of our holy book.”
- DR. WAFA SULTAN
Video: Dr. Wafa Sultan on Al Jazeera (memritv.org) Today, thanks to an unusually blunt and provocative interview on Al Jazeera television on Feb. 21, she is an international sensation, hailed as a fresh voice of reason by some, and by others as a heretic and infidel who deserves to die.
In the interview, which has been viewed on the Internet more than a million times and has reached the e-mail of hundreds of thousands around the world, Dr. Sultan bitterly criticized the Muslim clerics, holy warriors and political leaders who she believes have distorted the teachings of Muhammad and the Koran for 14 centuries.
She said the world's Muslims, whom she compares unfavorably with the Jews, have descended into a vortex of self-pity and violence.
Dr. Sultan said the world was not witnessing a clash of religions or cultures, but a battle between modernity and barbarism, a battle that the forces of violent, reactionary Islam are destined to lose.
In response, clerics throughout the Muslim world have condemned her, and her telephone answering machine has filled with dark threats. But Islamic reformers have praised her for saying out loud, in Arabic and on the most widely seen television network in the Arab world, what few Muslims dare to say even in private.
"I believe our people are hostages to our own beliefs and teachings," she said in an interview this week in her home in a Los Angeles suburb.
Dr. Sultan, who is 47, wears a prim sweater and skirt, with fleece-lined slippers and heavy stockings. Her eyes and hair are jet black and her modest manner belies her intense words: "Knowledge has released me from this backward thinking. Somebody has to help free the Muslim people from these wrong beliefs."
Perhaps her most provocative words on Al Jazeera were those comparing how the Jews and Muslims have reacted to adversity. Speaking of the Holocaust, she said, "The Jews have come from the tragedy and forced the world to respect them, with their knowledge, not with their terror; with their work, not with their crying and yelling."
She went on, "We have not seen a single Jew blow himself up in a German restaurant. We have not seen a single Jew destroy a church. We have not seen a single Jew protest by killing people."
She concluded, "Only the Muslims defend their beliefs by burning down churches, killing people and destroying embassies. This path will not yield any results. The Muslims must ask themselves what they can do for humankind, before they demand that humankind respect them."
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DR. SULTAN is "working on a book that — if it is published — it's going to turn the Islamic world upside down."
"I have reached the point that doesn't allow any U-turn. I have no choice. I am questioning every single teaching of our holy book."
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The working title is, "The Escaped Prisoner: When God Is a Monster." [source - retrieved from www.nytimes.com/2006/03/11/international/middleeast/11sultan.html on //2011]
MUSLIM ON MUSLIM VIOLENCE
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Every now and then, we hear about tons of Muslims being slaughtered from gun attacks, bombings, senseless murders, etc. We might hear about Muslims being oppressed and harmed or even tortured. What surprises me is to discover the crimes were done by our own Muslim brothers and sisters. We react with such anger and we let our voices be heard when it is a Non-Muslim doing harm to our brothers and sisters. But why are we silent when the violence is from amongst us? Why can’t we react like we did during the War on Gaza?
Allah knows whether these Muslims are killing their own intentionally or not. Either way, it’s a grave sin to spill the blood of another Muslim. In fact the Prophet (PBUH) said: “The Blood of a Muslim is worth more than the Ka’aba.” Look at how much blood is spilled due to Muslim on Muslim violence. Whether is it’s a Muslim or Non-Muslim murdering a believer, the punishment is great.
“And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his punishment is Hell; he shall abide in it, and Allah will send His wrath on him and curse him and prepare for him a painful chastisement.” (Surah An-Nisa 4:93)
Please read this article that is about murder:
www.al-islam.org/greater_sins_complete/10.htm
The Prophet (PBUH) said in his last sermon: “A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim, he should not do him any injustice, nor should he surrender him to his enemy, nor should he abandon him, nor should he look down upon him. It is a grave sin to look down upon a fellow Muslim.”
In addition to that, the Prophet (PBUH) said: “Help your brother when he is oppressed or is an oppressor.” The Companions of the Prophet asked him how to help him if he is an oppressor, the Prophet told them to stop his oppression and injustice against others.
The only voices and actions that are seen and heard is theirs. Others believe that they represent the mainstream of Muslims. Shall we not speak out and represent Islam in the peaceful and loving way it is? Our silence only means one thing, that we agree with their oppression, injustice and murders. If we as a great Muslim nation do not do something, the non-Muslims will step in killing tons of our brothers and sisters, just as they did in Iraq. Saddam was killing and oppressing Muslims, killing thousands of his own people. Since, we Muslims sat back with our arms crossed; the Americans stepped in killing just as much as Saddam did. Maybe, even more.
Lets implement the prophets last sermon and stop the oppression and injustices committed by own brothers and sisters. Just imagine how much lives can be saved from stopping this or even speaking out. Remember this verse:
“For that cause We decreed for the Children of Israel that whosoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind…..” [Surah 5 Verse 32]
You save one life and it as if you’ve saved all of humanity. Can this get any more beautiful? We have an obligation to help the feeble and to correct any mistake that any of us have committed. Our brotherhood is like the photo below. We are a family and we all worship the One God. [source - retrieved from stoptheviolence.blog.com/muslim-on-muslim-violence/ on //2011]
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THE ORDER OF THE DAY IN MOST OF ISLAM:
Treatment of domestic violence in the Qur'an[edit] An-Nisa, 34Main article: An-Nisa, 34
Verse 34 of an-Nisa is one of the most important verses for husband and wife relationship in Islam. In most translations, it gives permission to men to beat/hit (they both have the same word in Arabic) their wives if they fear "rebellion," or "nushûz". The rebellion referred to in this verse is against God (through promiscuous behavior in public), and not a reference to disobedience against the Husband. Many interpretive problems have arisen regarding the occasions (if any) on which beating is appropriate, the type of beating prescribed, and whether beating remains discountenanced even if acceptable.
