Islam and domestic violence
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The relationship between Islam and domestic violence is disputed. Even among Muslims, the uses and interpretations of sharia, the moral code and religious law of Islam, lack consensus.
Conservative interpretations of Surah, An-Nisa, 34 in the Qur'an regarding marital relationships find that hitting a woman is allowed. Other interpretations of the verse claim the Surah does not support hitting a woman, but separating from her. Variations in interpretation are due to different schools of Islamic jurisprudence, histories and politics of religious institutions, conversions, reforms, and education.
Domestic violence among the Muslim community is considered a complicated humans right issue due to varying legal remedies for women by nation, the extent to which they have support or opportunities to divorce their husbands, cultural stigma to hide evidence of abuse, and inability to have abuse recognized by police or the judicial system.
See also
Islamic related articles
- AHA Foundation, non-profit for women's rights in western countries
- Gender roles in Islam
- Glossary of Islam
- Honor killing
- Islamic feminism
- Submission, a film by Theo van Gogh and Ayaan Hirsi Ali about Islam and domestic violence
- Peaceful Families Project, Muslim organization
- Taliban treatment of women
- Women and Islam
- Journal
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