Comments on “Top Ten Reasons Why Sharia is Bad for All Societies”: Part 2
Let’s address the first critical problems to the audience in the article Top ten reasons why sharia is bad for all societies , points #9
#9. Islam allows husbands to hit their wives even if the husbands merely fear highhandedness in their wives
The main point driven is Islam is a backward systems as it is abusive to women. Had this been the case, the screams of 600 Million women would have overwhelmed the ears of the world population, which has not been heard of. To support his point, the author cites a modern time domestic abuse case in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and tracks abuse back to life of some women at the time of Mohammad. Concluding that this should not be a surprise as Mohammad himself hit his “girl-bride”, and Quran allows beating women.
This section is titled in such a way to imply the marital relationship is based on suspicion, and takes the extremities in relationship and highlights them as the de facto standard of marriage in Islam. In response, the foundation of martial relationship in Islam is outlined, followed by a point-by-point comment on the given examples to indicate that due research on part of the author has not been thoroughly performed, puts the beating issue into its proper scope as it is not as seen on TV in some countries, nor sadistic as in others.