Proper and improper occasions for beatingBeating (as well as admonishment and leaving wives in their beds) is permitted after "nushûz" (??????), which is translated as "disloyalty and ill-conduct" by Yusuf Ali, "rebellion" by Pickthall and "desertion" by Shakir. Ibn Abbas, cousin of Muhammad and early Qur'anic exegete, states that nushuz refers to disobedience in sexual matters; while another early commentator, at-Tabari, explains that nushuz means to refuse intercourse due to a feeling of superiority and elevation over the husband.[2]
In some exegeses such as those of Ibn Kathir and Tabari, the actions prescribed in 4:34 are to be taken in sequence: the husband is to admonish the wife, after which (if his previous correction was unsuccessful) he may remain separate from her, after which (if his previous correction was still unsuccessful) he may hit her.[1][2][3][4][5] Contemporary Egyptian scholar Abd al-Halim Abu Shaqqa refers to the opinions of jurists Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani and al-Shawkani who state that hitting should only occur in extraordinary cases.[6]
Type of beating prescribedSome Islamic scholars and commentators have emphasized that beatings, even where permitted, are not to be harsh[1][7][8][9][10][11] or some even contend that they should be "more or less symbolic."[12][13] According to Abdullah Yusuf Ali and Ibn Kathir, the consensus of Islamic scholars is that the above verse describes a light beating.[14][15] Abu Shaqqa refers to the edict of Hanafi scholar al-Jassas (d. 981) who notes that the reprimand should be "A non-violent blow with siwak or similar. This means that to hit with any other means is legally [Islamically] forbidden."[6]
Scholars and commentators have stated that Muhammad directed men not to hit their wives' faces,[16] not to beat their wives in such a way as would leave marks on their body,[16][17] and not to beat their wives as to cause pain (ghayr mubarrih).[12] Scholars too have stipulated against beating or disfigurement, with others such as the Syrian jurist Ibn Abidin prescribing ta'zir punishments against abusive husbands.[18]
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Incidence of domestic violence among MuslimsDomestic violence is considered by many to be a problem in Muslim-majority cultures.[24]
The incidence in many Muslim-majority countries (where women hide their bruises and little is ever reported to authorities) is uncertain, but believed to be great by Muslim feminists. In some Muslim countries, such as Saudi Arabia,[25] reports indicate that domestic violence is quite widespread. One recent study, in Syria, found that 25% of the married women surveyed said that they had been beaten by their husbands.[26]
One study found that half of Palestinian women have been the victims of domestic violence.[27] A WHO study in Babol found that within the previous year 15.0% of wives had been physically abused, 42.4% had been sexually abused and 81.5% had been psychologically abused (to various degrees) by their husbands, blaming low income, young age, unemployment and low education.[28]
A 1987 study conducted by the Women's Division and another study by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan in 1996 suggested that domestic violence takes place in approximately 80 percent of the households in the country.[29][30][31] In Pakistan, domestic violence occurs in forms of beatings, sexual violence or torture, mutilation, acid attacks and burning the victim alive (bride burning).[32]
According to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in 2002, over 90% of married women surveyed in that country reported being kicked, slapped, beaten or sexually abused when husbands were dissatisfied by their cooking or cleaning, when the women had ‘failed’ to bear a child or had given birth to a girl instead of a boy, or had an illicit affair.[33]
The prevalence of domestic violence has been cited as a cause of high rates of suicide, mostly through self-immolation, among Kurdish women in Iran.[34]
Notes
1. ^ a b c Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi's viewpoint on man beating disobedient wife and original Persian Q&A article.
2. ^ a b Roald (2001) p. 166
3. ^ Abdullah Yusuf Ali in his Quranic commentary states that: "In case of family jars four steps are mentioned, to be taken in that order. (1) Perhaps verbal advice or admonition may be sufficient; (2) if not, sex relations may be suspended; (3) if this is not sufficient, some slight physical correction may be administered; but Imam Shafi'i considers this inadvisable, though permissible, and all authorities are unanimous in deprecating any sort of cruelty, even of the nagging kind, as mentioned in the next clause; (4) if all this fails, a family council is recommended in 4:35 below." Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary (commentary on 4:34), Amana Corporation, Brentwood, MD, 1989. ISBN 0-915957-03-5.
4. ^ Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, head of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, says that "If the husband senses that feelings of disobedience and rebelliousness are rising against him in his wife, he should try his best to rectify her attitude by kind words, gentle persuasion, and reasoning with her. If this is not helpful, he should sleep apart from her, trying to awaken her agreeable feminine nature so that serenity may be restored, and she may respond to him in a harmonious fashion. If this approach fails, it is permissible for him to beat her lightly with his hands, avoiding her face and other sensitive parts. [1].[2]
5. ^ Ibn Kathir writes that in case of rebellious behaviour, the husband is asked to urge his wife to mend her ways, then to refuse to share their beds, and as the last resort, husbands are allowed to admonish their wives by light tapping. Ibn Kathir, “Tafsir of Ibn Kathir”, Al-Firdous Ltd., London, 2000, 50-53
6. ^ a b Roald (2001) p. 169
7. ^ At-Tafsir al-Kabir" on 4:34, Razi; allowed the beating of the wife on the face
8. ^ Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law, Al-Nawawi, section m10.12, "Dealing with a Rebellious Wife", page 540; may hit her as long as it doesn't draw blood, leave a bruise, or break bones
9. ^ Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, head of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, says that "It is permissible for him to beat her lightly with his hands, avoiding her face and other sensitive parts. In no case should he resort to using a stick or any other instrument that might cause pain and injury."[3][4]
10. ^ Ibn Kathir Ad-Damishqee records in his Tafsir Al-Qur'an Al-Azim that "Ibn `Abbas and several others said that the Ayah refers to a beating that is not violent. Al-Hasan Al-Basri said that it means, a beating that is not severe."
