Fury has erupted after a Muslim preacher from a London mosque told worshippers that under Sharia Law husbands should physically "discipline" their wives if they disobey them. Yasin Munye, an Islamic teacher at the Hackney Islamic Community Centre, said in a series of lectures published on the mosque's YouTube channel that men would "lightly" hit their wives to "show them who is in charge" if following Sharia Law.
The comments have now triggered scrutiny from the Charity Commission. Mr Munye was discussing what he described as "major sins", including a wife disobeying her husband, leaving the house without his permission or refusing him sex."
He said: "Advise her, and boycott her in bed, don't touch her in bed - and discipline them physically as well, by lightly hitting them to show them who is in charge."
Mr Munye went on to say that if a wife continued to refuse, a husband did not have to provide her with a home.
He added that a man with multiple wives could instead abandon the woman and stay with another wife "until she becomes obedient again".
The same lecture contained further controversial comments about homosexuality.
Mr Munye described gay sex as "one of the most evil acts" and "a crime", claiming that both participants would be executed under Sharia.
He said scholars differed over how such an execution should take place, with some advocating execution by sword and others saying homosexuals should be thrown from tall buildings before rocks were thrown at them.
In another lecture, mosque scholar Abu Sa'ad Muhammad Al-Iraqi appeared to criticise women for calling the police when their husbands assaulted them.
Mr Al-Iraqi said it was an "unfortunate reality" in Britain that women could call the police after being slapped by their husbands.
He said: "They know if you slap them once, they'll call the police for you. They don't fear Allah."
Resist comment. A message to all British women. This is where multiculturism is heading: the total subjugation of women. If you think this is an exaggeration, consider the article above. Also consider the consider the experience of women in Afghanisatan, Syria, Iran, and those under the rule of ISIS.