Marisol, who presumably posts when Spencer is not around, blogged about a Muslim women’s shelter in Tulsa that she titled, Shelter helps abused women in Kabul? No. In Riyadh? No. Where? In Tulsa.
You can’t win with these Islamophobes. First they complain about the domestic violence in the Muslim world and how women have no recourse to shelters, and then they complain about the existence of such shelters arguing that they are indicative of inherent misogyny and violence in Islam and amongst Muslim males.
Marisol asks the question,
Why does such a relatively small population need a dedicated Muslim women’s shelter for domestic abuse?
The truth is about 15 women, most of whom have been Muslim (meaning not all) have been housed at the shelter since it opened. The Muslim population of Tulsa is estimated between 6,000 and 8,000.
Marisol then answers her own question by stating that Islam and the Quran are the problem. The fact is domestic violence is a problem every where in the world, and instead of mocking the opening of such centers to help abused women, Marisol and other JihadWatch cronies should be applauding these humanitarians, who inspired by the ethics of Islam are trying to confront and heal the very real problem of domestic abuse that exists in America.
As for Riyadh, if Marisol cared to look she would have noticed that there are centers for abused women such as this one, General Department for the Social Protection, and in Kabul, the acclaimed Women for Afghan Women.
The actual story:
Tulsa shelter helps abused Muslim women
By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer
Published: 8/15/2010 2:21 AM
Last Modified: 8/15/2010 5:22 AMShe was pencil-thin and so weak from mental and physical abuse, she needed help getting up stairs.
Her husband kept her under video surveillance 24 hours a day, a virtual prisoner in her own home, and once held a knife to her throat.
This Jordanian woman found refuge in the Surayya Anne Foundation home, Tulsa’s only Muslim women’s shelter. She is now separated from her husband, who remains in Tulsa, and is back with her family in Jordan.
Since it opened in May 2009, the modest, three-bedroom, two-bath apartment in south Tulsa has housed 15 women, most of them Muslims, and their 10 children, some for a few days, others for a few months.
Some sought shelter because they were being abused by their husbands. Most were single mothers out of work who were evicted from their apartments. One was just released from prison and needed a place to live while she adjusted to life on the outside.
Volunteers from the Tulsa Muslim community support the women by taking them shopping or to doctors appointments, preparing food or providing baby-sitting. Rent, utilities and food are provided.
“We don’t want a need to not be met,” said Melek Oyludag, executive director and co-founder of the shelter.
“If we don’t have the resources, we go find them.” She said the shelter works closely with other social services agencies to provide needed services.
The Surayya Anne Foundation was named for a Turkish woman who established a network of women’s shelters in Turkey.
From
2005 until 2007, Oyludag lived in Turkey, where she met that woman, and was inspired to do something similar in the United States.“She built a phenomenal program,” she said.
Oyludag said she and others who work with the women in the shelter are in a unique position to help them because they understand the differences between Islamic and Western cultures.
“We know how to be sensitive to these taboo areas,” she said. “Some of these women come from a culture that doesn’t talk about” domestic violence.
She said the shelter is a better place for Muslim women, because so many Christian-based shelters require church attendance or frown on Islam.
“We’re different,” she said. “We get to know them. It’s like we’re helping a family member.”
And the shelter is more conducive to Islamic prayer.
Tonie is in the shelter with her son because of her ongoing health problems.
“It’s like being back in a two-parent family,” she said, because two mothers help each other with the children, share chores and cook and eat together as one family.
Mary Al-Khaldi is house mother for the women. She lives in a nearby apartment and is available day and night to assist them. She also enforces a curfew, granting exceptions for such things as outside work and Ramadan evening prayers.
“It’s great to be able to assist these ladies,” she said.
Al-Khaldi said she was raised in a Pentecostal home in Oklahoma and converted to Islam 25 years ago. Her older brother abused her mother and was killed by her younger brother.
She married an Iraqi she described as a radical Muslim. “It took me 10 years to figure that out,” she said.
“When he struck me when I was with child, I left him, but I didn’t leave Islam.”
Board member Allison Moore said women in the shelter are required to work or go to school, unless they have just had a baby, and to set aside money in a savings account to help them get back on their feet when they leave the shelter.
