Council of Islamic Ideology Archives

#TryBeatingMeLightly: Pakistani Women’s Powerful Response To Bill That Allows Men To Beat Their Wives

Adam Ciminello June 2, 2016 Crimes Against Women

Women respond to the recent recommendation from the Council of Islamic Ideology to the Pakistani government that husbands should be allowed to ‘lightly beat’ their wives. Following an absurd law proposed to the Pakistani Government by the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) that men should be able to “lightly …

Report Says Violence Against Women In Pakistan ‘Rampant’ As Coalition Forms To Repeal Punjab Law Criminalizing Domestic Abuse

Rebecca Lawrence April 6, 2016 Crimes Against Women, International

A report published by the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on the treatment of women in Pakistan has revealed horrific widespread abuse. The group’s annual report details gang rapes, acid attacks, kidnapping, amputations, burnings and over a thousand “honor” crimes where women were killed for “domestic disputes, alleged illicit …