Zeinab Radwan Quotes

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.

This technique she describes is consistent with Sharia—Islamic Law. It however is used by very few women who are sophisticated and courageous enough to do so.

Since rape was forbidden by the Koran, the mullahs of the time came up with the concept of a temporary marriage. If a Muslim conqueror “married” a local woman after killing the husband, she could not properly refuse him without being beaten severely which was allowed by Islamic law for a recalcitrant wife. Then the man would leave his “wife” and take another one. There are many scholars who credit the rapid rise of Islam in the Indian sub-continent to this practice. Tragically the same practice of mass rape is still being employed by some Arabs as in the Sudan—as in earlier times encouraged and abetted by the authorities and not chastised by the mullahs of the time. Given the brutal sexual behavior of the Arabs towards non-Islamic women, the tenderness and protection of their own women is surprising to many.

All modern legal systems conflict in some respects with a literal interpretation of the Koran which is the basis for the traditionalists view of Sharia—Islamic law. Therefore a student of modern law is learning things which go against Sharia as interpreted by fundamentalists. There was a time when Jewish and Christian American religious families were uncomfortable with studding modern law as there were contradictions with Biblical law. There are still a few.

The Governor had introduced Sharia, Islamic Law, into his state. When a woman was sentenced to death by stoning, the Federal Government nullified the sentence on the ground that stoning was not morally right nor was a death penalty for her actions. The woman was not executed

Mohamed preached to a simple people and he made analogies that would be understood. Heaven is often depicted as a succulent garden. In this saying women who want to divorce their husbands without sufficient Islamic cause would not go to heaven. This manifests into a strong sexist culture with regard to Islamic marriage rules. This particular passage is not per se a problem; however, there is no parallel stricture on men who under Sharia, Islamic law, can divorce a wife without even going to a court and without ever giving a reason.

Jordanian Political Party. In much of the Islamic world “honor killing” is allowed and/or condoned. Males may murder their wives and other female relatives whose sexual behavior brings “dishonor” to the family. To make matters worse, many females are killed on the basis of rumor or innuendo. The Jordanian Royal family has for several generations been a modernizing force.

In Egypt a man may unilaterally divorce a wife by declaration and file a signed paper with the authorities. A woman, in contrast, must petition the court, have a hearing, and may be granted a divorce if the court thinks she deserves it under Islamic law. However, the courts are extremely crowded and corrupt. A woman may have to wait two years for a hearing, and since the husband usually has the control of the financial assets, the husbands sometimes bribe the judges to get the verdict they want.

Young said when Utah was admitted as a state, it would then have this right

The church advised this to its members

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev was a great scientist who had created the famous Periodic Table of the Elements. He was also the major science advisor to the Czar and his government. He had been divorced but had not waited the required 7 years before remarrying. Therefore according to Russian religious law at the time, he was legally a bigamist, and could not hold a position in the government and should be prosecuted. A complaint was made to the Czar and this was his reply. There are a few scholars who do not feel this quotation was documented well enough to be accepted.

This was the decision that sanctioned anti-polygamy laws.

See {617160} for a similar legal opinion. The concern was that poor Muslims may desert their faith when they see how well-dressed the tolerated people, Christians and Jews, are. They might conclude that Christianity or Judaism is better at making people wealthy than was Islam. See {617162} for a Koranic support of the idea. The Western view of this is generally, that is what the marketplace of ideas is all about. In 21st century America, Jews and Mormons on the average were the wealthiest religious groups. The logic of al-Ramli is that Mormons and Jews—each only 6 percent of the population—should not be allowed to show their wealth, lest Roman Catholics for example—25 percent of the population—will convert from Catholicism to the other two religions. From a democratic point of view, the response should be, we so be it. That is their choice. But America is the living proof that the assumption of conversion and loss of faith is per se wrong. The Mormons and Jews are visibly more successful, yet there are very few Roman Catholics leaving their church and converting to the two wealthier religions. There are some, but not at any greater rate than people convert from “wealthier” religions.

See {617157} for a similar legal opinion. The concern was that poor Muslims may desert their faith when they see how well housed the tolerated people, Christians and Jews, are. They might conclude that Christianity or Judaism is better at making people wealthy than was Islam. See {617162} for a Koranic support of the idea. The Western view of this is generally, that is what the marketplace of ideas is all about. In 21st century America, Jews and Mormons on the average were the wealthiest religious groups. The logic of al-Ramli is that Mormons and Jews—each only 6 percent of the population—should not be allowed to show their wealth, lest Roman Catholics for example—25 percent of the population—will convert from Catholicism to the other two religions. From a democratic point of view, the response should be, we so be it. That is their choice. But America is the living proof that the assumption of conversion and loss of faith is per se wrong. The Mormons and Jews are visibly more successful, yet there are very few Roman Catholics leaving their church and converting to the two wealthier religions. There are some, but not at any greater rate than people convert from “wealthier” religions.

Describes the contest between President Ulysses S. Grant and the Mormons over the issue of polygamy in the 1860s

We count on Mormon assemblages to