11. ^ Ahmad Shafaat, Tafseer of Surah an-Nisa, Ayah 34, Islamic Perspectives. August 10, 2005
12. ^ a b Muhammad Asad, The Message of the Qur'an (his translation of the Qur'an).
13. ^ One such authority is the earliest hafiz, Ibn Abbas.[5]
14. ^ "The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary", Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Amana Corporation, Brentwood, MD, 1989. ISBN 0-915957-03-5, passage was quoted from commentary on 4:34
15. ^ Kathir, Ibn, “Tafsir of Ibn Kathir”, Al-Firdous Ltd., London, 2000, 50-53
16. ^ a b "Towards Understanding the Qur'an" Translation by Zafar I. Ansari from "Tafheem Al-Qur'an" by Syed Abul-A'ala Mawdudi, Islamic Foundation, Leicester, England. Passage was quoted from commentary on 4:34.
17. ^ Muhammad is attributed to say in the Farewell Sermon: "And if they commit open sexual misconduct you have the right to leave them alone in their beds and [if even then, they do not listen] beat them such that this should not leave any mark on them." Sunan Ibn Maja 1841
18. ^ Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic cultures, p. 122
19. ^ Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi comments that "Whenever the Prophet (peace be on him) permitted a man to administer corporal punishment to his wife, he did so with reluctance, and continued to express his distaste for it. And even in cases where it is necessary, the Prophet (peace be on him) directed men not to hit across the face, nor to beat severely nor to use anything that might leave marks on the body." "Towards Understanding the Qur'an" Translation by Zafar I. Ansari from "Tafheem Al-Qur'an" (specifically, commentary on 4:34) by Syed Abul-A'ala Mawdudi, Islamic Foundation, Leicester, England.
20. ^ The medieval jurist ash-Shafi'i, founder of one of the main schools of fiqh, commented on this verse that "hitting is permitted, but not hitting is preferable."
21. ^ "ome of the greatest Muslim scholars (e.g., Ash-Shafi'i) are of the opinion that it is just barely permissible, and should preferably be avoided: and they justify this opinion by the Prophet's personal feelings with regard to this problem." Muhammad Asad, The Message of the Qur'an (his translation of the Qur'an).
22. ^ Ibn Kathir 1981 vol I: 386, Sunan Abi Dawud, Book of Marriage #1834, ad-Darimi, Book of Marriage #2122; quoted in Roald (2001) p. 167
23. ^ Al-Jadda, Souheila. "Saudi TV host's beating raises taboo topic: domestic violence against Muslim women." Christian Science Monitor (May 12, 2004).
24. ^ Constable, Pamela. "For Some Muslim Wives, Abuse Knows No Borders." Washington Post (May 8, 2007).
25. ^ a b Amnesty International
26. ^ Zoepf, Katherine. "U.N. Finds That 25% of Married Syrian Women Have Been Beaten." New York Times (April 11, 2006).
27. ^ Alexander, Doug. "Addressing Violence Against Palestinian Women". International Development Research Centre (June 23, 2000).
28. ^ Faramarzi, M. et al. Prevalence and determinants of intimate partner violence in Babol city, Islamic Republic of Iran. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 11 Nos 5 & 6 (September 2005) (World Health Organization).
29. ^ Ministry of Women's Development (1987), "Battered Housewives in Pakistan", Islamabad
30. ^ State of Human Rights in 1996, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. p. 130;
31. ^ See also Price, Susanna. "Pakistan's rising toll of domestic violence." BBC News (August 24, 2001).
32. ^ "Women's Rights - Our Struggle to fight for the rights of women". Ansar Burney Trust. www.ansarburney.org/womens_rights.html. Retrieved 2006-12-29.
33. ^ www.amnesty.org/en/alfresco_asset/1e47f8c5-a459-11dc-bac9-0158df32ab50/asa330102002en.html Pakistan: Violence against women: Media briefing (Amnesty International Press Release)
34. ^ Esfandiari, Golnaz. "Iran: Self-Immolation Of Kurdish Women Brings Concern." Radio Free Europe (February 8, 2006).
References
* Roald, Anne S. (2001). Women in Islam: The Western Experience. Routledge. ISBN 0415248965.
* Suad Joseph, Afsaneh Najmabadi, ed. Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 9004
[source - retrieved from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_and_domestic_violence on //2011]
SEE PICTURES OF ISLAMIC CALL FOR VIOLENCE IN EUROPE:
Islamic violence in Europe with pictures, go to:
www.snopes.com/photos/politics/muslimprotest.asp [retrieved on 2/2/2011.]
MUSLIM VIOLENCE AGAINST SO CALLED CHRISTIANS:
News release: Recent Muslim violence against Christians in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
Anglican Mainstream:-
Read Anglican Diocese of Jos website for the latest information.
We have received reports over the last 24 hours of violent attacks on Christians in the city of Jos.
Reportedly Christians were going to or coming from their various church services on Sunday morning, when near St Michael’s Roman Catholic Church in Nasarawa, Jos, about 200 Muslim youths who had been working on a building site began molesting the Christians who were passing by. It was then revealed that some of these youths were wearing military uniforms and were armed with machetes and guns. They blocked the road and tension rose when the Christians tried to force their way along the main street.
Subsequently the Christians began to flee and fighting broke out. At least 20 people have reportedly been confirmed dead (including some Muslims who died when the Christians defended themselves). There are also reports that one other church has been attacked (details are awaited). Some 35 persons have so far been arrested; these are mainly Muslims with weapons and military uniforms. Fighting and burning of properties has now spread to other areas of the city.
Over the last 2 months, there has been concern over widespread rumours of plans to bomb the homes of Christian leaders and to kill senior members of Christian churches.
