Saudi Doctor: "Husbands to blame for Saudi wives’ problems, Husbands are unfaithful and abusive"

Saudi Doctor: "Husbands to blame for Saudi wives’ problems, Husbands are unfaithful and abusive" (EM24/7).

Saudi husbands are to blame for nearly 95 per cent of their wives’ psychological problems by being unfaithful and abusive to them, according to a Saudi expert.

Dr Hanan Atallah, a well-known psychological guidance expert in the Gulf kingdom, said most married women who visit her clinics in Riyadh suffer from marital problems related to their husbands.

“The husband’s betrayal of his wife is the number one reason for her problems…the second reason is being abusive,” she said, quoted by ‘Sabq’ newspaper.

“The problem is that many of those women come to see me late…they tend to be patient and hope that their husbands will change.”

She said most of her visitors told her they fear divorce for the sake of their children and the fact that divorced women in “our society have no rights”.

"Sex Slave" workers in Saudi Arabia: 'We want to go home, enough ill-treatment'.

"Sex Slave" workers in Saudi Arabia: 'We want to go home, enough ill-treatment'. (AsiaNews).

Thousands of Bangladeshi migrant women who travelled to the Saudi kingdom in search of work now want to return to the country of origin because of continuing harassment they suffer.

Many of them have already returned and denounced the slave-like working conditions to which they were subjected by day as maids in the house, and that at night they were forced to satisfy the sexual desires of male employers and employees.

Bangladesh suspended the sending of women workers to Saudi Arabia for seven years, allowing only men to migrate. But last year the Dhaka authorities have signed an agreement that also provides for the migration of women. They are educated in the country of origin, where the government has opened 26 centers for the professional training of maids and servants. Then they leave for the Middle Eastern countries, where, however, many suffer threats and sexual abuse.

The agreement between the two governments is to send 120 thousand Bangladeshi women in the coming years. In 2015 there were 20,952 migrant workers, but many of them have already returned. Monira Akter (not her real name) is one of them and she told AsiaNews: "I followed the training course organized by the government to learn how to carry out domestic chores, but I could not do my job properly because my employer wanted to force me to have sex. " "I did not go there to sell my body – she complains - I emigrated to raise money for my family."

The woman says she knows five other workers who have suffered the same fate. Another victim of this exploitation reveals: "My master treated me badly, he did not allow me to call in Bangladesh and so I came back."

Abdul Aziz, a Saudi who recruits women in Bangladesh, admits: "We love the Bangladeshi workers because they are Muslim and wear the burka [the full veil that leaves only the eyes uncovered, ed]."

Rosaline Costa, Catholic activist, said: "It is not difficult to understand why women do not want to go to Saudi Arabia, when you consider the way they are exploited by employers: by day slaves in the house, sex slaves at night" .

The activist believes that the recently approved provision, to allow a male relative to accompany workers as a "guardian" is insufficient. “They have no way - he says – to help their relatives. People are helpless and without legal protection, since their passport and airline ticket are withdrawn and they do not know where to seek help if they have problems at night".

She concludes: "Given the recent news of exploitation, the relatives of the workers no longer want to allow their departure, if it means that almost all of them will be forced to be sex slaves for the employer and for his male employees."

Saudi Arabia - Female councilors get death threats for attending meetings with male counterparts

Saudi Arabia - Female councilors get death threats for attending meetings with male counterparts. (ArabNews).

Two women members of the Jeddah municipal council have received death threats on their phones because they insisted on sitting at the same table with men at a council meeting.

Lama Al-Suleiman and Rasha Hefzi had on Jan. 6 refused to sit behind an opaque glass partition and wanted to join the male councilors at a conference table. Some of the men had objected and they then sat at the back of the meeting room.

Council sources were quoted as saying that people making these threats are extremists and should not be tolerated. The women members have every right to attend meetings as equals with the men, they were quoted as saying by a local publication on Tuesday.

