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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ayisha: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by vwwvv: [qb] Incidence of domestic violence among Muslims Domestic violence is considered by many to be a problem in Muslim-majority cultures.[24] The incidence in many Muslim-majority countries (where women hide their bruises and little is ever reported to authorities) is uncertain, but believed to be great by Muslim feminists. In some Muslim countries, such as Saudi Arabia,[25] reports indicate that domestic violence is quite widespread. One recent study, in Syria, found that 25% of the married women surveyed said that they had been beaten by their husbands.[26] One study found that half of Palestinian women have been the victims of domestic violence.[27] A WHO study in Babol found that within the previous year 15.0% of wives had been physically abused, 42.4% had been sexually abused and 81.5% had been psychologically abused (to various degrees) by their husbands, blaming low income, young age, unemployment and low education.[28] A 1987 study conducted by the Women's Division and another study by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan in 1996 suggested that domestic violence takes place in approximately 80 percent of the households in the country.[29][30][31] In Pakistan, domestic violence occurs in forms of beatings, sexual violence or torture, mutilation, acid attacks and burning the victim alive (bride burning).[32] According to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in 2002, over 90% of married women surveyed in that country reported being kicked, slapped, beaten or sexually abused when husbands were dissatisfied by their cooking or cleaning, when the women had ‘failed’ to bear a child or had given birth to a girl instead of a boy, or had an illicit affair.[33] The prevalence of domestic violence has been cited as a cause of high rates of suicide, mostly through self-immolation, among Kurdish women in Iran.[34] Availability of remedies for abused wives Prosecution for domestic violence According to Ahmad Shafaat, an Islamic scholar, "If the husband beats a wife without respecting the limits set down by the Qur'an and Hadith, then she can take him to court and if ruled in favor has the right to apply the law of retaliation and beat the husband as he beat her."[35] However, laws against domestic violence, as well as whether these laws are enforced, vary throughout the Muslim world. Domestic violence is not explicitly prohibited in Pakistani domestic law[36][37] and most acts of domestic violence are encompassed by the Qisas and Diyat Ordinance. Nahida Mahboob Elahi, a human rights lawyer, has said that new laws are needed to better protect women.[38] [b]The police and judges often tend to treat domestic violence as a non-justiciable, private or family matter[/b] or, an issue for civil courts, rather than criminal courts.[39] In Pakistan, "[b]police often refuse to register cases unless there are obvious signs of injury and judges sometimes seem to sympathise with the husbands."[/b][40] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_and_domestic_violence [/qb][/QUOTE]Incidence of domestic violence among Christians Few empirical studies have examined the relationship between religion and domestic violence.[4] Four major surveys of wife assault found no causal relationship between men raised in a "patriarchal system" and incidence of wife assault,[5], and faith groups endorsing hierarchical marital structures do not appear to report higher rates of interpersonal violence.[6] One 2004 study by William Bradford Wilcox examined the relationship between religious affiliation, church attendance, and domestic violence, using data on wives' reports of spousal violence from three national United States surveys conducted between 1992 and 1994.[4] The study found that the lowest reported rates of domestic violence occurred among active conservative Protestants (2.8% of husbands committed domestic violence), followed by those who were religiously unaffiliated (3.2%), nominal mainline Protestants (3.9%), active mainline Protestants (5.4%), and nominal conservative Protestants (7.2%).[4] Overall (including both nominal and active members), the rates among conservative Protestants and mainline Protestants were 4.8% and 4.3%, respectively.[4] Examining Wilcox's study, Van Leewun finds that the parenting style of conservative Protestant fathers is characterized by features which have been linked to positive outcomes among children and adolescents,[7] that there is no evidence that gender-traditionalist ideology of the "soft patriarchal" kind is a strong predictor of domestic physical abuse,[8] and that "gender hierarchialist males" who are frequent and active church members function positively in the domestic environment.[9] Another 2007 study by Christopher G. Ellison found that "religious involvement, specifically church attendance, protects against domestic violence, and this protective effect is stronger for African American men and women and for Hispanic men, groups that, for a variety of reasons, experience elevated risk for this type of violence."[10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_and_domestic_violence The Silent Epidemic Countless Christian women are battered every day. Here's how to respond if you or someone you love is abused. Her husband's comments were so routine that for 20 years, Brenda Branson didn't realize she was a victim of verbal and emotional abuse. "You breathe too loud," her husband would tell her. "Your smile is silly. You look terrible. Don't you have anything better to wear?" It wasn't until Brenda realized his comments weren't true that she approached him. And that's when he picked up a chair and hit her with it. Brenda knew she had to do something, so she went to her pastor. Unfortunately he wasn't equipped to handle domestic abuse; his suggestions about submitting to her husband only made her home life more difficult. [b]"Our church didn't know what to do with us," Brenda says. "They just wanted the problem to go away."[/b] Brenda got the help she needed by forming a support group with another domestic-violence victim. Then in 1995 she cofounded Focus Ministries, one of the few Christian organizations devoted to helping victims of domestic violence while also training churches on how they can assist members who are being abused. According to Detective Sgt. Don Stewart, a retired police officer who handled domestic violence cases for 25 years, [b]one out of every four Christian couples experiences at least one episode of physical abuse within their marriage. In fact, battering is the single largest cause of injury to women—more than auto accidents, muggings, and rapes combined.[/b]The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists reports that 3 to 4 million women are beaten in their homes every year. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, approximately 2,000 women are murdered every year by an intimate partner. http://www.kyria.com/topics/hottopics/womensissues/11.68.html Woman Submit! Christians & Domestic Violence The false doctrine of female subordination to male authority lies at the very root of domestic abuse and domestic violence among professing Christians. The premise is despotic and abusive in and of itself. Domestic Violence among Christians will never be eradicated until gender equality for Christian women is acknowledged and practically implemented. http://www.womansubmit.blogspot.com/ We decry the abuse of women in third world countries all in the name of religion. Yet the same degradation of women goes on in this country among many Christians, who verbally, physically, and financially abuse their wives. In addition, verbal and physical abuse of men is increasing rapidly. The shame is on our heads, because God gives Christians the tools to stamp out spouse abuse among us. http://www.gospelthemes.com/abuse.htm Survey on Spouse Abuse and Domestic Violence Among Christians http://gospelthemes.com/survey.htm Biblical Battered Wife Syndrome: Christian Women and Domestic Violence Escaping an abusive marriage is no easy task for many evangelical women, many of whom have pastors that say physical abuse is no reason for divorce. http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/124174/biblical_battered_wife_syndrome:_christian_women_and_domestic_violence_/ There's more if you want it, now bugger off. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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