At 5pm yesterday, 17 January, there were unconfirmed reports that 2 other churches had been attacked and were burning: an ECWA (Evangelical Church of West Africa) and a COCIN (Church of Christ in Nigeria) Church.
(NB Jos was the scene of wide scale violence in November 2008 during which over one hundred people were killed and many places of worship, predominantly Christian, were destroyed.) [source - retrieved from blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/01/20/news-release-muslim-violence-christians-jos-plateau-state-nigeria/ on //2011]
Your Friend in Christ Iris89
INTRODUCTION:
Since its inception, Islam has been very violent and it remains so until today. Now as all well know, a religion should be promoting peace and NOT violence. This is NOT the case with respect Islam as will be shown by recent items of news and from blogs. For details on the history of Islam, go to:
Blood, Blood, and More Blood, the Story of Islam:
religioustruths.proboards59.com/index.cgi?board=recognize&action=display&thread=1180019585 [as of 2/2/2011]
or,
jude3.proboards92.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=islam&thread=202 [as of 2/2/2011]
NOW LET’S DEAL WITH EGYPT:
COOPTING THE MOVEMENT: An analysis of the rapidly changing dynamicPosted: January 30, 2011 by joelcrosenberg in Uncategorized
A protester burns a picture of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak during clashes in Cairo January 28, 2011. Police and demonstrators fought running battles on the streets of Cairo on Friday in a fourth day of unprecedented protests by tens of thousands of Egyptians demanding an end to Mubarak's three-decade rule. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)
>> We’ve just posted a new video blog I did on the crises in Egypt and Jordan at www.joshuafund.net.
>> MONDAY: I’m scheduled to be interviewed today on Fox News Channel with Neil Cavuto around 4:20pm eastern re: Egypt. Also, Janet Parshall has asked me to be on her radio show at 6:30pm eastern to discuss Egypt. Subject to change. Please check back for updates.
>> MONDAY: National Review Online posted a new article of mine (an adaptation of this blog), “In Egypt, Radicals and Reformers Battle for Control of a Movement“
>> SUNDAY EVENING UPDATE: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood eyes unity gov’t without Mubarak
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In the past several days, the dynamic of the protests in Egypt has changed rapidly, and not for the better. What started out as a genuine and positive pro-freedom movement is being steadily coopted by the Muslim Brotherhood and other violent and extremist forces. There is now a growing risk that the overthrow of the Mubarak regime could lead either to an authoritarian military regime, or a Radical Islamist regime. We must pray neither scenario comes to pass. The people of Egypt would be further oppressed. The U.S., Israel and the West would be endangered. Bottom line: This is a very complex and fast-moving crisis, and it could get much worse.
Let me explain and put the situation in some context.
In my 2009 non-fiction book Inside The Revolution: Why the followers of Jihad, Jefferson and Jesus are battling to dominate the Middle East and take over the world, I outlined a range of players in the region, who they are and what they want:
•The Radicals are extremist Muslims who want to overthrow every regime from North Africa to the Middle East to Central Asia and replace them with Islamist dictatorships who believe that “Islam is the answer and jihad is the way.” These include groups such as al Qaeda, Iranian Twelvers, Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the like.
•The Reformers are moderate Muslims who say, “Islam is the answer, but jihad is not the way; we need more freedom, more openness, more protection of human rights and civil rights, free elections, free markets, and the creation of full-blown Jeffersonian democracies, if at all possible.” In this group historically have been Kemal Mustafa Ataturk (the founder of modern, democratic Turkey; though sadly Turkey is now moving away from his model); Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (who made peace with Israel but was then assassinated by Radicals); Jordanian Kings Hussein (the father, who made peace with Israel and initiated a democratically elected parliament while retaining his authority as monarch) and Abdullah II (the son and current monarch who has been advancing his father’s reforms incrementally); Morrocan King Mohammed VI; the current leaders of Iraq such as President Jalal Talabani and Nouri al-Maliki; and the popular pro-democracy movement in Iran that we saw take to the streets by the millions last summer)
•The Revivalists are former Muslims who say, “Islam is not the answer, jihad is not the way, Jesus is the way — and the only way for our part of the world to move forward and make real and lasting social, economic and spiritual progress is to skip back in our history before Islam and revive what we once had: first century, New Testament, Biblical Christianity.” These followers of Jesus Christ in the Islamic world tend to be apolitical and are focused on evangelism, discipleship, church planting, pastor training and spiritual renewal. By using dual strategies of an air war (satellite TV, radio and the Internet) and a ground war (especially the house church movement), their numbers have swelled into the millions since 1979, despite widespread (and recently intensifying) persecution. I profile a number of their leaders in the book, though few of them are known by name in the West.
These first three are the revolutionary forces in the region, people and movements who advocate and push for dramatic, sweeping change.
Then there is another set of important players:
•The Resisters tend to be secular Arab nationalist leaders who oppose significant change of almost any kind. They may be Muslims but they certainly aren’t revolutionaries. They don’t want to build an Islamic empire. They want to build their own empires. They want to hold onto the power, wealth and prestige that they currently have, and gain more if they can. They strongly oppose revolutionary movements of all kinds. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is a classic Resister. So are leaders like Syrian President Bashar Assad, Libyan leader Moammar Ghadaffi, the leaders of Saudi Arabia, and so forth. Previously, Saddam Hussein fell into this camp.
•The Reticent tend to be weak-willed Arab leaders who seem constantly pulled in opposite directions. They don’t have strong convictions. At times they seem to want peace with Israel, for example, and even a modicum of political or social reform, but then other forces push back at them and they waffle or change their tune. At the moment, Palestinian Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is the best example of a Reticent leader. He has been offered historic deals by recent Israeli Prime Ministers to make peace and create a Palestinian state and have dramatic economic change and growth. He has occassionally shown real interest in positive change, but has never had the courage to say “yes.”
