AMIL IMANI
May 4, 2013
In 1973, the General Assembly of the United Nations opened for
signature and ratification the International Convention on the
Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid (ICSPCA). It
defined the crime of apartheid as:
"Inhuman acts committed for the purpose of establishing and
maintaining domination by one racial [religious] group of persons over
any other racial [religious] group of persons and systematically
oppressing them."[Italics are mine]
The declaration prohibits,
"Acts such as murder, infringement on freedom or dignity, arbitrary
arrest and imprisonment, imposition of inhumane living conditions,
forced labor, or enacting measures calculated to prevent a racial
[religious] group from ‘participation in the political, social, economic
and cultural life of the country' such as denying them ‘basic human
rights and freedoms, including the right to work, the right to form
recognized trade unions, the right to education, the right to leave and
to return to their country, the right to a nationality, the right to
freedom of movement and residence, the right to freedom of opinion and
expression, and the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and
association.'"
Islamic member countries of the time, such as
Egypt, Iran, Syria, and Saudi Arabia are signatories to the above
declaration condemning the barbaric practices of apartheid. Yet, these
same countries, as well as other Islamic nations, are the most blatant
violators of the declaration.
It is the discriminatory Islamic
teachings that condone and even promote wanton practices in violation of
the United Nations declaration. Islam is a primitive barbaric ideology
for the benefit of the male believer.
Islam, by fiat,
discriminates against women. Qur'an 4:11 "Allah directs you in regard of
your Children's (inheritance): to the male, a portion equal to that of
two females.... These are settled portions ordained by Allah."
There are many more "directives" that for all intents and purposes make
women chattel of men. Here are some of the shameful rules and practices
of Islamic misogyny.
Women are inferior to men:
"Men
have authority over women because God has made the one superior to the
other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women
are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because God has guarded
them. As for those whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send
them to beds apart and beat them. Then if they obey you, take no further
action against them. Surely God is most high. Qur'an 4:34
Women are worth half the value of a man:
"Narrated
Abu Said Al-Khudri: The Prophet said, "Isn't the witness of a women
equal to half that of a man?" The women said "yes". He said "This is
because of the deficiency of the women's mind." Sahih Bukhari 3:48:82
Women are sex slaves:
"And
now, people, you acquire certain rights over your wives, and they do
you. The right you acquire over them is that they should not let someone
you hate sleep in your beds, and not to commit a manifest obscenity [or
adultery]. If they do [commit it], then God has given you permission to
leave them alone in their beds and give them a beating, though not too
hard. If they give over, they get their provision and clothing with
kindness; I command you good-will for your wives, for they are your
captives that do not own anything of their own. You have taken them by
the faithfulness of God, and made their sexual organs lawful for you by
the words of God." Ibn Hisham, al-Sira al-nabawiyya (Cairo, 1963),
4:251.
Women are Toys:
"Omar [one of the
Khalifs] was once talking when his wife interjected, so he said to her:
'You are a toy, if you are needed we will call you." Al-Musanaf Vol. 1
Part 2, p. 263
Women are Weak:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The
Prophet had a Had (a camel driver) called Anjasha, and he had a nice
voice. The Prophet said to him, "(Drive) slowly, O Anjasha! Do not break
the glass vessels!" And Qatada said, "(By vessels') he meant the weak
women." Sahih Bukhari 8:73:230, See also: Sahih Bukhari 8:73:228 &
Sahih Bukhari 8:73:229
Women are a Tilth for Men to Cultivate:
"Your
wives are as a tilth unto you; so approach your tilth when or how ye
will; but do some good act for your souls beforehand; and fear Allah.
And know that ye are to meet Him (in the Hereafter), and give (these)
good tidings to those who believe." Qur'an 2:223
Women are Like Devils
Jabir
reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) saw a woman,
and so he came to his wife, Zainab, as she was tanning a leather and had
sexual intercourse with her. He then went to his Companions and told
them: The woman advances and retires in the shape of a devil, so when
one of you sees a woman, he should come to his wife, for that will repel
what he feels in his heart. Sahih Muslim 8:3240
Woman are Evil Omen:
Narrated
'Abdullah bin 'Umar: I heard the Prophet saying. "Evil omen is in three
things: The horse, the woman and the house." Sahih Bukhari 4:52:110
Men May Marry up to Four Women"
"If
you fear you can not treat orphans (girls) with fairness, then you may
marry other women who seem good to you: two, three or four of them. But
if you fear that you can not maintain equality among them, marry only
one or any slave girls you may own, that will be more suitable. And give
the women their dower as a free gift; but if they, of their own good
pleasure, remit any part of it to you, eat it with enjoyment, take it
with right good cheer and absorb it (in your wealth)." Qur'an 4:3
Violence Against Women"
"Men
are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to
excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good
women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded;
and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and
leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey
you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great."
Qur'an 4:34
The Afterlife of Women:
"Narrated
Abu Said Al-Khudri: Once Allah's Apostle went out to the Musalla (to
offer the prayer) o 'Id-al-Adha or Al-Fitr prayer. Then he passed by the
women and said, "O women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority
of the dwellers of Hell-fire were you (women)." They asked, "Why is it
so, O Allah's Apostle ?" He replied, "You curse frequently and are
ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in
intelligence and religion than you. A cautious sensible man could be led
astray by some of you." The women asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What is
deficient in our intelligence and religion?" He said, "Is not the
evidence of two women equal to the witness of one man?" They replied in
the affirmative. He said, "This is the deficiency in her intelligence.
Isn't it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast during her menses?"
The women replied in the affirmative. He said, "This is the deficiency
in her religion." Sahih Bukhari 1:6:301
Women are relegated in
Islam at best, to a second-class status, depriving them of many rights
enjoyed by men. Thus, life goes on for the Muslim women with all the
trappings of the Islamic misogyny. Such is the plight of women under
Islam. There is hardly the need to provide an exhaustive list of Islamic
misogyny to qualify it as a shameful, discriminatory and oppressive
religious apartheid.
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Contributing Editor Amil Imani is an Iranian-American writer, poet,
satirist, novelist, essayist, literary translator, public speaker and
political analyst who has been writing and speaking out about the danger
of radical Islam both in America and internationally. He has become a
formidable voice in the United States against the danger of global jihad
and Islamization of America. He maintains a website at
www.amilimani.com. Imani is the author of the riveting book
Obama Meets Ahmadinejad and the thriller
Operation Persian Gulf.
Imani has been educating Americans regarding the danger of radical
Islam, and has encouraged democracy for Iran and helping the Iranian
people. His numerous articles about radical Islam have been published in
many newspapers and magazines around the world as well as in thousands
of Internet magazines, websites and blogs. Imani's writings can be found
on his website Amilimani.com. He is a regular go-to-guy on the Iranian
issues on BBC World News. He is also 2010 honoree of EMET: "the Speaker
of the Truth Award" at the Capitol Hill.
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