A couple of months before I finally told myself that I didn't believe in Allah or Muhammad, that I was lying to myself and that I wasn't really a Muslim, I didn't even want to be, I had a friend show me a video.
I could say this video was the turning point, that after I saw this I realized I didn't agree with Islam, with anything it said and I had to stop fooling myself.
This video had the prominent Islamic scholar, Dr. Zakir Naik, answering a woman's question about Islam allowing a man to beat his wife. I was horrified then, and I'm horrified every time I watch it.
Dr. Naik compares beating your wife to beating your five year old son. As if she was as naive or foolish as a five year old boy wanting to jump out from a window.
Is that the respect this man gives the women in his life? His wife is suppose to 'obey' him? Like she's his slave or property who must do what he tells her to? That she must be beaten if she breaks a rule? He somehow assumes that he is smarter than her, knows whats good for her better than her and hence she must listen to him, do what he says, or tolerate a beating. Keeping in mind in fact, that she has no right to correct him in a similar manner when he errs. Yes, Islam treats men and women equally, doesn't it?
Do you agree with him? Would you hit a woman, no matter what she did? Would you compare her to a naive 5 year old? Don't you think she has the right to do what she wants without worrying about a 'beating' from her loving husband? Comments below
Regards
I could say this video was the turning point, that after I saw this I realized I didn't agree with Islam, with anything it said and I had to stop fooling myself.
This video had the prominent Islamic scholar, Dr. Zakir Naik, answering a woman's question about Islam allowing a man to beat his wife. I was horrified then, and I'm horrified every time I watch it.
Dr. Naik compares beating your wife to beating your five year old son. As if she was as naive or foolish as a five year old boy wanting to jump out from a window.
Is that the respect this man gives the women in his life? His wife is suppose to 'obey' him? Like she's his slave or property who must do what he tells her to? That she must be beaten if she breaks a rule? He somehow assumes that he is smarter than her, knows whats good for her better than her and hence she must listen to him, do what he says, or tolerate a beating. Keeping in mind in fact, that she has no right to correct him in a similar manner when he errs. Yes, Islam treats men and women equally, doesn't it?
Do you agree with him? Would you hit a woman, no matter what she did? Would you compare her to a naive 5 year old? Don't you think she has the right to do what she wants without worrying about a 'beating' from her loving husband? Comments below
Regards
