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https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2022/01/islamic-charity-advises-on-when-and-how-to-beat-women
The National Secular Society has reported an Islamic charity whose website condones violence against women to the regulator.
The NSS reported Utrujj Foundation to the Charity Commission after finding an article on its website that says that a man “has the permission to ‘strike'” his wife as part of “a process to salvage a marriage”.
The article, entitled “Can a man beat his wife in Islam?”, is written by Haytham Tamim, the “founder and main teacher” of Utrujj and one of the charity’s trustees. It says it is guidance for “the person in charge of the relationship [on] how to resolve issues when the relationship is going wrong”.
In a section entitled “When is it permissible”, the article says the “right to beat” wives is “part of a process” if a wife is “undermining her husband’s authority”.
In another section entitled “What constitutes a strike”, the article says daraba (striking) is connected to nushuz (arrogance). It says an example of nushuz is when “the wife is troublesome, causing issues” and the husband suspects she is “talking to someone behind his back or receiving someone in his home without his permission”.
It says the strike “must not leave a mark” and “must not be on the face”.
Elsewhere, it implies hitting one’s wife is “an act of loyalty and love”….
The National Secular Society has reported an Islamic charity whose website condones violence against women to the regulator.
The NSS reported Utrujj Foundation to the Charity Commission after finding an article on its website that says that a man “has the permission to ‘strike'” his wife as part of “a process to salvage a marriage”.
The article, entitled “Can a man beat his wife in Islam?”, is written by Haytham Tamim, the “founder and main teacher” of Utrujj and one of the charity’s trustees. It says it is guidance for “the person in charge of the relationship [on] how to resolve issues when the relationship is going wrong”.
In a section entitled “When is it permissible”, the article says the “right to beat” wives is “part of a process” if a wife is “undermining her husband’s authority”.
In another section entitled “What constitutes a strike”, the article says daraba (striking) is connected to nushuz (arrogance). It says an example of nushuz is when “the wife is troublesome, causing issues” and the husband suspects she is “talking to someone behind his back or receiving someone in his home without his permission”.
It says the strike “must not leave a mark” and “must not be on the face”.
Elsewhere, it implies hitting one’s wife is “an act of loyalty and love”….