Ehab Al-Suleiman, a legal adviser, said the country’s security agencies have the ability to track down these individuals. They should be arrested and prosecuted for these threats.

He said there was no law barring women from sitting at the same table with men at council meetings. This was improper and unreasonable and a violation of their rights. Those men objecting to this should resign from their positions for violating the country’s royal decrees, he said.

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"Men Only" - Women excluded from meeting on curriculum for Islamic studies at Cambridge Muslim college.

"Men Only" - Women excluded from meeting on curriculum for Islamic studies at Cambridge Muslim college. (Orbala).

On May 2-3, 2015, a “diverse group of contemporary Muslim educators” held a meeting at Cambridge Muslim College to discuss a contemporary curriculum for the Islamic Sciences and the future of the madrasa, the Islamic institution of learning.

According to the individual who shared information and photos about this event on Facebook (and it’s been circulated widely now), “The goal of the meeting was to reflect on the curriculum of the traditional madrasa in light of the diverse contemporary educational experiences of the participants.”

According to the event’s website, “The participants each gave presentations on how the teaching of the Islamic sciences could be improved to respond to modern challenges.”

As happens with most initiatives like this, no women were present at the meeting.

Because what could women possibly have to say about education and learning? Or about Islam? Or about the current status or future of Islamic institutions? Or about modern challenges to the teaching of Islamic sciences?

I wouldn’t know anything about that; I’m just a woman with no opinion, no experience, no knowledge, no concerns regarding education, Islamic or otherwise but particularly about Islamic institutions.

Hmmmm......Obama: "Indeed, you know that the Koran teaches, 'Be it man or woman, each of you is equal to the other,'" Yeah sure.... Read the full story here.

Pakistan - Husband sets wife on fire for leaving house without permission.

Pakistan - Husband sets wife on fire for leaving house without permission. (ET).

A man and his father have been arrested in the latest so-called “honour killing” case after they set the son’s wife alight for leaving the house without asking his permission, police said on Sunday.

Muhammad Siddique became enraged on learning that his wife, Shabana Bibi, 25, had visited her sister without first asking him if she could go out, her brother Muhammad Azam said.

Siddique and his father then beat Bibi before dousing her with petrol and setting her on fire in Muzaffargarh district on Friday, Azam said.

Bibi had been married to Siddique for three years, during which time she had suffered repeated domestic abuse for the couple’s inability to have children, Azam said.

Suffering burns to 80% of her body, Bibi died of her injuries in hospital on Saturday.

“We have arrested the husband and father-in-law of the deceased woman and charged them for murder and terrorism,” district police chief Rai Zameer-ul-Haq told AFP. The charge of “terrorism” is regularly applied in such cases so as to expedite the legal process.

Hundreds of women are murdered by their relatives each year through domestic violence or on the grounds of defending family “honour”.

The Aurat Foundation, a campaign group that works to improve the lives of women, says more than 3,000 women have been killed in such attacks since 2008.

'The War on Women' - Egypt: 99% of Women Are Sexually Harassed.

'The War on Women' - Egypt: 99% of Women Are Sexually Harassed. (DS).

According to the survey released in April 2013 by The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women on sexual harassment, 99.3 percent of Egyptian women are sexually harassed in one way or the other, 96.5 percent of whom said that harassment was physical, and 95.5 experienced sexual harassment through verbally abusive language.

The distinction between physical and verbal abuse within the context of sexual harassment led to a wider and debatable definition of the term; is verbal slur considered a form of sexual harassment? If so, how about when a man sexually gazes at women, is that a form of harassment or a much milder type of provocation that is devoid from any sexual meaning?

According to Monica Ibrahim, Harassmap’s Communication Manager, an initiative intended to create an environment rejecting all kinds of sexual harassment, harassment is “any word or action which has any kind of sexual connotation and is provoking the space of the person being harassed without his/her consent”.

Ibrahim brought much emphasis on the term “consent” being the most important part of the definition, since it has to be expressed in any way known and without it, the action or word is considered as harassment.

