ERDOGAN DENOUNCES CRITIC OF SHARIA MISTREATMENT OF WOMEN: " NOBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO ACCUSE OUR RELIGION"
BY ROBERT SPENCER
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/03/erdogan-denounces-critic-of-sharia-mistreatment-of-women-nobody-has-the-right-to-accuse-our-religion; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
Nureddin Yıldız said: “Women should be grateful to God because God allowed men to beat women and be relaxed.”
This is a sarcastic reflection of what is actually stated in the Qur’an: “Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and beat them.” — Qur’an 4:34
Will Nureddin Yıldız be arrested for insulting Islam? It could easily happen in Erdogan’s rapidly re-Islamizing Turkey.
“Don’t stain women in the name of Islam: Erdoğan,” Hürriyet Daily News, March 9 2018:
The commandments of Islam can and will never change, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, amid criticism over his earlier comments on the necessity for an “update” of Islamic regulations.“It is wrong for some individuals, who have no relation to the realities of life, to utter some words and confuse people. Nobody has the right to accuse our religion,” Erdoğan said at an event in Ankara on March 9.He had criticized specific preachers on March 8, following Social Fabric Foundation head Nureddin Yıldız’s controversial comments about violence against women. “Women should be grateful to God because God allowed men to beat women and be relaxed,” Yıldız said on March 3 in a video posted online, stirring outrage….“We do not seek reform in religion, which is beyond our capability … Our holy Quran has and will always have words to say. Its commandments will never change. But the independent reasoning derived from them, the developed rules and their implementation will surely change according to the time, the conditions and the possibilities,” Erdoğan said.Erdoğan also reiterated his call for the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) to take a more active role in addressing the issue.“I do not have the authority to speak on such matters. But as a president, as a Muslim, and as a person who has responsibility, I cannot tolerate such discord brought to my religion,” he said.“We cannot ignore the stain and the shadow that such people’s random words about women and youths have brought to Islam. Nobody has the right to cause such confusion and caricature our religion as such,” he added.
