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The leader of a Pakistani Islamic council has proposed a bill that allows husbands to "lightly beat" their wives as a form of discipline.
"A husband should be allowed to lightly beat his wife if she defies his commands and refuses to dress up as per his desires; turns down demand of intercourse without any religious excuse or does not take bath after intercourse or menstrual periods,"
It has suggested that a beating is also permissible if a woman does not observe Hijab; interacts with strangers; speaks loud enough that she can easily be heard by strangers; and provides monetary support to people without taking consent of her spouse.
Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) that advises the government on the compatibility of laws with Islam on Thursday declared a new law that criminalises violence against women to be “un-Islamic.”
originally posted by: primespickle
a reply to: slider1982
Why is it feminists responsibility to fix what is happening in Pakistan? Why can't men help? What exactly are white western men doing to help this situation, or any man for that matter, except merely commenting that it is happening.
We all fail here.
originally posted by: snowspirit
Yep. They're still residing in the 19th century.