A challenge about women and marriage in Islam

[Kayenneh]

A Swedish television investigative team called Uppdrag Granskning (Task [sic, it's actually Mission] Scrutiny) has been for a long time exposing corruption scandals, prostitution, oppressive Christian sects, and abuse of power by politicians, big business, and so on. It is one of the most popular and respected quality programmes. The latest was a sting operation against double standards of family counsellors, called imams or religious counsellors at mosques. All mosques receive funding from the state to help Muslims integrate with Swedish society.

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The first question was if a Muslim man could marry four wives simultaneously and nine out of 10 imams, Sunni and Shia, confirmed that they could. The second was if a man could demand sexual service from his wife even if she was not willing. The majority said yes. Under Swedish law, this constitutes rape. The third was if a Muslim woman whose husband beat her should inform the police. They were told not to. Such advice too was in conflict with Swedish law and practice.

Let's add to the list the pros for muslim women in marriage:

¤ Multiple wives*
¤ Rape**
¤ Domestic violence**

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*I don't have anything against polyamorous relationships, but somehow I think that the wife doesn't have a say in who the husband decides to marry, nor that she could chose to have multiple husbands.
**I'm well aware that rape and violence doesn't happen in all muslim marriages, but that religious leaders would give such shitty advice and go against the secular laws of the country is an abomination.

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