Re: Muslim Women's condition
While there is abuse in other communities as well, I think the original poster wants to discuss why the muslim community, especially when such acts are discouraged specifically in our religion..
I think our culture has a lot to do with it, not our real religion. People pick and choose what is convenient for them and use religion to justify it...for example, praying namaz is fardh upon every muslim after a certain age but many of us don't really do that. However come time to marry 2nd wife, we argue that is is allowed so there's no issue there. Similarly, the extreme behavior you see in some people is because they picked some words here and there and decided to vent their anger/ego/shame and justify it. And unfortunately, our community is so uneducated when it comes to even basic Islamic teaching that we blindly accept what is done in the name of religion.
My 2 cents.