•Finally, and most importantly, are the Rank-and-File — these are the billion-plus everyday Muslims citizens who work hard, play by the rules, are trying to find decent jobs to feed and educate their families. They aren’t revolutionaries. They long for more freedom and opportunity, but mainly they keep their heads down and try not to be noticed and not be interfered with. They are the audience to which the revolutionaries are playing. They are watching the battle between the Radicals and the Reformers, and they are increasingly curious about the message of the Revivalists. And some of them are making their move and joining one of the revolutionary movements.
That said, let’s focus again on the crisis at hand. What we are witnessing in Egypt is an historic clash between true Reformer Muslims who want free elections and free markets, and Radical Muslims who want to use the protests to overthrow the Mubarak regime and install a violent, extremist Islamist government. The Revivalists in Egypt are, for the most part, staying underground. True to their nature, they are remaining apolitical and are devoting themselves to much prayer for the future of their country and the souls of their friends and neighbors.
For the first first few days of last week, most of the initial protestors on the streets of Egypt were peaceful, respectful, somewhat educated, and poor to middle class. I believe they were genuinely calling for an end to the Mubarak regime’s corruption and authoritarian rule in order to achieve more freedom, more opportunity, a better economy, more and better jobs, and a democratic government that would respect and protect their human rights and civil rights and set them free from the stagnant, stultified, oppressive Egyptian system they have suffered under for so long.
However, beginning on Thursday and accelerating throughout the day on Friday, the situation began to change dramatically.
The leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood (which began in Egypt in the 1920) had initially been caught off guard by sudden and intense rise of the protests and had not been involved in planning or developing these protests. But sensing an opportunity, they decided to move decisively and try to coopt the movement for their own purposes. They mobilized their followers throughout the country and told them to take to the streets. That’s when the complexion of the protests took a turn for the worse, characterized by:
•Violent attacks directed at the police – Agence France Presse reported on Saturday that an estimated 60 percent of Egyptian police stations have been set on fire?
•Rioting, instead of mere protesting
•The emergence of gangs on the streets wielding machetes and knives
•Government office buildings being set on fire
•Cars being set on fire
•The looting of the Egyptian Museum, with vandals ripping the heads off of two ancient mummies
•Looting of shops, businesses and homes
•Muslim Brotherhood members escaping from prison –[see this article as well]
•UPDATE: Some 8,000 prisoners escaped from a prison in the east of the country and one report said “prison guards have joined the protests allowing dozens of Muslim Brotherhood members to walk out of jail.”
•A rising civilian death toll as the police have been forced to defend themselves and protect other citizens — as of Sunday, there were more than 100 people dead, and more than 2,000 wounded
These are not the actions of a true pro-freedom movement. Almost none of this happened last summer when millions of Iranians took to the streets to protest the fraudulent re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. To the contrary, the Iranian people, to their great credit, initiated what was overwhelming a classic non-violent, principled protest movement against the Radical regime.
President Mubarak’s response to the protests has been badly overdone and typically authoritarian — shutting down the Internet, blocking social media like Facebook and Twitter, and now blocking even the Al Jazeera satellite TV network. What’s more, the police and army at times have been thuggish and brutal (though not always; their have been fascinating reports of policemen and soldiers embracing the protestors, encouraging them even).
So I find myself in a quandary. I strongly support the right of the Egyptian people to have free elections and free markets and true opportunity in the 21st century. What’s more, I want the Church to be free to share the gospel and win Muslims to faith in Jesus Christ, make disciples and plant new congregations without government oppression and without violent attacks by Radical Muslims. I do believe Mubarak has stayed too long. He has not responded to the yearning of the Egyptian people to be free. His day is coming to an end.
That said, however, I don’t want to see the Muslim Brotherhood win. For all of Mubarak’s sins, he is not a Radical. He doesn’t want to launch a jihad against the U.S., Israel or the West. He has maintained the peace treaty with Israel. He has worked to counter the Hamas movement in Gaza. He is strongly opposed to the Iranian nuclear weapons program and has worked closely with the West to counter it. The Obama administration needs to be careful to support positive change in Egypt and support human rights there, without cutting the legs out from underneath Mubarak precipitously, the way President Carter did to the Shah of Iran in 1979. The Shah had his many flaws, no question about it. But Carter’s actions helped trigger the Islamic Revolution and led to the rise of the Ayatollah Khomeini, the loss of an American ally, and the rise of a terror-exporting country that has gained in lethality ever since. We dare not make the same mistakes with Egypt.
I am praying, therefore, that the Lord would be merciful to the people of Egypt, and that He would give wisdom to Mr. Mubarak and his senior advisors. My ideal at this point is that Mubarak would hand the keys to the kingdom to a group of Reformers, men truly committed to steadily expanding hope, growth and opportunity for all their people, and doing so in a way that creates order and stability, not an opening for the Muslim Brotherhood to seize control. This will not be easy. I am not convinced Egypt spymaster-turned-new-Vice President Omar Suleiman is the man to accomplish this. But I know that ultimately the Lord is in charge, and this — and nothing else — is what should give us all hope.
[source - retrieved from flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/inside-the-egyptian-revolution-violence-is-rising-because-the-muslim-brotherhood-is-coopting-the-movement-where-do-we-go-from-here/
on //2011]
DR. WAFA SULTAN, AN ENLIGHTENED MUSLIM, SAYS VIOLENCE DESTROYS ISLAM:
The Saturday Profile
For Muslim Who Says Violence Destroys Islam, Violent Threats, By JOHN M. BRODER, Published: March 11, 2006, New York Times.
LOS ANGELES, March 10 — Three weeks ago, Dr. Wafa Sultan was a largely unknown Syrian-American psychiatrist living outside Los Angeles, nursing a deep anger and despair about her fellow Muslims.
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J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times
“I have no choice. I am questioning every single teaching of our holy book.”