Sexual harassment is no longer confined within the physical context of the act, especially among those who are young of age as reported in a study conducted by Harassmap.

Respondents aged 25-29 of both genders seemed to have a broader perception of what sexual harassment is than respondents aged 40-45. Among the younger group, 37.1 percent consider catcalls as one form of sexual harassment unlike the latter group with only 18.9 percent of them thinking the same.

Despite having a more concrete definition among those who are young of age, there’s no wide consensus on the reasons causing this phenomenon due to “the lack of studies before 25th Jan revolution,” as Ibrahim pointed out.

With societal acceptance of sexual harassment reaching critical levels, and public spaces being rendered as unsafe spaces for women of all ages, harassment is sometimes used as a tool to serve other goals.

This was obviously seen in mob assaults on female activists and protesters back in 2011 in order to prevent and scare them from participating in 25th Jan revolution. Read the full story here.

Women face violence all over 'Islamist' Turkey.

Women face violence all over 'Islamist' Turkey. (HD).

Women face violence in many fields across Turkey, but the type of harassment differs according to geographical regions, a new Family Ministry report has shown.

The study, which divides the country into 12 regions, showed that sexual violence is most prevalent in northeastern Anatolia, while physical violence is widespread in Central Anatolia.

The survey, which was not announced to the public, but submitted to a parliamentary commission that works on violence against women, also showed that the women in Istanbul are not much less victimized by physical violence compared to Central Anatolia. Some 36 percent of the women in Turkey's largest city have faced physical violence in their lifetime, and 8 percent have suffered from violence in the last 12 months, according to the survey.

The study was conducted by Hacettepe University and was finalized at the end of last year. It categorizes violence under “physical,” “sexual,” “emotional,” “economic” and “insistent harassment [stalking],” with a more detailed report of the figures to be released soon.

Some 43 percent of women in Central Anatolia, which is known as a conservative region, said they have faced physical violence at one point in their lives, followed by Western Anatolia at 42 percent, and 27 percent in the eastern Black Sea region.

Some 16 percent of women in northeast Anatolia were subject to sexual violence, and 8 percent were victimized in the last 12 months. Istanbul is above the national average in this category at 13 percent, while 10 percent of Western Black Sea and Central Anatolian women said they were subject to sexual violence.

Meanwhile, Western Anatolia is the peak of "emotional violence" at 54 percent, while the lowest proportion of women reporting this type of harassment is in the Eastern Marmara region at 35 percent.

our out of every 10 women face violence, according to Aylin Nazlıaka, an Ankara deputy of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), speaking during a press conference at parliament on Jan. 26. However, 89 percent of them do not apply to the authorities because they usually do not know what to do, Nazlıaka added.

She also criticized the government's recently unveiled family package promoting motherhood, saying it was an attempt to “put women into darkness.”

“The only thing they care about is having women give birth, like incubators,” Nazlıaka said.   Hmmm.....Seems the more 'pious' a region is the higher the number of violence towards women. ...Keep Turkey out of Europe, Europeans don't need their 'values'.

It almost seems the violence rose together with the number of voters of the AKP

Islamic terrorists ISIS orders female genital mutilation in Iraq.

Islamic terrorists ISIS orders female genital mutilation in Iraq.(AA).

The al-Qaeda-Inspired Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has ordered all girls and women in and around Iraq's northern city of Mosul to undergo female genital mutilation, the United Nations said on Thursday.

The "fatwa" issued by the Sunni Muslim fighters would potentially affect 4 million women and girls, U.N. resident and humanitarian coordinator in Iraq Jacqueline Badcock told reporters in Geneva by videolink from Arbil.

"This is something very new for Iraq, particularly in this area, and is of grave concern and does need to be addressed," she said.

"This is not the will of Iraqi people, or the women of Iraq in these vulnerable areas covered by the terrorists," she added.

No one was immediately available for comment from Islamic State which has led an offensive through northern and western Iraq.More from Guardian here.

