the hadiths and Koran can be selectively quoted and interpreted to serve a certain purpose.
Better have a word with the UAE authorities then. They seem to have done exactly that with regards to those pesky Quranic verses and Hadiths
Article 53 of the UAE's penal code allows the imposition of “chastisement by a husband to his wife and the chastisement of minor children” so long as the assault does not exceed the limits prescribed by Sharia, or Islamic law. In 2010, the UAE’s Federal Supreme Court issued a ruling— citing the UAE penal code—that permits beating and other forms of punishment or coercion of wives by their husbands, so long as they do not leave physical marks.28 www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/related_material/Final%20HRW%20CEDAW%20Submission%20on%20UAE-February%202015.pdf
Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance - [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them . But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand. quran.com/4/34
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Read the same report on the 'misinterpretation' or not of
- male guardianship of women
- the negligible rights of women to petition for divorce
- the necessity for said uppity women to have to give up their claim to any maintenance if they are the ones to seek divorce
- the negation of marital rape, (as Islam sees rape as only being as such when it occurs outside of marriage)
- the right of a husband to take four wives
- and the rights of men to inherit twice as much as women
Can't be bothered to paste links to all the Islamic sources legitimising the above as I've done it a zillion times before.
The ulemma of most of the other Islamic countries also seem to have 'misinterpreted' rather a lot.
I've said before that those who state Islam has been twisted should really mount a challenge to these laws and tell those learned Islamic scholars how wrong they are. Lush I see you're a lawyer....you could be our woman to finally bring forward this fabled just and equitable Islam we keep hearing about.
We're rather tired of apologists who shrill for Islam while living privileged and protected lives in ex-pat compounds or Western countries.
The women who truly have no choice but to live under such religiously sanctioned discrimination need you.
The bitter laments of a muslim woman :
"Please, Allah, leave us alone to cry and weep in peace. From behind the veil, beyond public gaze we want to cry till we cannot cry any more. This is the only right you have left to us Muslim women, throughout the Islamic world, where your laws are meticulously followed".
"The world beyond is undergoing so many changes, so many evolutions over the ages; year after year, new discoveries are being made both in the sciences and philosophies, in the rest of the world, improving upon old ideas and beliefs. But we are tied forever to the rigid and immutable shackles of your laws, Allah. No one ever came forward for our emancipation"............... www.centerforinquiry.net/isis/islamic_viewpoints/the_bitter_lament_of_a_muslim_woman/