- DR. WAFA SULTAN
Video: Dr. Wafa Sultan on Al Jazeera (memritv.org) Today, thanks to an unusually blunt and provocative interview on Al Jazeera television on Feb. 21, she is an international sensation, hailed as a fresh voice of reason by some, and by others as a heretic and infidel who deserves to die.
In the interview, which has been viewed on the Internet more than a million times and has reached the e-mail of hundreds of thousands around the world, Dr. Sultan bitterly criticized the Muslim clerics, holy warriors and political leaders who she believes have distorted the teachings of Muhammad and the Koran for 14 centuries.
She said the world's Muslims, whom she compares unfavorably with the Jews, have descended into a vortex of self-pity and violence.
Dr. Sultan said the world was not witnessing a clash of religions or cultures, but a battle between modernity and barbarism, a battle that the forces of violent, reactionary Islam are destined to lose.
In response, clerics throughout the Muslim world have condemned her, and her telephone answering machine has filled with dark threats. But Islamic reformers have praised her for saying out loud, in Arabic and on the most widely seen television network in the Arab world, what few Muslims dare to say even in private.
"I believe our people are hostages to our own beliefs and teachings," she said in an interview this week in her home in a Los Angeles suburb.
Dr. Sultan, who is 47, wears a prim sweater and skirt, with fleece-lined slippers and heavy stockings. Her eyes and hair are jet black and her modest manner belies her intense words: "Knowledge has released me from this backward thinking. Somebody has to help free the Muslim people from these wrong beliefs."
Perhaps her most provocative words on Al Jazeera were those comparing how the Jews and Muslims have reacted to adversity. Speaking of the Holocaust, she said, "The Jews have come from the tragedy and forced the world to respect them, with their knowledge, not with their terror; with their work, not with their crying and yelling."
She went on, "We have not seen a single Jew blow himself up in a German restaurant. We have not seen a single Jew destroy a church. We have not seen a single Jew protest by killing people."
She concluded, "Only the Muslims defend their beliefs by burning down churches, killing people and destroying embassies. This path will not yield any results. The Muslims must ask themselves what they can do for humankind, before they demand that humankind respect them."
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DR. SULTAN is "working on a book that — if it is published — it's going to turn the Islamic world upside down."
"I have reached the point that doesn't allow any U-turn. I have no choice. I am questioning every single teaching of our holy book."
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The working title is, "The Escaped Prisoner: When God Is a Monster." [source - retrieved from www.nytimes.com/2006/03/11/international/middleeast/11sultan.html on //2011]
MUSLIM ON MUSLIM VIOLENCE
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Every now and then, we hear about tons of Muslims being slaughtered from gun attacks, bombings, senseless murders, etc. We might hear about Muslims being oppressed and harmed or even tortured. What surprises me is to discover the crimes were done by our own Muslim brothers and sisters. We react with such anger and we let our voices be heard when it is a Non-Muslim doing harm to our brothers and sisters. But why are we silent when the violence is from amongst us? Why can’t we react like we did during the War on Gaza?
Allah knows whether these Muslims are killing their own intentionally or not. Either way, it’s a grave sin to spill the blood of another Muslim. In fact the Prophet (PBUH) said: “The Blood of a Muslim is worth more than the Ka’aba.” Look at how much blood is spilled due to Muslim on Muslim violence. Whether is it’s a Muslim or Non-Muslim murdering a believer, the punishment is great.
“And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his punishment is Hell; he shall abide in it, and Allah will send His wrath on him and curse him and prepare for him a painful chastisement.” (Surah An-Nisa 4:93)
Please read this article that is about murder:
www.al-islam.org/greater_sins_complete/10.htm
The Prophet (PBUH) said in his last sermon: “A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim, he should not do him any injustice, nor should he surrender him to his enemy, nor should he abandon him, nor should he look down upon him. It is a grave sin to look down upon a fellow Muslim.”
In addition to that, the Prophet (PBUH) said: “Help your brother when he is oppressed or is an oppressor.” The Companions of the Prophet asked him how to help him if he is an oppressor, the Prophet told them to stop his oppression and injustice against others.
The only voices and actions that are seen and heard is theirs. Others believe that they represent the mainstream of Muslims. Shall we not speak out and represent Islam in the peaceful and loving way it is? Our silence only means one thing, that we agree with their oppression, injustice and murders. If we as a great Muslim nation do not do something, the non-Muslims will step in killing tons of our brothers and sisters, just as they did in Iraq. Saddam was killing and oppressing Muslims, killing thousands of his own people. Since, we Muslims sat back with our arms crossed; the Americans stepped in killing just as much as Saddam did. Maybe, even more.
Lets implement the prophets last sermon and stop the oppression and injustices committed by own brothers and sisters. Just imagine how much lives can be saved from stopping this or even speaking out. Remember this verse:
“For that cause We decreed for the Children of Israel that whosoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind…..” [Surah 5 Verse 32]
You save one life and it as if you’ve saved all of humanity. Can this get any more beautiful? We have an obligation to help the feeble and to correct any mistake that any of us have committed. Our brotherhood is like the photo below. We are a family and we all worship the One God. [source - retrieved from stoptheviolence.blog.com/muslim-on-muslim-violence/ on //2011]
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THE ORDER OF THE DAY IN MOST OF ISLAM:
Treatment of domestic violence in the Qur'an[edit] An-Nisa, 34Main article: An-Nisa, 34
Verse 34 of an-Nisa is one of the most important verses for husband and wife relationship in Islam. In most translations, it gives permission to men to beat/hit (they both have the same word in Arabic) their wives if they fear "rebellion," or "nushûz". The rebellion referred to in this verse is against God (through promiscuous behavior in public), and not a reference to disobedience against the Husband. Many interpretive problems have arisen regarding the occasions (if any) on which beating is appropriate, the type of beating prescribed, and whether beating remains discountenanced even if acceptable.
