Arab women in PLO-controlled areas endangered by Islam's acceptance of anti-female violence
The preacher of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and head of the Supreme Muslim Council Sheikh Ikrima Sabri recently issued a life-endangering religious ruling (fatwa) prohibiting Palestinian Muslim women from submitting complaints to the Israeli police over their husbands’ behavior.None of this means anything to awful Knesset members like Ayman Odeh, obviously and unfortunately, who'd rather attack the Israeli government than the very ideology leading to these repulsive behaviors.
Upon hearing this prohibition, the Mufti of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, confirmed his support for the ruling:
“It is better to leave the matter to the good people and reliable figures [in our society] in order to deal with the issue.” [Donia Al-Watan, independent Palestinian news agency, Aug. 3, 2019]
Palestinian women’s rights groups and others have repeatedly complained about violence against women in Palestinian society and have demanded that the PA enact laws to protect the women from domestic violence.
This ruling by two top Palestinian religious figures prohibiting Palestinian women from approaching Israeli police is indeed life endangering for some Palestinian women as it may remove a major deterrent against violence that women need for protection.
Labels: dhimmitude, islam, Israel, Israeli Arabs, misogyny, political corruption