۞وَإِن كُنتُمۡ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٖ وَلَمۡ تَجِدُواْ كَاتِبٗا فَرِهَٰنٞ مَّقۡبُوضَةٞۖ فَإِنۡ أَمِنَ بَعۡضُكُم بَعۡضٗا فَلۡيُؤَدِّ ٱلَّذِي ٱؤۡتُمِنَ أَمَٰنَتَهُۥ وَلۡيَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُۥۗ وَلَا تَكۡتُمُواْ ٱلشَّهَٰدَةَۚ وَمَن يَكۡتُمۡهَا فَإِنَّهُۥٓ ءَاثِمٞ قَلۡبُهُۥۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ عَلِيمٞO ye who believe! When ye contract a debt for a fixed term, record it in writing. Let a scribe record it in writing between you (in terms of) equity. No scribe should refuse to write as Allah hath taught him, so let him write, and let him who incurreth the debt dictate, and let him observe his duty to Allah his Lord, and diminish naught thereof. But if he who oweth the debt is of low understanding, or weak, or unable himself to dictate, then let the guardian of his interests dictate in (terms of) equity. And call two witness from among your men, two witnesses. And if two men be not at hand, then a man and two women, of such as ye approve as witnesses, so that if one woman erreth the other will remember. And the witnesses must not refuse when they are summoned. Be not averse to writing down (the contract) whether it be small or great, with (record of) the term thereof. That is more equitable in the sight of Allah and more sure for testimony, and the best way of avoiding doubt between you; save only in the case when it is actual merchandise which ye transfer among yourselves from hand to hand. In that case it is no sin for you if ye write it not. And have witnesses when ye sell to one another, and let no harm be done to scribe or witness. If ye do (harm to them) lo! it is a sin in you. Observe your duty to Allah. Allah is teaching you. And Allah is knower of all things.
Quran 2:282
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This is one of the more well-known instances of outright woman hating frequently cited by detractors of Islam, and for good reason. Because it outright states women are worth half of a man. Given the treatment of women in Islamic society I’d personally calculate it at a whole lot less, but, even in this flattering context, you still need two whole women to have the validity of a man.
And that’s considering that women are the second resort too. In the situation where there’s always two Muslim men readily available, women will simply never be called upon as witnesses. Moreover, there’s no situation where women can simply replace the men wholesale, either. It’s exclusively either two men, or a man and two women. Nothing else.
Frankly, the reason they give for this is revealing enough. Women are considered so stupid and pathetic that you need the second woman as a backup, as the first woman, being a stupid idiot woman, will likely forget what she was there for in the first place and there will be a mistrial.
There’s also an additional point to add regarding a certain phrasing here, that is, “from your men.” Muslims are expected to exclusively self-govern. Not usually a possibility when they move to the West (as much as they’re trying to force otherwise with sharia law and ethnic enclaves), but the point of this verse is to command Muslims to always select each other as witnesses. Surely one will notice the conflict of interests here.
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وَءَاتُواْ ٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰٓ أَمۡوَٰلَهُمۡۖ وَلَا تَتَبَدَّلُواْ ٱلۡخَبِيثَ بِٱلطَّيِّبِۖ وَلَا تَأۡكُلُوٓاْ أَمۡوَٰلَهُمۡ إِلَىٰٓ أَمۡوَٰلِكُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حُوبٗا كَبِيرٗاوَإِنۡ خِفۡتُمۡ أَلَّا تُقۡسِطُواْ فِي ٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰ فَٱنكِحُواْ مَا طَابَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ مَثۡنَىٰ وَثُلَٰثَ وَرُبَٰعَۖ فَإِنۡ خِفۡتُمۡ أَلَّا تَعۡدِلُواْ فَوَٰحِدَةً أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُكُمۡۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدۡنَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَعُولُواْGive unto orphans their wealth. Exchange not the good for the bad (in your management thereof) nor absorb their wealth into your own wealth. Lo! that would be a great sin.
And if ye fear that ye will not deal fairly by the orphans, marry of the women, who seem good to you, two or three or four; and if ye fear that ye cannot do justice (to so many) then one (only) or (the captives) that your right hands possess. Thus it is more likely that ye will not do injustice.