Proper and improper occasions for beatingBeating (as well as admonishment and leaving wives in their beds) is permitted after "nushûz" (??????), which is translated as "disloyalty and ill-conduct" by Yusuf Ali, "rebellion" by Pickthall and "desertion" by Shakir. Ibn Abbas, cousin of Muhammad and early Qur'anic exegete, states that nushuz refers to disobedience in sexual matters; while another early commentator, at-Tabari, explains that nushuz means to refuse intercourse due to a feeling of superiority and elevation over the husband.[2]
In some exegeses such as those of Ibn Kathir and Tabari, the actions prescribed in 4:34 are to be taken in sequence: the husband is to admonish the wife, after which (if his previous correction was unsuccessful) he may remain separate from her, after which (if his previous correction was still unsuccessful) he may hit her.[1][2][3][4][5] Contemporary Egyptian scholar Abd al-Halim Abu Shaqqa refers to the opinions of jurists Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani and al-Shawkani who state that hitting should only occur in extraordinary cases.[6]
Type of beating prescribedSome Islamic scholars and commentators have emphasized that beatings, even where permitted, are not to be harsh[1][7][8][9][10][11] or some even contend that they should be "more or less symbolic."[12][13] According to Abdullah Yusuf Ali and Ibn Kathir, the consensus of Islamic scholars is that the above verse describes a light beating.[14][15] Abu Shaqqa refers to the edict of Hanafi scholar al-Jassas (d. 981) who notes that the reprimand should be "A non-violent blow with siwak or similar. This means that to hit with any other means is legally [Islamically] forbidden."[6]
Scholars and commentators have stated that Muhammad directed men not to hit their wives' faces,[16] not to beat their wives in such a way as would leave marks on their body,[16][17] and not to beat their wives as to cause pain (ghayr mubarrih).[12] Scholars too have stipulated against beating or disfigurement, with others such as the Syrian jurist Ibn Abidin prescribing ta'zir punishments against abusive husbands.[18]
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Incidence of domestic violence among MuslimsDomestic violence is considered by many to be a problem in Muslim-majority cultures.[24]
The incidence in many Muslim-majority countries (where women hide their bruises and little is ever reported to authorities) is uncertain, but believed to be great by Muslim feminists. In some Muslim countries, such as Saudi Arabia,[25] reports indicate that domestic violence is quite widespread. One recent study, in Syria, found that 25% of the married women surveyed said that they had been beaten by their husbands.[26]
One study found that half of Palestinian women have been the victims of domestic violence.[27] A WHO study in Babol found that within the previous year 15.0% of wives had been physically abused, 42.4% had been sexually abused and 81.5% had been psychologically abused (to various degrees) by their husbands, blaming low income, young age, unemployment and low education.[28]
A 1987 study conducted by the Women's Division and another study by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan in 1996 suggested that domestic violence takes place in approximately 80 percent of the households in the country.[29][30][31] In Pakistan, domestic violence occurs in forms of beatings, sexual violence or torture, mutilation, acid attacks and burning the victim alive (bride burning).[32]
According to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in 2002, over 90% of married women surveyed in that country reported being kicked, slapped, beaten or sexually abused when husbands were dissatisfied by their cooking or cleaning, when the women had ‘failed’ to bear a child or had given birth to a girl instead of a boy, or had an illicit affair.[33]
The prevalence of domestic violence has been cited as a cause of high rates of suicide, mostly through self-immolation, among Kurdish women in Iran.[34]
Notes
1. ^ a b c Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi's viewpoint on man beating disobedient wife and original Persian Q&A article.
2. ^ a b Roald (2001) p. 166
3. ^ Abdullah Yusuf Ali in his Quranic commentary states that: "In case of family jars four steps are mentioned, to be taken in that order. (1) Perhaps verbal advice or admonition may be sufficient; (2) if not, sex relations may be suspended; (3) if this is not sufficient, some slight physical correction may be administered; but Imam Shafi'i considers this inadvisable, though permissible, and all authorities are unanimous in deprecating any sort of cruelty, even of the nagging kind, as mentioned in the next clause; (4) if all this fails, a family council is recommended in 4:35 below." Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary (commentary on 4:34), Amana Corporation, Brentwood, MD, 1989. ISBN 0-915957-03-5.
4. ^ Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, head of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, says that "If the husband senses that feelings of disobedience and rebelliousness are rising against him in his wife, he should try his best to rectify her attitude by kind words, gentle persuasion, and reasoning with her. If this is not helpful, he should sleep apart from her, trying to awaken her agreeable feminine nature so that serenity may be restored, and she may respond to him in a harmonious fashion. If this approach fails, it is permissible for him to beat her lightly with his hands, avoiding her face and other sensitive parts. [1].[2]
5. ^ Ibn Kathir writes that in case of rebellious behaviour, the husband is asked to urge his wife to mend her ways, then to refuse to share their beds, and as the last resort, husbands are allowed to admonish their wives by light tapping. Ibn Kathir, “Tafsir of Ibn Kathir”, Al-Firdous Ltd., London, 2000, 50-53
6. ^ a b Roald (2001) p. 169
7. ^ At-Tafsir al-Kabir" on 4:34, Razi; allowed the beating of the wife on the face
8. ^ Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law, Al-Nawawi, section m10.12, "Dealing with a Rebellious Wife", page 540; may hit her as long as it doesn't draw blood, leave a bruise, or break bones
9. ^ Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, head of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, says that "It is permissible for him to beat her lightly with his hands, avoiding her face and other sensitive parts. In no case should he resort to using a stick or any other instrument that might cause pain and injury."[3][4]
10. ^ Ibn Kathir Ad-Damishqee records in his Tafsir Al-Qur'an Al-Azim that "Ibn `Abbas and several others said that the Ayah refers to a beating that is not violent. Al-Hasan Al-Basri said that it means, a beating that is not severe."