Fatwa can be seen here 

This is a translation of the Fatwa:

For protecting our Islamic nation in Iraq and Syria, our land, and our people, we need to look after our women and their behavior while preventing them from the dreadful modern life they are surrounded with. Abu Baker Al-Baghdady:

A rule to all of the Islamic nations, regions, and districts is to protect women as our Khalifa says and prophet says while the mother Aatyia was circumcising a woman, the prophet said, “Don’t get disappointed, that is good for your husband, and your face”.

In another story, the prophet saw the mother Hajer, who had been known as odalisque’s mutilated woman, and asked her whether she still practice her job or not, the mother Hajer answered with yes. Then she asked the prophet whether it is Haram or not and he answered her with being Halal and he can teach her how to do it.

The prophet says, “it is brighter for the face, and luckier for the husband”. Meanwhile, the prophet says, “if you mutilate, do not exaggerate”.

Abu Harera gives another statement that the prophet says, “All Muslim women, accept circumcision but do not exaggerate on it”. Therefore, this is a call for all women to get mutilated. More on female genital mutilation here.

Update: Fatwa is false:

No, the Islamic State has not ordered all women to undergo FGM

35 percent of married Iranian men are sexually incompetent, divorced women are harmful for the society Iran's Dep Min of Youth Affairs

Damn......makes you wonder why?

35 percent of married Iranian men are sexually incompetent, divorced women are harmful for the society  Iran's Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs. (Taz).

Iran's Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Mahmoud Golzari said that nearly 35 percent of married Iranian men are sexually incompetent.

"Unfortunately 20-35 percent of marriages result in divorces," he said, Iran's ISNA News Agency reported on July 4.

He went on to note that divorced women are harmful for the society.
"The youth's interest in social networks like Facebook, high rate of HIV infections, sexual relations before marriage, and an increase in violence are among the other problems of the young generation," he said.

Golzari said some 24 million Iranians are aged 15-30, and the figure will rise in the country in 30 to 40 years.
In 2013, Golzari was quoted as saying that about 20 percent of marriages in Iran end in divorces. He said at the time that according to the official statistics, the number of divorces has increased by 35-40 percent in Tehran.

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Female protesters clash with Erdogan's 'Islamist' riot police on International Women's Day.

Female protesters clash with Erdogan's 'Islamist' riot police on International Women's Day.(TZ).

On March 8, International Women's Day was observed throughout Turkey with events such as organized walks, dances, and street theater. However, the day's notable incident was a confrontation between police and women involved in a protest march in İstanbul.

International Women's Day is held to celebrate the political, economic and social achievements of women throughout the world. Nevertheless, the march held on Saturday in İstanbul to protest violence against women was marked by a conflict between activists, consisting mostly of women, and the police.

Thousands of women marched from İstiklal street in Beyoğlu towards Taksim square, carrying banners and shouting slogans. However, the march was blocked by riot police who prevented their entrance into the square.The protests were broken up by riot police, but not before protesters had sprayed red ink at riot police's shields.

Women in the Avanos district of the Cappadocia region of Turkey demonstrated wearing shirts that read “My body, my choice,” “If there is no equality there is no love,” “Scream so that violence will be silenced” and “No to male sovereignty.” 

Some protesters carried a banner that said “Only this year, 1169 women were victims of honor killings.”

Studies show that the problem which most concerns women in Turkey is violence. Almost 40 percent of all women have been victims of domestic violence at least once in their lives. Honor killings and child marriages and other discriminating practices still need to be addressed.

Moreover, female illiteracy is still a grave problem in many parts of the country, with many girls being removed from school at an early age in spite of laws mandating education for all.

Speaking to Cihan News Agency about violence against women in Turkey, the Women's Rights Commission in Eskişehir stated that it was not possible to make progress unless those who hold political power stop using the language of violence. The group also asserted that “Women are becoming poorer because they either lose their jobs or are forced to work without social security, with the excuse of the current financial crises. The government's policies cause torment, rape, honor killings and poverty for women.”Read the full story here.