Quran 4:2-3
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As short as these verses are, the degenerate content within is nearly limitless. We’ll start with the apparent. Like was stated prior, a Muslim man can have effectively as many wives as he so desires (though some commentators limit this to four), though the inverse is forbidden, but this is barely scraping the tip of the iceberg here. These wives can either be free women, or slaves, so long as they’re Muslim it doesn’t matter. Obviously, forced conversion is a thing. Note that it specifies captive. If a woman is captured from a conquered territory, her fate is no longer in her control. She can be forcibly married, converted, raped, tortured, and the list goes on.
As horrendous as this is, the real meat and bones of these verses is the fact that you’re legally allowed to marry the orphans you adopt. Yes, if you cannot provide for them as you would children, Muhammad simply says just to marry them instead. Given he did this himself, it should come as no surprise.
I saw a Quran commentator argue that this verse is necessary, as a Muslim man who cannot marry and have sex with slaves and orphan children as he likes, be it 4 or more, will be a greater detriment to society than if he could simply have his way. The logic being, that he will simply go crazy and do perverse things like have sex with women owned by other men.
Yes, truly, of what’s happening here, having sex with a married woman is the greatest ill. Not the raping of enslaved children.
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يُوصِيكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِيٓ أَوۡلَٰدِكُمۡۖ لِلذَّكَرِ مِثۡلُ حَظِّ ٱلۡأُنثَيَيۡنِۚ فَإِن كُنَّ نِسَآءٗ فَوۡقَ ٱثۡنَتَيۡنِ فَلَهُنَّ ثُلُثَا مَا تَرَكَۖ وَإِن كَانَتۡ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَلَهَا ٱلنِّصۡفُۚ وَلِأَبَوَيۡهِ لِكُلِّ وَٰحِدٖ مِّنۡهُمَا ٱلسُّدُسُ مِمَّا تَرَكَ إِن كَانَ لَهُۥ وَلَدٞۚ فَإِن لَّمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ وَلَدٞ وَوَرِثَهُۥٓ أَبَوَاهُ فَلِأُمِّهِ ٱلثُّلُثُۚ فَإِن كَانَ لَهُۥٓ إِخۡوَةٞ فَلِأُمِّهِ ٱلسُّدُسُۚ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ وَصِيَّةٖ يُوصِي بِهَآ أَوۡ دَيۡنٍۗ ءَابَآؤُكُمۡ وَأَبۡنَآؤُكُمۡ لَا تَدۡرُونَ أَيُّهُمۡ أَقۡرَبُ لَكُمۡ نَفۡعٗاۚ فَرِيضَةٗ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمٗا
Allah chargeth you concerning (the provision for) your children: to the male the equivalent of the portion of two females, and if there be women more than two, then theirs is two-thirds of the inheritance, and if there be one (only) then the half. And to each of his parents a sixth of the inheritance, if he have a son; and if he have no son and his parents are his heirs, then to his mother appertaineth the third; and if he have brethren, then to his mother appertaineth the sixth, after any legacy he may have bequeathed, or debt (hath been paid). Your parents and your children: Ye know not which of them is nearer unto you in usefulness. It is an injunction from Allah. Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise.
Quran 4:11
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I covered this particular verse at length in “Allah’s Incorrect Math” (due to the fact the numbers simply do not add up), but it’s worth restating here due to the first section. Just as in 2:282, a woman is worth half that of a man, and thus, should only inherit half that of a male.
In most other societies, inheritance is decided by choice. Imagine, say, you had two children. A son and a daughter. Hypothetically, your son is a problem. Despises you, curses your name, makes your life difficulty out of spite, etc. On the flipside, imagine you had a loyal daughter who took care of you in your old age.
When these scenarios transpire in the West, inheritance is decided by the individual. Generally, the most deserving will receive the bulk, or, it will simply be split fairly.
In Islam you don’t really have that choice. Your male children receive the absolute bulk regardless, and odds are, whatever your daughter(s) inherits, given the nature of marriage in Islam, will simply be pilfered by whoever decides they want to forcibly marry her.
This, among many other things, creates the extreme wealth disparity with Islamic society, further entrapping women to immobility and dangerous situations.
