14 April 2019

Muslim charities push links to sites defending marital rape

Muslim charities have been promoting links to websites that endorse marital rape and support the death penalty for gay people and apostates.

A community charity in Yorkshire, IslamBradford, linked to guidance that said a wife who refused a husband’s “legitimate sexual advances . . . would be committing a monstrous sin”.

The charity, which runs a mosque and a madrasah, also linked on its website to advice that justified the killing of apostates and criticised those who “bleat about personal freedom and freedom of belief”.

It is one of three charities cited in a dossier submitted to the Charity Commission by the National Secular Society, which campaigns for an end to advancement of religion as a charitable purpose. [The Times (£)] Read more