'Qur'an allows wife abuse'

News24 (South Africa) ^ | 22 March 2007 | AFP

[Cornpone]

Berlin - Germany was outraged on Thursday after it emerged that a German woman judge had refused a Moroccan-born German woman permission to file for divorce on the grounds that the Qur'an allows husbands to beat their wives.

"Where are we living? Woman judge allows beating in marriage and invokes the Qur'an," said a front-page headline in Germany's top-selling Bild newspaper.

"This Moroccan woman has the same right to protection from a violent husband as any German woman. Anything else would be misconceived sensitivity to the benefit of the husband and would amount to racist discrimination against the wife," said the Tageszeitung daily.

The Central Council of Muslims in Germany also condemned the decision.

"The judge should have made a decision based on the German constitution instead of the Qur'an," said spokesperson Nurhan Soykan, who said that violence and mistreatment, regardless of the gender of the victim, were also grounds for divorce in the Islamic world.

A court in the western city of Frankfurt on Wednesday upheld a complaint of bias against the judge lodged by the lawyer of the 26-year-old woman, who has two children.

Husband 'threatened to kill her'

Another judge will hear her case.

The woman had filed for immediate divorce on the grounds that the husband, also of Moroccan origin, regularly beat his wife and threatened to kill her.

The claims were backed up by a police report.

But the female judge, who has not been named, made clear in a letter that the wife's bid had little chance of approval because, according to her, Islamic law allowed a man to strike his wife.

German politicians from all parties were united in disgust at the judgement.

"When the Qur'an takes precedence over the German basic law, then I can only say: Good night Germany," said Ronald Pofalla, the secretary-general of the conservative Christian Democratic Union of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Hans-Christian Stroebele, of the opposition Greens, said the kind of abuse suffered by the woman should be punished by laws governing bodily harm in Germany.

[Jeff Chandler]

Liberals howl against behaviors that they tolerate among special, protected minorities, all in the name of tolerance, diversity, etc..

[Jeff Chandler]

I just had a thought: Does Germany have a "Domestic Violence Awareness Month?" like the U.S.?

[sageb1]

"But the female judge, who has not been named, made clear in a letter that the wife's bid had little chance of approval because, according to her, Islamic law allowed a man to strike his wife."

I think I want the name of that judge.

[colorado tanker]

This case puts the question nicely. What do we stand for in the West? Now we know the path of diversity, inclusion and political correctness ultimately leads to recognizing Sharia in the West. Or, does the West still stand for equal rights under the law for all, including women, and the protection of the weak against violence by the strong?

Time to decide, Germany.

[uptoolate]

In my religion we stone judges for being stupid.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Me too. And I expect the German people want her name too. How do you get rid of an out-of-control, law-flouting judge, if you're not allowed to know who she is?

[goodnesswins]

I just love these stories.....I'm saving these kinds of things for my 16 year old brainwashed (but, educable) niece who will be visiting in August.....and I'm making her READ them....last year she hadn't "decided" what religion she might choose......

[Fred Nerks]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1804165/posts

Man gets 30 years for ripping out wife's eyes

[hosepipe]

Germans are aborting their babies at a wholesale rate..
The Muzzies in Germany, are NOT doing that..

Soon Sharia Law, will be normal in Germany..
France is doing it faster though.. England is a little behind..

[denydenydeny]

"The judge should have made a decision based on the German constitution instead of the Qur'an," said spokesperson Nurhan Soykan,

The thing that nobody talks about is that the huge majority of German Muslims are Turks, who come from the most secular tradition in all of Islam. Why would you insist that they follow the most primitive traditions of their religion that they had advanced well beyond nearly a hundred years ago?

It's completely condescending, completely patronizing. But condescension is one of the hallmarks of liberalism.

[ryan71]

Allows wife abuse?

More like, teaches and encourages wife abuse.

[ryan71]

A billion Scott Petersons running around over there.

[george76]

Sharia Law over rules German Law ?

[Cacique]

bump

[Nevadan]

re: spokesperson Nurhan Soykan, who said that violence and mistreatment, regardless of the gender of the victim, were also grounds for divorce in the Islamic world.

If this is really true, I wonder how often Islamic women are actually allowed to divorce for reasons of abuse. On a related note, I remember hearing that even when women are allowed to divorce they don't get custody of their children, which of course makes it very difficult for them to leave, regardless of the situation.

[saracenkiller]

I think germany deserves this for allowing so many muslims into the country. I hope muslims overrun europe.

[mewzilla]

Update, with the name of the judge who has since been removed...

German judge puts Koran above law

[TexasRepublic]

There may be some good to this -- once again the world sees islam unmasked for what it is, and protests.

[Nebr FAL owner]

This kind of Feces is gonna be heading to our shores folks ! Ain't multi-culturalism wonderful.