11. ^ Ahmad Shafaat, Tafseer of Surah an-Nisa, Ayah 34, Islamic Perspectives. August 10, 2005
12. ^ a b Muhammad Asad, The Message of the Qur'an (his translation of the Qur'an).
13. ^ One such authority is the earliest hafiz, Ibn Abbas.[5]
14. ^ "The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary", Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Amana Corporation, Brentwood, MD, 1989. ISBN 0-915957-03-5, passage was quoted from commentary on 4:34
15. ^ Kathir, Ibn, “Tafsir of Ibn Kathir”, Al-Firdous Ltd., London, 2000, 50-53
16. ^ a b "Towards Understanding the Qur'an" Translation by Zafar I. Ansari from "Tafheem Al-Qur'an" by Syed Abul-A'ala Mawdudi, Islamic Foundation, Leicester, England. Passage was quoted from commentary on 4:34.
17. ^ Muhammad is attributed to say in the Farewell Sermon: "And if they commit open sexual misconduct you have the right to leave them alone in their beds and [if even then, they do not listen] beat them such that this should not leave any mark on them." Sunan Ibn Maja 1841
18. ^ Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic cultures, p. 122
19. ^ Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi comments that "Whenever the Prophet (peace be on him) permitted a man to administer corporal punishment to his wife, he did so with reluctance, and continued to express his distaste for it. And even in cases where it is necessary, the Prophet (peace be on him) directed men not to hit across the face, nor to beat severely nor to use anything that might leave marks on the body." "Towards Understanding the Qur'an" Translation by Zafar I. Ansari from "Tafheem Al-Qur'an" (specifically, commentary on 4:34) by Syed Abul-A'ala Mawdudi, Islamic Foundation, Leicester, England.
20. ^ The medieval jurist ash-Shafi'i, founder of one of the main schools of fiqh, commented on this verse that "hitting is permitted, but not hitting is preferable."
21. ^ "
22. ^ Ibn Kathir 1981 vol I: 386, Sunan Abi Dawud, Book of Marriage #1834, ad-Darimi, Book of Marriage #2122; quoted in Roald (2001) p. 167
23. ^ Al-Jadda, Souheila. "Saudi TV host's beating raises taboo topic: domestic violence against Muslim women." Christian Science Monitor (May 12, 2004).
24. ^ Constable, Pamela. "For Some Muslim Wives, Abuse Knows No Borders." Washington Post (May 8, 2007).
25. ^ a b Amnesty International
26. ^ Zoepf, Katherine. "U.N. Finds That 25% of Married Syrian Women Have Been Beaten." New York Times (April 11, 2006).
27. ^ Alexander, Doug. "Addressing Violence Against Palestinian Women". International Development Research Centre (June 23, 2000).
28. ^ Faramarzi, M. et al. Prevalence and determinants of intimate partner violence in Babol city, Islamic Republic of Iran. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 11 Nos 5 & 6 (September 2005) (World Health Organization).
29. ^ Ministry of Women's Development (1987), "Battered Housewives in Pakistan", Islamabad
30. ^ State of Human Rights in 1996, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. p. 130;
31. ^ See also Price, Susanna. "Pakistan's rising toll of domestic violence." BBC News (August 24, 2001).
32. ^ "Women's Rights - Our Struggle to fight for the rights of women". Ansar Burney Trust. www.ansarburney.org/womens_rights.html. Retrieved 2006-12-29.
33. ^ www.amnesty.org/en/alfresco_asset/1e47f8c5-a459-11dc-bac9-0158df32ab50/asa330102002en.html Pakistan: Violence against women: Media briefing (Amnesty International Press Release)
34. ^ Esfandiari, Golnaz. "Iran: Self-Immolation Of Kurdish Women Brings Concern." Radio Free Europe (February 8, 2006).
References
* Roald, Anne S. (2001). Women in Islam: The Western Experience. Routledge. ISBN 0415248965.
* Suad Joseph, Afsaneh Najmabadi, ed. Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 9004
[source - retrieved from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_and_domestic_violence on //2011]
SEE PICTURES OF ISLAMIC CALL FOR VIOLENCE IN EUROPE:
Islamic violence in Europe with pictures, go to:
www.snopes.com/photos/politics/muslimprotest.asp [retrieved on 2/2/2011.]
MUSLIM VIOLENCE AGAINST SO CALLED CHRISTIANS:
News release: Recent Muslim violence against Christians in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
Anglican Mainstream:-
Read Anglican Diocese of Jos website for the latest information.
We have received reports over the last 24 hours of violent attacks on Christians in the city of Jos.
Reportedly Christians were going to or coming from their various church services on Sunday morning, when near St Michael’s Roman Catholic Church in Nasarawa, Jos, about 200 Muslim youths who had been working on a building site began molesting the Christians who were passing by. It was then revealed that some of these youths were wearing military uniforms and were armed with machetes and guns. They blocked the road and tension rose when the Christians tried to force their way along the main street.
Subsequently the Christians began to flee and fighting broke out. At least 20 people have reportedly been confirmed dead (including some Muslims who died when the Christians defended themselves). There are also reports that one other church has been attacked (details are awaited). Some 35 persons have so far been arrested; these are mainly Muslims with weapons and military uniforms. Fighting and burning of properties has now spread to other areas of the city.
Over the last 2 months, there has been concern over widespread rumours of plans to bomb the homes of Christian leaders and to kill senior members of Christian churches.
At 5pm yesterday, 17 January, there were unconfirmed reports that 2 other churches had been attacked and were burning: an ECWA (Evangelical Church of West Africa) and a COCIN (Church of Christ in Nigeria) Church.
(NB Jos was the scene of wide scale violence in November 2008 during which over one hundred people were killed and many places of worship, predominantly Christian, were destroyed.) [source - retrieved from blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/01/20/news-release-muslim-violence-christians-jos-plateau-state-nigeria/ on //2011]
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