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وَٱلَّـٰتِي يَأۡتِينَ ٱلۡفَٰحِشَةَ مِن نِّسَآئِكُمۡ فَٱسۡتَشۡهِدُواْ عَلَيۡهِنَّ أَرۡبَعَةٗ مِّنكُمۡۖ فَإِن شَهِدُواْ فَأَمۡسِكُوهُنَّ فِي ٱلۡبُيُوتِ حَتَّىٰ يَتَوَفَّىٰهُنَّ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ أَوۡ يَجۡعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُنَّ سَبِيلٗاAs for those of your women who are guilty of lewdness, call to witness four of you against them. And if they testify (to the truth of the allegation) then confine them to the houses until death take them or (until) Allah ordains for them a way.
Quran 4:15
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Here’s a particularly blatant one. A Muslim man can go around raping war captives, but any “lewdness” committed by a woman results in her being placed under permanent house arrest until she dies. You might notice that the term “lewdness” is a vague one. It’s a pretty soft term, after all. In the modern day context, you’d maybe even imagine something light or flirtatious. And that would be true. Full blown adultery convictions will usually result in death. But something as casual as “lewdness” will still have you locked away from society if you’re a female.
In truth, all a Muslim woman needs to do is answer the door to a man without her husband’s explicit permission and she can be put under suspicion of “adultery”, so nobody should be surprised. As I said earlier, Muslim women can be raped and the woman will still be blamed and killed for it.
Anything perceptibly “lewd” the husband doesn’t like, and he can call forth a trial against her. Or he can just do it on a whim. Here’s the interesting thing the translation doesn’t tell you. “Four of you”. “You”, in this context, refers exclusively to Muslim men. That is the testimony of a single woman against four men. Did they ever stand a chance? No.
This isn’t the only instance of this happening in history. The Christian Salem Witch Trials also had this variety of conduct take place against women, with unfair, biased jurors and the like. Even up into more recent Christian history, men could have their wives incarcerated into mental asylums with nothing but their word. Abrahamic religion of any variety is not kind to women.
Really, let me reiterate it one more time. Think your wife is “lewd”? Chain her up in your house until she dies. Gods forbid, Muslim women have libido of their own. Then again, that’s what Female Genital Mutilation is for.
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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمۡ أَن تَرِثُواْ ٱلنِّسَآءَ كَرۡهٗاۖ وَلَا تَعۡضُلُوهُنَّ لِتَذۡهَبُواْ بِبَعۡضِ مَآ ءَاتَيۡتُمُوهُنَّ إِلَّآ أَن يَأۡتِينَ بِفَٰحِشَةٖ مُّبَيِّنَةٖۚ وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِۚ فَإِن كَرِهۡتُمُوهُنَّ فَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تَكۡرَهُواْ شَيۡـٔٗا وَيَجۡعَلَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِ خَيۡرٗا كَثِيرٗاO ye who believe! It is not lawful for you forcibly to inherit the women (of your deceased kinsmen), nor (that) ye should put constraint upon them that ye may take away a part of that which ye have given them, unless they be guilty of flagrant lewdness. But consort with them in kindness, for if ye hate them it may happen that ye hate a thing wherein Allah hath placed much good.
Quran 4:19
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To break through the confusing language, all this means is that, in a situation where, say, your brother died, you would not automatically inherit his wives also. The fact this even had to be stated is baffling. Imagine waking up one day and finding out you had four new wives left to you in a will.
The main reason for this will stem back to a previous Surah, that is, women must wait over four months to be marriageable again. Inheriting wives outright would violate this particular commandment. You can still choose to marry them if you wish, so long as it abides by the Quran’s rules, so it’s mostly pointless anyway. Marrying a dead family member’s wives is actually a common enough occurrence, by what I’ve seen of Islam.
But here’s the truly interesting part. Keeping in mind the earlier inheritance rules (that women receive half of a man in the event of a familial death), a man can in fact, simply accuse her of “lewdness” and have her property confiscated. Imagine losing all your belongings in life, including those of your deceased father/husband/etc because some Muslim said he saw you glancing at another man.
All this is, is a very conniving way for Muslim men to have the means of confiscating what little women own. The justification commentators give for this line is absolutely bewildering. Apparently it exists because without it, women are less tempted to be lewd, and thus it keeps them chaste.
