Misoginia intrínseca do islão

Como tive oportunidade de afirmar recentemente neste espaço, o meu propósito principal, no plano da minha actividade no movimento pela defesa da cultura ocidental perante a ofensiva cultural islâmica, consiste em estabelecer relações claras entre as mais ignóbeis práticas muçulmanas e a doutrina islâmica ortodoxa, como decorre dos textos canónicos, o Alcorão e a Suná — composta pela Sirá, a biografia de Mafoma, e as ahadith (em português, hadices), os relatos dos ditos e feitos do profeta do islão. Um dos aspectos absolutamente inaceitáveis da civilização islâmica é a sua intrínseca, porque bem enraizada no Alcorão e na Suná, misoginia. Para nos adentrarmos nesta problemática, recorreremos a dois artigos recentemente publicados (aos quais cheguei via The Force of Reason) por pessoas que sabem do que falam, uma vez que foram educados no islão: Amil Imani e Ali Sina. O artigo de Sina aborda a questão dos crimes ditos de honra e de como são uma emanação da visão islâmica da mulher, mesmo que — e é da mais elementar honestidade afirmá-lo — a sua punição não seja expressamente prescrita no Alcorão nem na Suná. Note-se que, nesta análise, não incluímos na categoria de crime de ofensa à honra as práticas do adultério e da fornicação, as quais, como já vimos, são punidas, de acordo com a ortodoxia islâmica, com a lapidação. O artigo inicia-se com uma análise etimológica e semântica das palavras da língua árabe ligadas ao feminino, análise que põe em evidência o lugar subalterno, sub-humano mesmo, ocupado pela mulher na cultura islâmica.

«(...) Honor killing happens in all Islamic counties, and thanks to the immigration of Muslims it has now spread to Europe, America, Australia and also Canada. (...) To find an answer we must understand where the problem is originated. Honor killing is neither in the Quran nor in the hadith. However, it is the logical consequence of the Islamic misogyny and upbringing. Women in Islam are seen as sexual beings. Every part of their body is thought to be erotic. Every square inch of her, is sexual. She must cover from head to toe, because her entire body is perceived to be private parts. In Pakistan, women are called awra. Awra or aurat means the part of the body that has to be covered. Exposing the Awra is unlawful in Islam and is regarded as sin. Etymologically, the term Awra derives from the root "a-w-r" which means “defectiveness”, “imperfection”, “blemish” or “weakness” – however the most common English translation is “nakedness”. The Islamic regime of Iran calls women zaifeh. It’s the feminine for “weak.” This implies also mental weakness since according to Muhammad women are deficient in intelligence. This sums up the status of woman in Islam. You can’t be more explicit than this. In a society that women are seen as weak, defective, blemished and private part, any contact that they may have with men is deemed to be sexual and unlawful. Women in Muslim countries are segregated. From the very childhood boys and girls are kept apart. They don’t play with each other, don’t go to school with each other, don’t ride on the same bus, and don’t shake hand or have eye contact. Any contact with women can arouse the pious Muslim men sexually, which would not only cause him to sin, but also would dishonor her male relatives. The Quran (4:34) says men are in charge of women. The same verse also says “good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded.” The secret is their awra. Since in Islam the woman’s whole body is considered to be sexual, they must cover every part of their body and avoid contact with stranger men. Verse 24:31 says believing women must lower their gaze, be modest and they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty to strangers. In the west, one can shake hand with a woman, dance with her and even kiss her on the cheek, and none of that is considered to be sexual. But one must not touch her in her crotch. That is private part. A Muslim woman’s entire body is private part. So if you shake hand with her it is the same as touching her crotch. If she displays her hair, it is as exposing her pubic hair. Everything in her is sexual and private part. In Islam women are the namoos (ناموس) of their male relatives. Namoos can be roughly translated as honor, but with a sexual connotation. The namoos of a Muslim hinges on protecting his female kin from prying eyes. If a woman displays her beauty or talks to a stranger man, the namoos of all her male relatives is injured. The only way to redeem an injured namoos is to wash the stain with blood. Patriarchal societies produce men with devalued sense of self. Therefore, a Muslim man’s “honor,” depends almost entirely on how he can keep his female dependants under leash. Should he fail to do that he is shamed. He knows that everyone will be talking about him and laughing at him behind his back. He can restore his namoos by killing the woman that has been “defiled.” The Islamic society does not look down at such a man, but rather he is lionized as having ghairat (pride, sense of honor). The question is how to stop this insanity. Now that we know the root cause of this problem the answer is obvious. The problem is Islamic misogyny. We can’t expect more from a society that treats its women as deficient in intelligence, defective, weak and something to be covered. Where women are dehumanized and sexualized honor killing is the outcome. Honor killing is not the only problem affecting Islamic countries. Dictatorship, violence, terrorism, poverty, human rights abuses, and a host of other problems that are endemic in Muslim countries are all due to teachings of Islam. There is one obvious solution for all these problems, but it is politically incorrect to say it. The problem is Islam, and the solution is to get rid of it. This required telling the truth about this faith and criticizing it in the same way that Christianity and all other faiths have been criticized. However, while it is okay to criticize every other faith, criticizing Islam is taboo – in Europe, it is illegal. (...) Telling the truth is illegal. But only truth can set us free. Meanwhile, thousands of innocent girls like Medine, thousands of victims of terrorism, and thousands of victims of religious violence will meet their death every year in the hands of devout Muslims who just want to practice their faith, faithfully. Even these murderers are victims of a lie. There is no end to these senseless killings until Islam is criticized in the same way that other faiths have been criticized. Until then more lives will be lost.»

