There is, of course, domestic violence in all cultures, but only in one does it have divine sanction.
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
Another hadith states: “Rifa`a divorced his wife whereupon `AbdurRahman bin Az-Zubair Al-Qurazi married her. `Aisha said that the lady (came), wearing a green veil (and complained to her (Aisha) of her husband and showed her a green spot on her skin caused by beating). It was the habit of ladies to support each other, so when Allah’s Messenger came, Aisha said, ‘I have not seen any woman suffering as much as the believing women. Look! Her skin is greener than her clothes!’” — Sahih Bukhari 7.77.5825
“Trial in Munich: Hammer attack on pregnant daughter-in-law,” translated from “Prozess in München: Hammer-Angriff auf schwangere Schwiegertochter,” by Andreas Bachner, Bild, September 27, 2023 (thanks to Medforth):
Munich – Because she became pregnant after an arranged marriage and did not want to have an abortion, she was supposed to die. There are terrible scenes from a family from Munich that the public prosecutor’s office formulates in its indictment!
Family tyrant Mohammed Y. (57) has been in the dock at the Munich I Regional Court since Tuesday on charges of attempted murder and attempted abortion.
The chef is said to have tried to smash his pregnant daughter-in-law’s head in with a hammer last year. But Ayla Y. (27, name changed) survived after an emergency operation, but she lost her unborn child.
In 2011, Ayla Y., who was only 15 years old at the time, was married to Mohammed Y.’s son. After the arranged marriage, she came to Munich from Afghanistan in 2015 and lived with her husband’s family. But there were tensions.
“The accused was extremely dissatisfied with his daughter-in-law, complained about her cooking skills and because she used too much electricity and water when washing and doing dishes,” said the public prosecutor.
In 2020, Ayla Y. gave birth to her first child. The grandson also bothered the tyrannical head of the family. “He was bothered when his grandson screamed,” the prosecution said. He accused his daughter-in-law of not calming the child down enough.
In 2022 the young woman became pregnant again. But instead of being happy about her second grandson, Mohammed Y. wanted to force her to have an abortion. According to the prosecution, Mohammed Y. decided “that she was not allowed to have another child.”
Ayla Y. refused and the head of the family went crazy. “I wanted to keep the child. He grabbed me by the hair, threw me to the ground, then hit me with the hammer,” the woman said in court, crying.
In order not to have to meet her father-in-law, she was questioned via video link.
According to the prosecution, her father-in-law hit her head 17 times with a metalworker’s hammer and hit her neck and upper body another 15 times. He is said to have said: “You have lost.” Then he dropped the hammer and called the police himself.
Ayla came to the clinic with open traumatic brain injury in danger of her life. Her jaw was also broken and she had 17 open wounds on her face. She was in the clinic for five months and subsequently suffered an abortion.
Mohammed Y. explained in court that his daughter-in-law had attacked him with a hammer. He took the tools from her, “I can’t remember what happened afterwards.”
The chef now faces up to 15 years in prison, and a verdict is expected at the end of October. His daughter-in-law is still scarred and severely traumatized to this day. She told the court: “Ever since I was in Munich, I have lived in fear.”