Any man can be a cheater/user/wife basher

Submitted by Zainab (Australia), Jul 21, 2011 at 19:32

First of all, this article was posted to me by my Catholic mother in an effort to get me back to being like them. I have been muslim for 8 years, and It was a choice I made solely by myself, with no coercion what-so-ever.

I was married 11 years ago, to an Italian(born in Australia), Roman Catholic. He cheated on me, God knows how many times before I found out, was alcoholic, and was mentally, emotionally, and physically abusive.

I am not going to say that abuse doesn't happen in muslim marriages, but to say it is part of islamic culture is absolutely wrong, it is not.

Abuse happens all over the world, and affects all races and religions, It is a power thing, not a religious thing.

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