Dr. Mahfooz Kanwar, professor emeritus at Mount Royal University has said what Muslims usually won't say. Islam condones wife-beating(4-34) and, as many times as we hear that this is un-Islamic, against the values of Muslims and does not represent Islam in any way, It would appear that Dr. Kanwar is another Islamophobe, or a misunderstander of his religion, as he states quite clearly that Islam does indeed sanction the hitting of the wife if she "misbehaves".
Will the misunderstanding of Islam never end?
From the
Calgary Herald Jan 17
Yes, Islam condones wife beatings
Recently, Marvin Levant (Dec. 28), Steve Harris (Dec. 30), Syed Soharwardy (Jan. 2), and Riazuddin Ahmed (Jan. 5) debated Islam through the forum of the Herald's letters to the editor.
The issue of wife beating and gender inequality in Islam has become convoluted and highly controversial as many Muslims try to sugar-coat the ugly truths and others try to shed some light on the issue.
Soharwardy's statement that "Beating one's wife is not only wrong, it is criminal and completely un-Islamic" is incorrect. The Qur'an says that "men are in charge of women because Allah has made one of them (men) to excel the other (women), thus man's superiority over women . . . good women are the obedient ones . . . admonish the rebellious women and banish them, and scourge them (whip them severely to inflict pain) (4:34) . . . smote them (hit or strike with the hand or with a weapon causing pain, beat them . . . (4:62)".
Islam does not recognize gender equality. For example, polygamy is accepted in Islam, but polyandry is not. A woman's testimony is considered half as worthy as a man's in court; a son inherits twice as much as a daughter does. Muslim men may marry Muslim, Jewish or Christian women, but Muslim women can marry only Muslim men. In short, sharia law leads to the inhuman treatment of Muslim women by their husbands and others, especially in South Asia and the Middle East.
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