O artigo de Imani aborda a questão da mulher no islão a partir do Alcorão e das hadices.

«(...) Islam is a primitive barbaric ideology for the benefit of the male believer. Islam, by fiat, discriminates against women. Koran 4:11⁽¹⁾ “Allah directs you in regard of your Children’s (inheritance): to the male, a portion equal to that of two females…. These are settled portions ordained by Allah.” There are many many more “directives” that for all intents and purposes make women chattel of men. Here are some of the shameful rules and practices of Islamic misogyny. Tabari⁽²⁾ IX:113“Allah permits you to shut them in separate rooms and to beat them, but not severely. If they abstain, they have the right to food and clothing. Treat women well for they are like domestic animals and they possess nothing themselves. Allah has made the enjoyment of their bodies lawful in his Koran.” Tabari I:280 “Allah said, ‘It is My obligation to make Eve bleed once every month as she made this tree bleed. I must also make Eve stupid, although I created her intelligent.’ Because Allah afflicted Eve, all of the women of this world menstruate and are stupid.” In this case Allah is half right. Women do menstruate. But He is also wrong. Extensive studies by impartial psychologists provide unequivocal documentation of the fact that women are equal in intelligence to men. But don’t contradict Allah and his beloved unerring mouthpiece, Muhammad. Sadly enough, even many Muslim women prefer to be treated like “domestic animals” who “possess nothing themselves,” and are “stupid.” Thus, life goes on for the Muslim women with all the trappings of the Islamic misogyny. (...)»

Para ler mais sobre a mulher no islão, consulte a entrada dedicada a este assunto no WikiIslam. ⁽¹⁾ - Alcorão 4:11: «Deus vos prescreve acerca da herança de vossos filhos: dai ao varão a parte de duas filhas (...). Isto é uma prescrição de Deus, porque Ele é Sapiente, Prudentíssimo.» ⁽²⁾ - Tabari (d. 923) foi alcunhado pelo historiador E. Gibbon o «Tito Lívio dos Árabes». As suas ahadith são especialmente longas; não figuram, contudo, no grupo das consideradas autênticas (sahih ahadith) entre os sunitas.