Now, regarding the final line, which is worded even more confusingly, allow me to sum it up for you, as almost nobody would have the means of interpreting it without the knowledge I have from investigating it further. It’s far stupider than it sounds.
What this means is, if you have an ugly wife, don’t immediately divorce her. Contemplate her other uses. If she’s good at housework, maybe keep her around. You don’t have to have sex with her (that’s what your other three wives are for), but Allah wishes to let men know that women have other uses that aren’t just living sex dolls. They also cook and clean! Indeed, Allah is so wise that it was actually him who gave the ugly women these desirable traits, so men would still have a reason to want to marry them.
Not so strangely, the value of the man in this proposition is not at all disclosed. It doesn’t matter how ugly or without value they are, so long as they’re a Muslim man.
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وَإِنۡ أَرَدتُّمُ ٱسۡتِبۡدَالَ زَوۡجٖ مَّكَانَ زَوۡجٖ وَءَاتَيۡتُمۡ إِحۡدَىٰهُنَّ قِنطَارٗا فَلَا تَأۡخُذُواْ مِنۡهُ شَيۡـًٔاۚ أَتَأۡخُذُونَهُۥ بُهۡتَٰنٗا وَإِثۡمٗا مُّبِينٗاAnd if ye wish to exchange one wife for another and ye have given unto one of them a sum of money (however great), take nothing from it. Would ye take it by the way of calumny and open wrong?
Quran 4:20
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To save any confusion, “calumny” simply means “slander.” As I’ve said before, translations are often made needlessly confusing as to make it harder for foreign readers to grasp.
What this verse means is, if you trade in your old and busted wife for an upgrade, you can’t swindle the old one of anything you once gave her in the process. Don’t think too hard about this being a commandment of compassion, as the verse is still ultimately about the whole idea of exchanging one wife for another, as if they were collectable cards.
The reason this exists is simple. If a woman was left without any sort of dowry, and she’s apparently ugly or distasteful enough that she was divorced for such a reason, then odds are maybe no one will want her, and that’s bad for Islam’s bottom line of having as many jihadi soldiers being born as possible.
The language itself in this verse is very revealing. Yes, separations and divorces happen in couples all over, but that’s not what’s being implied here. Simply put, the idea of “I’d like to exchange my wife for another” should be more than a little humorous for any Western reader. Or at least, it would be, were it not as shameful as anything else.
Verses 4:21/22/23 proceed to expand on the marriage regulations with a further set of specifics one has to again wonder why on earth any of this had to be said. 4:22 says you shouldn’t marry any of the women your father was married to, unless it’s already happened and you were ignorant in which case it’s fine. One has to wonder what sort of degeneracy was regularly happening in early Islamic society.
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۞وَٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتُ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُكُمۡۖ كِتَٰبَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡۚ وَأُحِلَّ لَكُم مَّا وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكُمۡ أَن تَبۡتَغُواْ بِأَمۡوَٰلِكُم مُّحۡصِنِينَ غَيۡرَ مُسَٰفِحِينَۚ فَمَا ٱسۡتَمۡتَعۡتُم بِهِۦ مِنۡهُنَّ فَـَٔاتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةٗۚ وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ فِيمَا تَرَٰضَيۡتُم بِهِۦ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ٱلۡفَرِيضَةِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمٗاAnd all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right hands possess. It is a decree of Allah for you. Lawful unto you are all beyond those mentioned, so that ye seek them with your wealth in honest wedlock, not debauchery. And those of whom ye seek content (by marrying them), give unto them their portions as a duty. And there is no sin for you in what ye do by mutual agreement after the duty (hath been done). Lo! Allah is ever Knower, Wise.
Quran 4:24
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This one is as bad as it sounds. Though you’re forbidden with having sex with another Muslim man’s property, if you capture female slaves during conquest and war, you can freely marry and rape them as you see fit – so long as you forcibly convert them to Islam first (or already are Islamic).
For all the yammering about how marriage is a sacred vow according to Islam, it appears its easily broken. As you can tell, softening of the language here is impossible. Women are outright referred to as possessions. What place does any of this have in the modern day? Or in any day, for that matter?
