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CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS: “INCALCULABLE NUMBER OF WOMEN” ABUSED FOR DECISION TO STOP WEARING FULL BODY VEILS
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
In this interview with Sputnik News, Jihad Watch writer Christine
Douglass-Williams exposes a great deal about the systematic and
institutionalized abuse of women under Islamic law. Indeed, the
second-class status of women is ingrained in Sharia, and set out in
numerous passages of the Qur’an and Hadith.
The Qur’an teaches that men are superior to women and should beat
those from whom they “fear disobedience”: “Men have authority over women
because Allah 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 Allah has guarded them. As for those from
whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart
and beat them.” — Qur’an 4:34
Muhammad’s child bride, Aisha, says in a hadith that Muhammad “struck
me on the chest which caused me pain, and then said: ‘Did you think
that Allah and His Apostle would deal unjustly with you?’” — Sahih
Muslim 2127
The Qur’an likens a woman to a field (tilth), to be used by a man as
he wills: “Your women are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth as you
will” — Qur’an 2:223
It declares that a woman’s testimony is worth half that of a man:
“Get two witnesses, out of your own men, and if there are not two men,
then a man and two women, such as you choose, for witnesses, so that if
one of them errs, the other can remind her” — Qur’an 2:282
It allows men to marry up to four wives, and have sex with slave
girls also: “If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with
the orphans, marry women of your choice, two or three or four; but if
you fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly, then only one, or one
that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent
you from doing injustice” — Qur’an 4:3
It rules that a son’s inheritance should be twice the size of that of
a daughter: “Allah directs you as regards your children’s inheritance:
to the male, a portion equal to that of two females” — Qur’an 4:11
It allows for marriage to pre-pubescent girls, stipulating that
Islamic divorce procedures “shall apply to those who have not yet
menstruated” — Qur’an 65:4
Islamic law stipulates that a man’s prayer is annulled if a dog or a
woman passes in front of him as he is praying. “Narrated ‘Aisha: The
things which annul the prayers were mentioned before me. They said,
“Prayer is annulled by a dog, a donkey and a woman (if they pass in
front of the praying people).” I said, ‘You have made us (i.e. women)
dogs.’ I saw the Prophet praying while I used to lie in my bed between
him and the Qibla. Whenever I was in need of something, I would slip
away. for I disliked to face him.” — Sahih Bukhari 1.9.490
Another hadith depicts Muhammad saying that the majority of the inhabitants of hell are women:
“I looked into Paradise and I saw that the majority of its people
were the poor. And I looked into Hell and I saw that the majority of its
people are women.” — Sahih Bukhari 3241; Sahih Muslim 2737
When asked about this, he explained:
“I was shown Hell and I have never seen anything more
terrifying than it. And I saw that the majority of its people are
women.” They said, “Why, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “Because of
their ingratitude (kufr).” It was said, “Are they ungrateful to Allah?”
He said, “They are ungrateful to their companions (husbands) and
ungrateful for good treatment. If you are kind to one of them for a
lifetime then she sees one (undesirable) thing in you, she will say, ‘I
have never had anything good from you.’” — Sahih Bukhari 1052
And in another hadith:
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him) went out to the musalla (prayer place) on the day of Eid
al-Adha or Eid al-Fitr. He passed by the women and said, ‘O women! Give
charity, for I have seen that you form the majority of the people of
Hell.’ They asked, ‘Why is that, O Messenger of Allah?’ He replied, ‘You
curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen
anyone more deficient in intelligence and religious commitment than you.
A cautious sensible man could be led astray by some of you.’ The women
asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, what is deficient in our intelligence and
religious commitment?’ He said, ‘Is not the testimony of two women equal
to the testimony of one man?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘This is the
deficiency in her intelligence. Is it not true that a woman can neither
pray nor fast during her menses?’ The women said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘This
is the deficiency in her religious commitment.’” — Sahih Bukhari 304
Another statement attributed to Muhammad: “If a husband calls his
wife to his bed [i.e. to have sexual relation] and she refuses and
causes him to sleep in anger, the angels will curse her till morning.” —
Sahih Bukhari 4.54.460
“Human Rights Activist Explains Why Protecting Burqa Rights is Dangerous,” Sputnik News, October 26, 2018:
The UN Human Rights Committee has demanded that France
review its law banning the burqa, claiming that it violates human
rights. Christine Douglass Williams, a human rights activist and former
director of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, explained to Sputnik
why such demands pose a danger.Christine Williams said in an interview with Sputnik that the UN is
exceeding its mandate with demands that France’s burqa ban be lifted.
According to her, such laws have been adopted by over a dozen states,
not only Western ones, out of security concerns. She added that these
countries have the right to ignore the UN ruling if the ban is a matter
of national security.Williams also recalled that the burqa issue is of crucial concern
to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which withdrew
from the UN Declaration of Human Rights in 1990, creating its own human
rights declaration based on Sharia. She believes that the UN is playing
into the OIC’s hands by trying to repeal the burqa ban in France.“The OIC has made no secret of its interests
to impose its Shariah imperatives globally, which includes the
inferiority of women who must be covered in accordance with Quran 24:31
and 33:59. Five years ago, under Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the UNSC
openly encouraged the active contribution of the Organization
of Islamic Cooperation, so it is apparent now that the UNSC is doing OIC
bidding,” she said.The human rights activist admitted that drawing a line between one’s
religion and the laws of the country where a person lives is a challenge
for modern democracies. She noted that certain loopholes could be found
under the pretext of freedom of religion.“One must also take into consideration the
concept of ‘choice’ as a guideline. With specific regards to the burqa,
it is a common understanding that victims of abuse have little to no
choice. Abuse victims are stripped of free choice, movement, and
punished for ‘disobedience’ and perceived rebellion,” she said.She further questioned how the burqa could be a choice if its use is
mandatory in Islam and not wearing it is punishable by imprisonment,
lashings or even death. Williams noted that an “incalculable number
of women” have suffered abuse for their decision to stop wearing
full-body veils.“When migrating to democratic countries which
enshrine equality between genders, this norm is not necessarily
abandoned, particularly if impinging Muslim community pressure is
present. The funding of mosques throughout the West by the Saudis, and
now even by Turkey, enables the proliferation of Wahhabi/Salafi ideology
which mandates the covering of women,” she added.“Us” vs “Them” Narrative in Human Rights Struggle
Williams told Sputnik that the global struggle for human rights today
could be described as “dispiriting.” She explained that it’s plagued
with an “us-versus-them narrative,” where “us” are “Western white people
and Jews” and “them” are everyone else, including Muslims and blacks.“When one thinks of human rights, one should
simultaneously think of equality of value between races, genders and
equal rights to practice religious beliefs. The key word is ‘equal’, not
special privileges and supremacist entitlements that harm the whole.
Why are human rights violations tolerated from some like: female
inferiority, female genital mutilation, child brides, forced marriage,
murdering gays, persecuting religious minorities?” she wondered….“Many governments have cowered and prioritized
their own fear of being called ‘racist’, ‘Islamophobic’, and
‘xenophobic’ over the security and freedoms of their people,” she
concluded.