an-Nisa: THE WOMEN

Further to IOPNA's bonus series, ISLAM IN OZ:

 Ladies, can we interest you in becoming a Muslim?...a real Muslim, that is…not a westerner.

Wait!  Don't you think it would be a good idea to check the fine print first?                          

Here is some of what the sacred book of Islam, the Koran or Qur'an, says about women:

Sura 4:3    "And if you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry those that please you of other women, two or three or four..."

            (as a wife you might have some competition)

What's the point of taking that photo?  Five hey!? 

Sura 4:11   "Allah instructs you concerning your children [inheritance] for the male, what is equal to the share of two females. But if there are only daughters, two or more, for them is two thirds of one's estate. And if there is only one, for her is half."

            (bad luck girls - your only worth half the boys' share)

 Sura 4:24   "And [also prohibited to you are all] married women except those your right hands possess...."

            (you might have to share your husband with slave girls too)

Sura 4:34    "...But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance - [first] advise them; [then if they persist] forsake them in bed; and [finally] strike them.

            (if you get a bit uppity - look out!)

Sura 2:282   "...And if there are not two men [available], then a man and two women from those whom you accept as witnesses - so that if one of them errs, then the other can remind her."

            (in court your witness is worth only half a man's witness because you're probably not reliable anyway)

Sura 2:223   "Your wives are a place of cultivation for you, so come to your place of cultivation however you wish and put forth for yourselves..."

            (you're fair game for your husband any way and any time he feels like it)

Sura 2:230   "And if he has divorced her [for the third time], then she is not lawful to him afterward until [after ]she marries a husband other than him. And if he [latter husband] divorces her, there is no blame upon them for returning to each other if they think that they can keep the limits of Allah..."

            (the only way to patch up after he's shouted divorce at you 3 times is for you to briefly marry and divorce some other guy)

Hello? Hello?...........................................are you still there?

(By the way, the authority of Shariah law is now recognised in Britain.)



Smiles all round - for the camera

 

NEXT: 'Our Aussie mosque' - click on:
http://hotspuds.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/our-aussie-mosque.html



Acknowledgements: 
Smith J, Ghossain R, worldsapart@cmtv.com.au 
Saheeh International, The Qur'an, Abulqasim Publishing House, 1997

Photo credits:
emmitsburg.net                       
demotix.com