People cannot claim Islam is a “religion of peace” for this and a thousand other reasons. Non-Muslim countries need to understand that the Quran tells Muslim men it’s okay to steal your wife away from you and marry/rape them for themselves if it’s done in the context of an act of war.
Which, if people have forgotten, is exactly what many Islamic countries and movements believe they’re locked into the West with. For all intents and purposes, given the fact that organizations like the Taliban state they’re in a neverending holy war with the collective West, there’s, theoretically, nothing but the security of your nation preventing them from doing exactly what the above verse commands.
But once you remember how many of these Muslims are flooding into the West, the picture should become far more daunting.
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وَمَن لَّمۡ يَسۡتَطِعۡ مِنكُمۡ طَوۡلًا أَن يَنكِحَ ٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ فَمِن مَّا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُكُم مِّن فَتَيَٰتِكُمُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِۚ وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِإِيمَٰنِكُمۚ بَعۡضُكُم مِّنۢ بَعۡضٖۚ فَٱنكِحُوهُنَّ بِإِذۡنِ أَهۡلِهِنَّ وَءَاتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ مُحۡصَنَٰتٍ غَيۡرَ مُسَٰفِحَٰتٖ وَلَا مُتَّخِذَٰتِ أَخۡدَانٖۚ فَإِذَآ أُحۡصِنَّ فَإِنۡ أَتَيۡنَ بِفَٰحِشَةٖ فَعَلَيۡهِنَّ نِصۡفُ مَا عَلَى ٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِۚ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنۡ خَشِيَ ٱلۡعَنَتَ مِنكُمۡۚ وَأَن تَصۡبِرُواْ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞAnd whoso is not able to afford to marry free, believing women, let them marry from the believing maids whom your right hands possess. Allah knoweth best (concerning) your faith. Ye (proceed) one from another; so wed them by permission of their folk, and give unto them their portions in kindness, they being honest, not debauched nor of loose conduct. And if when they are honourably married they commit lewdness they shall incur the half of the punishment (prescribed) for free women (in that case). This is for him among you who feareth to commit sin. But to have patience would be better for you. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Quran 4:25
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More or less the same as above, with added extrapolation. According to this, one of the reasons you’d marry a slave over a free Muslim woman is that the latter is a “cheaper” alternative than the former. All that means is, you’re not obligated to purchase gifts or possessions for her, or, waste money on decent food. Again, this is sex doll logic. It’s a not so subtle implication you can just keep her locked up in a box surviving off the bare minimum for you to just rape whenever you’re feeling the urge. Or get her doing house work, the choice has been given to you by Allah, after all. To note, this also refers to a situation where you don’t actually own a slave for yourself, but you can however, purchase the rights to marry one by offering something to their master, which is cheaper than bartering for a “free” woman (free being a relative term in Islamic society).
As for the rest, don’t think too hard about “half” of a punishment. This is nothing more than a quirk of Islamic law, where “lewdness” of women breaks particular protection clauses. In the case of a free woman, two separate clauses are broken, so a slave is technically subject to half punishment.
However, the punishment for lewdness is stoning. If I need to remind anyone what that’s like, some variations of the process involve burying a woman up to her head in the sand, before the community gathers around and joins together to throw large stones at her head. Half as many stones thrown at you is still too many stones. You’re still going to get your head caved in.
Though some of these verses have been only applicable to early Islamic society, this one is no such case. Stonings are continuing to this very day.
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ٱلرِّجَالُ قَوَّـٰمُونَ عَلَى ٱلنِّسَآءِ بِمَا فَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بَعۡضَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ وَبِمَآ أَنفَقُواْ مِنۡ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡۚ فَٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتُ قَٰنِتَٰتٌ حَٰفِظَٰتٞ لِّلۡغَيۡبِ بِمَا حَفِظَ ٱللَّهُۚ وَٱلَّـٰتِي تَخَافُونَ نُشُوزَهُنَّ فَعِظُوهُنَّ وَٱهۡجُرُوهُنَّ فِي ٱلۡمَضَاجِعِ وَٱضۡرِبُوهُنَّۖ فَإِنۡ أَطَعۡنَكُمۡ فَلَا تَبۡغُواْ عَلَيۡهِنَّ سَبِيلًاۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيّٗا كَبِيرٗاMen are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them. Then if they obey you, seek not a way against them. Lo! Allah is ever High, Exalted, Great.
