{"id":1643,"date":"2009-01-23T00:14:09","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T14:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2009-01-23T00:14:09","modified_gmt":"2009-01-22T14:14:09","slug":"rape-and-a-slap-and-a-tickle-the-keys-to-a-successful-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1643","title":{"rendered":"Rape and a slap and a tickle : The Keys to a Successful Marriage?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I used to think that maybe the keys to a successful marriage were something like &#8216;commitment&#8217;, or &#8216;communication&#8217;, or &#8216;chocolate&#8217;. But Coburg mosque cleric Samir Abu Hamza apparently reckons that for married women it&#8217;s three strikes and you&#8217;re out. That is, after first having been advised (&#8220;for a long long time&#8221;), and then having been denied sex, if a married man believes that his wife is not showing due deference, he may then &#8220;beat&#8221; her in order to make her see things more clearly. As in &#8220;shape up woman&#8221;. Fortunately, a married man may not bruise or cause his wife to bleed by beating her, and the use of broomsticks is completely <em>out of the question<\/em>. Which is something, I guess. Oh yeah, and &#8212; like the laws in Victoria until 1985 &#8212; Samir maintains that there is no such thing as rape in marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, the cleric&#8217;s remarks &#8212; apparently made six years ago &#8212; have naturally caused <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/asia-pacific\/7843909.stm\">a furore<\/a>, just as those of Sheik Taj Aldin Alhilali on men, women, cats and meat did <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.news.com.au\/story\/0,20867,20646437-601,00.html\">three years ago<\/a>. However!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The President of the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV) Ramzi Elsayed said he had spoken with Mr Hamza about the lecture, titled The Keys to a Successful Marriage. &#8220;He told me he was speaking in a metaphorical sense,&#8221; Mr Elsayed said.  &#8220;In regards to hitting your wife, his position is that it has always been metaphorical &#8211; it&#8217;s not a whack, it&#8217;s not a slap, it&#8217;s a wake-up call.&#8221; ~ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.news.com.au\/story\/0,25197,24948501-12377,00.html\">Cleric&#8217;s lecture &#8216;taken out of context&#8217;<\/a>, AAP, <em>The Australian<\/em>, January 22, 2009<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On the other hand:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;the senior honorary legal adviser to the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils, Haset Seli, hit out at Mr Hamza, calling him a lunatic. &#8220;His lecture was absolutely ludicrous, unIslamic and highlighted the ignorance of the man,&#8221; Mr Seli said. He said anyone who thinks he can force his wife to have sex with him is a lunatic and certainly not a Muslim.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Bonus!<\/h2>\n<p>17 The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil.<br \/>\n18 And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart:<br \/>\n19 And any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman:<br \/>\n20 And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate him:<br \/>\n21 And any revenge, but the revenge of enemies.<br \/>\n22 There is no head worse than the head of a serpent:<br \/>\n23 And there is no anger above the anger of a woman. It will be more agreeable to abide with a lion and a dragon, than to dwell with a wicked woman.<br \/>\n24 The wickedness of a woman changeth her face: and she darkeneth her countenance as a bear: and showeth it like sackcloth. In the midst of her neighbours,<br \/>\n25 Her husband groaned, and hearing he sighed a little.<br \/>\n26 All malice is short to the malice of a woman, let the lot of sinners fall upon her.<br \/>\n27 As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a quiet man.<br \/>\n28 Look not upon a woman&#8217;s beauty, and desire not a woman for beauty.<br \/>\n29 A woman&#8217;s anger, and impudence, and confusion is great.<br \/>\n30 A woman, if she have superiority, is contrary to her husband.<br \/>\n31 A wicked woman abateth the courage, and maketh a heavy countenance, and a wounded heart.<br \/>\n32 Feeble hands, and disjointed knees, a woman that doth not make her husband happy.<br \/>\n33 From the woman came the beginning of sin, and by her we all die.<br \/>\n34 Give no issue to thy water, no, not a little: nor to a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad.<br \/>\n35 If she walk not at thy hand, she will confound thee in the sight of thy enemies.<br \/>\n36 Cut her off from thy flesh, lest she always abuse thee.<\/p>\n<p>~ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newadvent.org\/bible\/sir025.htm\">Sirach Chapter 25<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/QW68WLIEPX4&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I used to think that maybe the keys to a successful marriage were something like &#8216;commitment&#8217;, or &#8216;communication&#8217;, or &#8216;chocolate&#8217;. But Coburg mosque cleric Samir Abu Hamza apparently reckons that for married women it&#8217;s three strikes and you&#8217;re out. 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