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Iranian Mullahs in sex trade Part 2
Does Quran permit sexist practice?
These sexist practices are justified by Quranic verses and other Islamic texts that proclaim women to be inferior sub-humans to be used and exploited at will by men, who are given permission to beat and control them as they would property and animals. For example, the Quranic verse or ayah 4:24 is held up as justification for mutah:
"Also [forbidden to you are] married women, except those whom you own as slaves. Such is the decree of God. All women other than these are lawful for you, provided you court them with your wealth in modest conduct, not in fornication. Give them their dowry for the enjoyment you have had of them as a duty; but it shall be no offense for you to make any other agreement among yourselves after you have fulfilled your duty. Surely God is all-knowing and wise."
Believers in a literal and eternal interpretation of the Quran seem to have only one place to go with this verse, which basically says that Muslim men can own sex slaves. Moreover, according to Islamic or Sharia law, a woman has no right to divorce, as only a man does, a right he may freely exercise in some Muslim areas merely by saying the word talaq—"I divorce you"—three times. A man can then proceed to marry another woman and another after that by doing the same thing.
One particular Quranic ayah 4:34 makes men superior to women and allows them to beat them says:
"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 from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and forsake them in beds apart, and beat them."
As concerns the guarding of "unseen parts," in some Muslim sects, a woman's entire body is considered awrah or "naked" and thus must be completely cloaked. In other words, a woman is wholly a sex organ. In other sects, a woman's hands and face may be exposed, but the rest of her is a "walking vagina" and must be covered up in loose-fitting clothes so that no man but her husband-owner may see her shape.
Additionally, there are many hadiths or commentaries on Prophet of Islam that disparage women and essentially allow for their subjugation and enslavement. In the Tabari [9:113] or History of the Prophets and Kings, written in the 10th century by a respected Islamic scholar and theologian, we read the following about women:
"Allah permits you to shut them in separate rooms and to beat them, but not severely. If they abstain, they have the right to food and clothing. Treat women well for they are like domestic animals and they possess nothing themselves. Allah has made the enjoyment of their bodies lawful in his Quran."
While it may be argued that a number of Western countries, including Muslim majority country like Bangladesh or Indonesia have legal, government-approved brothels, the fact is that forced prostitution is against laws of all these nations and are generally vigorously prosecuted wherever it is found. The victims of forced prostitution are not imprisoned and raped as they are in Iran and elsewhere, as part of the "religious" punishment according to Islamic or Sharia law. Nor is the sexploitation of women in the West justified by "sacred scriptures" or "religious traditions" of any sort.
Since I started writing serialized articles on rogue administration in Iran, a large number of people continued to contact me asking what can be done to stop such repression. They also asked why Quran has one-sidedly accorded every privilege to men, thus great ignoring the women.
I said overthrow of the mullahs and the defeat of their theocracy will liberate women from a system based on contempt and hatred for women. Moreover installation of democracy based on rule of law will rid Iran of the corruption and mafia-like control of the country. I also said it is time for Muslims to make a drastic reform in Islamic laws as well its attitude towards women.
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These sexist practices are justified by Quranic verses and other Islamic texts that proclaim women to be inferior sub-humans to be used and exploited at will by men, who are given permission to beat and control them as they would property and animals. For example, the Quranic verse or ayah 4:24 is held up as justification for mutah:
"Also [forbidden to you are] married women, except those whom you own as slaves. Such is the decree of God. All women other than these are lawful for you, provided you court them with your wealth in modest conduct, not in fornication. Give them their dowry for the enjoyment you have had of them as a duty; but it shall be no offense for you to make any other agreement among yourselves after you have fulfilled your duty. Surely God is all-knowing and wise."
Believers in a literal and eternal interpretation of the Quran seem to have only one place to go with this verse, which basically says that Muslim men can own sex slaves. Moreover, according to Islamic or Sharia law, a woman has no right to divorce, as only a man does, a right he may freely exercise in some Muslim areas merely by saying the word talaq—"I divorce you"—three times. A man can then proceed to marry another woman and another after that by doing the same thing.
One particular Quranic ayah 4:34 makes men superior to women and allows them to beat them says:
"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 from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and forsake them in beds apart, and beat them."
As concerns the guarding of "unseen parts," in some Muslim sects, a woman's entire body is considered awrah or "naked" and thus must be completely cloaked. In other words, a woman is wholly a sex organ. In other sects, a woman's hands and face may be exposed, but the rest of her is a "walking vagina" and must be covered up in loose-fitting clothes so that no man but her husband-owner may see her shape.
Additionally, there are many hadiths or commentaries on Prophet of Islam that disparage women and essentially allow for their subjugation and enslavement. In the Tabari [9:113] or History of the Prophets and Kings, written in the 10th century by a respected Islamic scholar and theologian, we read the following about women:
"Allah permits you to shut them in separate rooms and to beat them, but not severely. If they abstain, they have the right to food and clothing. Treat women well for they are like domestic animals and they possess nothing themselves. Allah has made the enjoyment of their bodies lawful in his Quran."
While it may be argued that a number of Western countries, including Muslim majority country like Bangladesh or Indonesia have legal, government-approved brothels, the fact is that forced prostitution is against laws of all these nations and are generally vigorously prosecuted wherever it is found. The victims of forced prostitution are not imprisoned and raped as they are in Iran and elsewhere, as part of the "religious" punishment according to Islamic or Sharia law. Nor is the sexploitation of women in the West justified by "sacred scriptures" or "religious traditions" of any sort.
Since I started writing serialized articles on rogue administration in Iran, a large number of people continued to contact me asking what can be done to stop such repression. They also asked why Quran has one-sidedly accorded every privilege to men, thus great ignoring the women.
I said overthrow of the mullahs and the defeat of their theocracy will liberate women from a system based on contempt and hatred for women. Moreover installation of democracy based on rule of law will rid Iran of the corruption and mafia-like control of the country. I also said it is time for Muslims to make a drastic reform in Islamic laws as well its attitude towards women.
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oh sorry all I can say is oh brother.. and this is what all these left wing nuts think we should have in America ...your input was good Iladvocayt. I am absorbing it ..
Yes I am completely opposed to this but this is not the only country or belief system that allows this to occur. That is why I believe there such be a global treaty (which was attempted several times) against the sexual exploitation of women and children and "sex tourism". I do know however the route exploitation of women is part of fundamentalist Islam as can be slavery (of people that are African) in some countries as well. I also agree that any group that supports these practices should be overthrown. Its not within good judgment for the United States to be militarily involved in all these countries but the countries themselves should be encouraged to take these efforts to overturn groups such as this and return the countries to a working democracy.
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