Quran 4:34
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This, is perhaps, one of the absolute worst cases of sexism present in the Quran to the point it’s staggering they fit so much woman hating into a single verse. Let me say, this verse is heavily sanitized, so I’ll offer you an example of one of the many other translations. “As for women of whom you fear rebellion, admonish them, and remain apart from them in beds, and beat them.”
With that said, in the first line, it’s stated men are simply superior to women. Seeing as it doesn’t specify in what way, you can thus construe this to mean in every way. There’s no attempt made to at least offer the sentiment of “different but equal”, or grant room for the distinction between individuals. Women are simply lesser beings, according to the Quran.
Compare this to any Pagan Pantheon, to our Gods themselves, which contain both Lords and Ladies. The actual reality of the universe is thus; anyone can grow, to any height, it’s simply a matter of personal determination and hard work.
A quick glance at the theology and lore of most any pre-Christian European religion and you’ll find immense respect and admiration for Gods and Goddesses alike. Women of these faiths actually have role models and archetypes to inspire themselves. Compare this to Islam, where the female role model is Aisha, who was a raped 9 year old who spent her entire existence enabling Muhammad to do to yet more women what was done to her and act as if it was sacred.
The verse then continues by explaining what will happen to women who dare to defy the conventions of Muhammad. In Islam, you have to accept your husband’s command in every situation. If he says bark like a dog, you bark like a dog. And if you defy him, it’s in Allah’s commandment that the husband can punish his wife how he sees fit. Generally this is in the form of beatings, either by hand or by implement, though, more elaborate scenarios are frequently heard of by those with ears. There’s a reason disgusting porn sites are flooded with perverse videos from the Middle East of men “disciplining” their wives with bondage and beatings.
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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَقۡرَبُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَنتُمۡ سُكَٰرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ تَعۡلَمُواْ مَا تَقُولُونَ وَلَا جُنُبًا إِلَّا عَابِرِي سَبِيلٍ حَتَّىٰ تَغۡتَسِلُواْۚ وَإِن كُنتُم مَّرۡضَىٰٓ أَوۡ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ أَوۡ جَآءَ أَحَدٞ مِّنكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡغَآئِطِ أَوۡ لَٰمَسۡتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَلَمۡ تَجِدُواْ مَآءٗ فَتَيَمَّمُواْ صَعِيدٗا طَيِّبٗا فَٱمۡسَحُواْ بِوُجُوهِكُمۡ وَأَيۡدِيكُمۡۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَفُوًّا غَفُورًاO ye who believe! Draw not near unto prayer when ye are drunken, till ye know that which ye utter, nor when ye are polluted, save when journeying upon the road, till ye have bathed. And if ye be ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from the closet (toilet), or ye have touched women, and ye find not water, then go to high clean soil and rub your faces and your hands (therewith). Lo! Allah is Benign, Forgiving.
Quran 4:43
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Just as the last discussed verse was one of the worst instances of outright sexism, this is one of the instances of outright baffling stupidity.
Apparently, the mere act of touching a woman is so dirtying, it’s equivalent to the Muslim practice of wiping your ass with your bare hand after having taken a shit. Even if you place a hand on a woman’s shoulder, you are in a state of pollution bad enough to warrant bathing before undertaking any religious task.
From the discussions I’ve seen on this verse, it’s in fact, so severe you’re technically not even meant to visit a Mosque if you’ve touched a woman and haven’t cleansed yourself yet. How can anyone take this seriously?
And no, no defendant of Islam can say “touched women” refers to an explicit sexual act. The term used in that instance usually translates to “come together” or “bed with”. In fact, Quranic commentators even admit this, with one of the most major schools of Sunni religion outright stating it is indeed, mere touch alone.
Evidently however, it’s apparent Muslims don’t know anything about hygiene and cleanliness anyway, given their idea of “cleaning”, as expressed by this verse, involves rubbing dirt into your face and calling it a day. And people try to say Islam is a religion of cleanliness.
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