She said the foundation is raising money to buy a four- to six-unit apartment complex that will enable it to expand its services to families in need, including husbands.
The current shelter operates on a $46,000 annual budget, most of it from the Tulsa Muslim community.
Original Print Headline: Foundation shelters women of faith
Marisol is a kook, along with Spencer. She is there to give the site a feminine touch.
You’re totally right. You can’t win with these loons. Nothing a Muslim does is good enough. If a Muslim does something evil, then that’s Islam. If a Muslim does something good, that’s taqiyya. Catch-22 for the Muslim.
Of course, honor killings and pouring acid on Muslims women’s faces, all committed by Muslim men in the name of Islam and honour are worthy feminist causes, right? We should have known that the abysmal treatment of Muslim women are only an aberration and not a true reflection of Muslims in general, right?
Just because a Muslim does something, doesn’t mean that it’s necessarily because of Islam. The sooner you realize this reality, the better.
You’re so dense. Is every act of domestic abuse committed in the West because of Christianity? Between 40-60% of women murdered in the United States are killed by their husbands or boyfriends. But let me guess… you don’t consider these murders honor killings.
This just in..
Go ahead and condemn this honour killing, Marty. The guy was shamed by his wife on Facebook and killed her. If that’s not an “honour killing”, then I don’t know what is. I expect Spencer to write a full-scale article about this monster.
On the other hand, he’s not a Muslim, so it doesn’t really matter, hm?
what is misogny?
Sexism
Literally hatred of women.
These Islamophobes will always find one way or another to debase Islam with whatever way they can, no matter how intellectually dishonest.
It’s misogyny and not “misogny” but then again, I somehow knew you couldn’t spell it. I wonder why?
i think it’s kinda low to attack spelling issues. people make mistakes.
but, i guess you’ve never made one. right, marty?
Of course, honor killings and pouring acid on Muslims women’s faces, all committed by Muslim men in the name of Islam and honour are worthy feminist causes, right?
Honour killings are not an Islamic invention, not encouraged by Islam but rather motivated by strict cultural or traditional thinking.
There is no sanctioning in Islam for honour killings. None. Show me in the Qur’an and Hadith where any kind of killing of family members for “honour”. Show me in the Qur’an and Hadith where honour is associated with killing.
In fact, islamophobic idiots haven’t heard of this:
“The believers who show the most perfect faith are those who have the best character and the best of you are those who are best to their wives” – Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) (Narrated by Al-Tirmithi).
Fun facts:
Islam gives women the following rights:
The right to live – Mohammed strictly forbade the pagan Arab practice of burying newborn girls out of shame that she would dishonour the family (What were we talking about a while ago?)
The right to education – “Seeking knowledge is obligatory for any Muslim and Muslimah” – Prophet Mohammed
The right to inheritance – I believe this right wasn’t even available in the west until recently.
The right to ownership – Under no circumstance may anyone take a woman’s money and belongings away from her.
The right of choosing a husband and keeping her maiden name – Thus, a woman can preserve her identity
The right of divorce
The right of engaging in trade – Mohammed’s first wife, Khadijah, was a successful businesswoman, and he never prevented her from doing so
And so on and so forth..
So is “the abysmal treatment of Muslim women are only an aberration and not a true reflection of Muslims in general”? By all means it is. Islamophobes have a too narrow horizon to realize so. One cannot deny that some people commit some nasty crimes against women, but it flies in the face of true Islamic teachings. But hey, why split hairs?
Ever heard of a typo Marty? But hey, leave it to the islamophobe to bitch about spelling and argue semantics.
I’ve heard of a typo (we’ve all done them!) but of all the words to have committed a typo, I found it interesting it was on THAT word. Ever heard of a Freudian slip?
Ever heard of “grasping at straws”?
It was a rhetorical question genius *facepalm*. Got anything else to say other than pointing out where others misspelled? Somehow I doubt that.
Trying to act smart when you actually aren’t. “Genius”.
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I made this point at jihadwatch when discussing the Haiti earthwake and the contributions of Muslims (typically immediately derided and debased by jwatchers)
Muslims help = evil Muslims
Muslims dont help = evil Muslims
I’m guessing they deleted your comment?