Monday, May 02, 2005

MUSLIM MALE HAS UPPER HAND IN DIVORCE

J. Grant Swank, Jr.

Typical of Islam, females don’t count.

They are conceived with ten curses upon their futures. That happens in the mother’s womb. When sperm and egg unite, the curses are placed upon the female existence on the planet. Hardly any reason to hope to breathe, isn’t it? Nevertheless, such is the custom per Muslims.

What is the definition of the curse? The definition is gross. Brace yourself. It is that ten times over the female, even upon conception, is exposing her genitals to the world. That’s it. That’s the obscene definition of a woman’s start on the mortal’s journey here.

If that female eventually marries, one curse is covered. The other nine still exist — or exposed, if you will.

Therefore, the female is an object for detestation. She is not worthy. She is of value minus.

Consequently, if she misbehaves in a way so as to bring dishonor to her family — even if that dishonor is but an illusion to the males in her clan — she can be murdered. Her throat could be slit. She could be stoned till dead. Whatever, she has to be done away with in order to restore honor to the household. It’s called "honor killing."

There are Muslims who say that all this is simply made-up rubbish manufactured by persons prejudiced against Muslims and Islam. That’s their problem. That is, that’s the problem of those sheltered Muslims who don’t admit that "honor killing" exists.

The truth is the "honor killing" very much exists. Today there are female Muslims who are being killed by males simply because those females brought dishonor in some way — illusionary or otherwise — to a family.

Often the media gives no coverage to this murder. The police force overlooks it for they don’t want to offend the males in the clan. Sometimes the item actually does squeak into the news. Sometimes the police actually do respond, but then little is done to the murderer once he lands in a male-biased court.

In this kind of mad world, is there any wonder that the woman in a Muslim marriage has rights nil? No wonder at all. It’s a part of the extrapolation of the Islamic bottom line — females don’t count. They just don’t count. Or more accurately, they count in the minus direction.

Therefore, when Muslim News reports about divorce innovations between Muslim wife and husband, the divorce action is all on the man’s side. The woman is at his mercy or lack of.

According to the Times News Network’s Suchandana Gupta, "after a three-day convention, the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday adopted a model ‘nikahnama’, which advocated the utterance of ‘talaq’ once instead of thrice when a Muslim male wanted a divorce from his wife.

"A ‘triple talaq’ meant a final and irrevocable separation, ‘talaq’ pronounced once signified a divorce which could be revoked. Utterance of talaq thrice should be avoided, the Board suggested at the convention at the Taj-ul-Masajid Mosque.

"Titled the Bhopal Declaration, the Board laid down a set of guidelines to define marriage and read out the rights and responsibilities of both husband and wife in a Muslim marriage."

"Rights. . .of both husband and wife in a Muslim marriage." Note that wordage. Note that in what follows all the rights are on the man’s side. What rights do you read in the following that relate to the wife? What rights do you read given to the woman in the Muslim marriage? None.

"’In case of a total breakdown of a marriage, there is provision for divorce in Islamic laws,’ explained Abdul-ur-Rahim Qureshi, the secretary of the board, and added: ‘Islam does not believe that one has to live through a bad marriage. But "talaq" is also the most detestable concept in the eyes of Allah. So unless it becomes absolutely inevitable, the man should not divorce his wife.’

"Qureshi said: ‘...And when he sincerely feels that the marriage cannot continue, then we suggest he should pronounce "talaq" just once, not thrice. After pronouncing talaq once, there is a three-month period called "iddat" whereby he can contemplate on the graver repercussions of divorce. Elders of the family can help sort out the differences and divorce can be revoked. Our intention is to lessen the number of divorces and to amicably settle differences between couples.’"

Now doesn’t that sound commendable? Of course, it’s not.

Notice the repetition of the pronoun "he." "He" this and "he" that. Where is the "she" in the proceedings. Once again, because "she" has been cursed from her mother’s womb, "she" is but trash on the human heap. Trash.

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