Be Warned Infidel Women! by Isabel la Cat'lica

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http://www.islam-watch.org/Others/Be-Warned-Infidel-Women.htm

"Be Warned Infidel Women!

by Isabel la Cat'lica

21 Mar, 2009

In her groundbreaking paper ”Are Honor Killings Simply Domestic Violence?” Phyllis Chesler argues that honor killings (also known as femicides) are religiously sanctioned (90% Muslim) hate crimes characterized by attacking women, especially young women, with murderous ritualistic ferocity (torture and spectacular or slow death, nearly all victims die), involving lengthy premeditation and planning, multiple actors (family and community members), practically no community or individual remorse after the murder and lenient or non-existent state punishment (in countries that implement sharia).

The following Islamic materials show that the intense hatred of women in Islamic communities and families is caused by the determination to reduce and keep women, not just in a state of slavery, but in a state of animality that severely compromises the physical health and very existence of women in modern societies."

"In a few ahadith we note that Muhammad likened women to dogs, camels, asses and so on, all domestic animals.

http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=804B2107-EDF4-4379-9A2C-176CF7772397

Aisha complained that Muhammad's followers made women like dogs and asses... Sahih Muslim, 4.1039
     

If there is a bad luck in anything then it is horse, the abode and the woman... Sahih Muslim, 26.5528, 5529

A prayer is annulled by a passing woman, a dog and a monkey... Sahih Bukhari, 1.9.490, 493,498

Women, houses and horses are evil omens... Sahih Bukhari, 7.62.30, 31, 32

An ass, a woman and a black dog annuls a prayer... Sunaan Nasai, 1.753

A menstruating woman and a dog cuts off a prayer... Sunaan Abu Dawud, 2.0703

Either a dog, an ass, a pig, a Jew, a Magian and a woman cuts off a prayer... Sunaan Abu Dawud, 2.0704

Women, slaves and camels are the same; must seek Allah's refuge from all these... Sunaan Abu Dawud, 11.2155

A house, a horse and a woman is an evil omen; a mat in a house is better than a barren woman... Sunaan Abu Dawud, 3.29.3911

A black dog is satan; a black dog or a donkey or a woman cancels a prayer... Sunaan ibn Majah, 2.952

Beat your wives if they commit sinful acts; women are captives of their husbands... Sunaan ibn Majah, 3.1851

A woman is a property; a righteous woman is the best property... Sunaan ibn Majah, 3.1855 (Please note: a pregnant camel during Muhammad's time was the best property)

Seek refuge from a woman, a servant and cattle-they are evils- Sunaan ibn Majah , 3.1918

Muhammad's final sermon-beat women... Sunaan ibn Majah , 4.3074

Women are your prisoners, treat them well, if necessary beat them but not severely... Tirmidhi, 104"

Much, much more:
http://www.islam-watch.org/Others/Be-Warned-Infidel-Women.htm

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http://www.meforum.org/2067/are-honor-killings-simply-domestic-violence

Are Honor Killings Simply Domestic Violence?

by Phyllis Chesler
Middle East Quarterly
Spring 2009, pp. 61-69

    On February 12, 2009, Muzzammil Hassan informed police that he had beheaded his wife. Hassan had emigrated to the United States 30 years ago and, after a successful banking career, had founded Bridges TV, a Muslim-interest network which aims, according to its website, "to foster a greater understanding among many cultures and diverse populations." Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III told The Buffalo News that "this is the worst form of domestic violence possible," and Khalid Qazi, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council of Western New York, told the New York Post that Islam forbids such domestic violence. While Muslim advocacy organizations argue that honor killings are a misnomer stigmatizing Muslims for what is simply domestic violence, a problem that has nothing to do with religion, Phyllis Chesler, who just completed a study of more than 50 instances of North American honor killings, says the evidence suggests otherwise. — The Editors

When a husband murders a wife or daughter in the United States and Canada, too often law enforcement chalks the matter up to domestic violence. Murder is murder; religion is irrelevant. Honor killings are, however, distinct from wife battering and child abuse. Analysis of more than fifty reported honor killings shows they differ significantly from more common domestic violence.[1] The frequent argument made by Muslim advocacy organizations that honor killings have nothing to do with Islam and that it is discriminatory to differentiate between honor killings and domestic violence is wrong.

Background and Denial

Families that kill for honor will threaten girls and women if they refuse to cover their hair, their faces, or their bodies or act as their family's domestic servant; wear makeup or Western clothing; choose friends from another religion; date; seek to obtain an advanced education; refuse an arranged marriage; seek a divorce from a violent husband; marry against their parents' wishes; or behave in ways that are considered too independent, which might mean anything from driving a car to spending time or living away from home or family. Fundamentalists of many religions may expect their women to meet some but not all of these expectations. But when women refuse to do so, Jews, Christians, and Buddhists are far more likely to shun rather than murder them. Muslims, however, do kill for honor, as do, to a lesser extent, Hindus and Sikhs.

The United Nations Population Fund estimates that 5,000 women are killed each year for dishonoring their families.[2] This may be an underestimate. Aamir Latif, a correspondent for the website Islam Online who writes frequently on the issue, reported that in 2007 in the Punjab province of Pakistan alone, there were 1,261 honor murders.[3] The Aurat Foundation, a Pakistani nongovernmental organization focusing on women's empowerment, found that the rate of honor killings was on track to be in the hundreds in 2008.[4]"

Much more:
http://www.meforum.org/2067/are-honor-killings-simply-domestic-violence