‘Lightly beating’ wife permissible, says CII’s proposed women protection bill!!!

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Re: ‘Lightly beating’ wife permissible, says CII’s proposed women protection bill!!!

@Mostar95

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Islam & public policy
Was there something wrong with vacuum tubes of the early 20th century, floppy discs of 70s, video tapes in the Betamax format introduced in 1975, or a DX2 CPU of 1992?
No!Not when all this technology was created. The problem is that all this stuff is now obsolete.
Similarly what Maulana Sherani and the Council of Islamic Ideology is proposing on women status could be right 1450 years ago, but today in a civilized world it is no more valid, though it is completely in accordance with the teachings of Islam.
Now somebody would say that the Islam of Maulana Sherani is not the true Islam. Well, nobody has the authority to decide which Islam is the true one. And if you bring Islam in public life then you simply cannot pick and choose Islam of your choice.You will have to accept the full package. And full package is the Islam of the Barelvi,the Islam of Deobandi,the Islam of Ahle Hadis and the Islam of Shia, the Islam of the scholarly and the Islam of the mullah. As an example we see that textbooks for Shias and deduction of zakat in banks is not the same as for Sunnis.
And let me also flag that all the aforementioned brands of Islam derive their strength from the same Quran and Sunnah.
And now if you contend that teachings of Islam were for a particular era,this position would conflict with the concept of universality of Islam. Islam which came into existence 1450 years ago is for all times to come as we have been told.Hence,either Islam is for a particular period or it is universal.
Therefore, we can safely conclude that Islam is no more practicable in the modern world as we have become much more civilized. As an example even the most religious woman in Pakistan would not accept wife battering or sharing her husband with another,though Islam permits both. Interpretations of the Quran are in thousands and thousands more will appear yet it would remain as elusive as ever.
So let it be in the private domain of individuals as it cannot be modified and can never be enforced in public life. Or it will result in total chaos. By the way what is there in Islam which was not there in intellectual discourse before Islam and which is not there in conventional widom after Islam.
The only solution is to separate public life from private life and let the practice of Islam remain in the private domain of each individual.
In other words Islam has to have no role in public policy.
Waseem Altaf

This is what we need, sensible and enlightened discussion on Islam without getting too emotional, negative or defensive all the time. The writer raises a very valid point here. No ghairatmand woman in this day and age would accept sharing her husband with another woman or beating (however light!) by him, even though both ‘allowed’ in Islam. Some aspects are certainly not practicable in the 21st century such as I am not against capital punishment (for crimes such as murder and terrorism) but have similar reservations about the practice of beheading in this day and age.