American Islamic spokesman defends wife-beating as a right on the basis of Islamic law

A Houston-born lecturer on Islam, Daniel Haqiqatjou, brazenly defends the right to wife-beating in Islam. Watch as he attempts to make an absurd moral equivalence on the basis of the fact that there are also penalties and consequences for breaking laws in democracies.

Beating one’s wife is a criminal act in the West because women are equals under the law, and they are protected from abuse; yet Haqiqatjou counsels the committal of this crime, which is based on Qur’an 4:34, without consequence. He should be investigated for defending spousal abuse.

In March 2020, the Muslim Student Association at York University in Toronto, Canada invited Haqiqathjou as a featured guest speaker for Islamic Awareness Week.  It should come as no surprise that Haqiqatjou is also antisemitic, as antisemitism is a feature of Islamic teachings. Opposition to his antisemitism resulted in the cancelation of his engagement at York University.

The Jewish Defence League (JDL) was first out of the gate, publicizing an email letter to York University president Rhonda Lenton that called on her to cancel the event while noting, “Jewish students on campus have been victims of anti-Semitism for far too long.”

Outcry from other Jewish groups also contributed to the event’s cancelation. But Haqiqatjou continues to defend Sharia. He also defends slavery, including sex slavery, under Sharia, and he saluted Brunei for implementing the Sharia stoning of gays.