Hossam Abu Youssef Quotes
A man has the right in Sharia to discipline his wife, but … God says that the best of you will never use this power.
It is of little comfort to the Muslim wife who is beaten to know that her abusive spouse is not among the “best” of men in the eyes of Allah. She probably had such suspicions herself.
Hossam Abu Youssef, Egyptian Member of the Cairo State Council, Quoted in El-Ahram (Egypt), December 16 – 22, 2004
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This type of religious sexism is not unique to Islam. Fundamentalist Christians place women in a secondary role as do fundamentalist orthodox Jews although both allow a man to take only one wife. The Islamic scripture tells us that the Prophet allowed multiple wives only if the man had the resources to care for the wives and all the children. 4 is the maximum.
That is easy for the man to do. At the time, this Indian view was little different than that prevailing amongst religious Christian whites.
Sharie is the Islamic code of law based on the Koran which is so brutal that they would stone a woman to death who had illicit sex or kill someone who wanted to change his religion.
Theological & Sharia Legal Expert. As a de facto matter, it was not until relatively recently that the American legal system would prosecute a marital rape case. Sharia (Islamic law) still does not recognize it
Some modern versions of the Koran annotate the “beating” injunction and argue that this should only be used as a last resort. This is an example of socially unacceptable anachronisms that are found in the scripture of most older religions. All but the radical fundamentalists do not take these passages literally.
The imam was deported from France for making this statement as it was viewed as inciting violence against women.
She was born a Muslim herself and her life has been threatened by other, Muslims who are fundamentalists who are living proof or her point.
There are many societies of the world where at one time spousal abuse was common and the superstitious thought that it improved the quality of family lives. These were the same societies that thought that storms and natural disasters were the punishment of the Gods, that saw no relationship between disease, infection and cleanliness—sanitation, freedom and happiness. This quotation shows us how far we have come as humans.
The decree prevents a married woman from obtaining a passport without her husbands written approval. The reference to criminals is because the Egyptian Constitution and the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights provides the right of any Egyptian to travel or leave the country except for criminals who have been properly adjudicated.
The violence which was “trifling” to the judge and the husband was obviously not perceived as such by the beaten wife.
Theological & Legal Expert. The Sunnah, like the Koran, has statements of the Prophet, Mohammad. A fatwa is a religious legal ruling. This particular Fatwa shows the great difference between the Islamic State and a Republic or Democracy. In the latter forms, any religious practices must be consistent with the Constitution. Even though blasphemy might be prohibited by a religion, the United States Constitution for example protects anyone’s right to be blasphemous. In the Islamic system any constitution or law is subservient to and must be consistent with, the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad. In that sense, unless the Muslim populated nation is secular like Turkey, then the governments are partial or total theocracies.
Islam is no more monolithic than any of the other major religions. This view is not held by most Muslim Coutnries or Islamic leaders throughout the world. It is held by a significant minority however.
No amount of ill usage, without adultery superadded, will in England free a wife from her tormentor.
The requirement of adultery for any divorce extended to the 1960's in America.
Some modern Islamic scholars have attempted to make this Sura more acceptable by arguing that the size of the stick with which the man may beat the “disobedient” wife should be limited. The contemporary argument concentrates on the size of the stick. There are also a few fundamentalist Christians who advocate the right of a husband to beat his wife on the grounds that this was accepted in Biblical times.
