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March 01, 2005
Islamic Law
Yesterday morning, I found my tire had been slashed by the wife-beater who lives next door. He did it because I called the police on him for doing what he did. The wife was seen dancing in front of my car, celebrating his "victory" over me and proving once again that no good deed goes unpunished.
How do you help people who won't help themselves?
Covered in layers of flowing black fabric that extend to the tips of her gloved hands, Jenan al-Ubaedy knows her first priority as one of some 90 women who will sit in the national assembly: implementing Islamic law.
She is quick to tick off what sharia will mean for married women. "[The husband] can beat his wife but not in a forceful way, leaving no mark. If he should leave a mark, he will pay," she says of a system she supports. "He can beat her when she is not obeying him in his rights. We want her to be educated enough that she will not force him to beat her, and if he beats her with no right, we want her to be strong enough to go to the police."
Are these women so damaged by their religion that the best they can hope for is a world where the law provides guidelines on how much they can be beaten?
It would appear so.
Posted by LindaSoG at March 1, 2005 08:05 AM