Islamic council proposes allowing men to 'lightly beat' their wives if they do not 'dress as he desires', refuse to have sex, or fail to take a bath after their period

The 20-member council is a constitutional body of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, but can only advise the government rather than make laws.
Its latest proposals come as part of its own women protection bill, after it rejected Punjab province's controversial Protection of Women against Violence Act, branding it un-Islamic.


It suggests that women can be beaten if they refuse to have sex without a religious excuse or fail to bathe after intercourse and periods.
Women should also be beaten for not wearing hijabs, or for speaking so loudly that strangers can hear them, it recommends.

Female nurses should be banned from taking care of male patients and there should be no-co-education after primary school, it suggests.

The bill advises that a woman must not interact with strangers and that abortion after 120 days should be declared murder.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...th-period.html

Disgusted that these men believe they can treat women this way. As if they're inferior or slaves

islam needs reform

Aren't you guys tired of posting **** that's been common knowledge for centuries? I mean everybody knows Islam encourages beating yo wife, so why yall keep Bringing up as if it's brand new information?

"Female nurses should be banned from taking care of male patients"
in other words, the council is scared that a woman is able to care for somebody no matter their sex/gender so sad.
I feel bad for women there. So disgusting how they're treated as inferiors

To think on one side of the world, a woman can run a country while on the other they can't even bare their legs without being punched by their husbands

so backwards

If I could, I would fly over there and slap the **** out of them, how can they have such a stupid and backwards ideology? It irks me that living in 2016 some people act and think this way, it's beyond me tbh.

what kind of mess...

it's crazy how in 2016 that way of thinking is still out there.. in a way that they're actually thinking about making it a law.

This is Islam. Most people in the West are living under a rock

''but its their culture'' my ass

Omg cis-straight males need to realise they dont own other human beings.

Looking forward to the day that all radically religious people are ejected from the face of the planet and sent to burn up in a solar flare.

Unlawful and unlikely to become otherwise (read the text that's not bolded). Pointless news.

DM back at it again with the right-wing propaganda. Lemme guess, more stories in favour of Leaving the EU?

Nice try fat.

More like men dont want their property(women) possibly being attracted to or touched by another man.

Men in these countries need a clue. This is why I hate religion, its all outdated misogynistic bs. Christianity is too just in a different less radical way

A council thats part of the constitutional body of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan proposing a bill saying men can beat their wives for refusing sex is propaganda? Why are these type of men with these beliefs allowed on the council. Whether it passes or not there's clearly a bunch of misogynists with power

Before I clicked on this thread, I had a feeling it would be Islam-related.

"Lightly beat"

Disgusting.