i am shuddering, i am seething with anger

(and disbelief). i don't know how a MAN could do this to a woman, but to have a WOMAN DO IT TO ANOTHER WOMAN is something i just in a kazillion years would never understand.


in a divorce case in germany, the judge, christa datz-winter wouldn't give the wife a speedy divorce (the wife alleged her husband abused and beat her) because the koran said it was ok for a husband to beat a wife. yes, that is what this judge said. it's on record. i'm not making it up. it's 2007 and it's in germany.

the wife was born in germany of moroccan descent - i'm guessing the big steamin' abuser is moroccan

i've not read the koran and i don't know whether that is true or not and i personally don't care if it's true or not. it's NOT something i believe and it's not something i think is in any way shape or form right. if someone else thinks that it's ok to beat a woman (a wife in this case) well then i don't want them in my life. in ANY part of my life.

the wife appealed and was turned down. however, her lawyer started talking and whoop der it is! whoop der it is! datz-winter was REMOVED from this case. (isn't it a shame people aren't moral unless they HAVE to be. unless they are threatened with exposure?)

by the way, it seems like the muslim community in germany DISAGREED with the judge's ruling as well. i just wanted to say that too. my comments are NOT about islam, they are about people who think it is OK TO BEAT WOMEN. it's NOT ok to beat women. IT'S JUST NOT

German Judge Cites Koran, Stirring Up Cultural Storm

By MARK LANDLER
FRANKFURT, March 22 — A German judge has stirred a storm of protest by citing the Koran in turning down a German Muslim woman’s request for a speedy divorce on the ground that her husband beat her.
In a ruling that underlines the tension between Muslim customs and European laws, the judge, Christa Datz-Winter, noted that the couple came from a Moroccan cultural milieu, in which it is common for husbands to beat their wives. The Koran, she wrote in her decision, sanctions such physical abuse.....

.......The court in Frankfurt abruptly removed Judge Datz-Winter from the case on Wednesday, saying it could not justify her reasoning. The woman’s lawyer, Barbara Becker-Rojczyk, said she decided to publicize the ruling, which was issued in January, after the court refused her request for a new judge........