Women's
groups have hit out at the Obedient Wives Club' for its "explicit sex
book" which called on a Muslim husband to have joint sex with all his
spouses.
Sisters in Islam (SIS) acting executive
director Ratna Osman called it a "cheap stunt" to get its name in the
local and international media spotlight.
She said the group failed to look at the
demands of society, which called for gender equality and progress in education.
"Apart from talking about a woman's
subjugation to her husband and how to give him the best sex, they do not have
anything concrete to contribute to society when we are facing many
problems,”"she said.
The 115-page book titled Seks Islam, Perangi
Yahudi untuk Kembalikan Seks Islam kepada Dunia (Islamic Sex, fighting Jews to
return Islamic sex to the world) had, among others, encouraged Muslim husbands
to have sex simultaneously with their wives.
The Obedient Wives Club was formed by Global
Ikhwan Sdn Bhd, an organisation founded by former members of the banned
Al-Arqam.
Ratna stressed that "nowhere in the Quran
does it talk about marriage as just about sex and serving the husband as a
master. It talks about love for one another, about kindness to each
other."
She questioned the source of the book, which
quoted research claiming that women only gave their husbands 10 per cent of
what they wanted from their wives' bodies.
Ratna said SIS research showed that 64.8 per
cent of first wives said they were not informed when their husbands took
another wife, thus leading to a feeling of betrayal and pain, and 53 per cent
of them cited an increase in domestic violence.
"How would OWC respond to this in their
mission to teach good sex? Will OWC's book help these women in their
problems?" Ratna asked.
All Women's Action Society programme manager
Betty Yeoh said "it takes two hands to clap" and that both spouses
must play their part in a marriage.
Empower executive director Maria Chin Abdullah
said the stand by Obedient Wives Club was "a slap in the face to
women".
"Women have contributed greatly to the
nation but they (OWC) have diminished us to being mere sex objects," she
said.
Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) executive
director Ivy Josiah said the book was a “tawdry way” by the club to raise its
profile.
However, she did not believe the book should
be banned as people were entitled to their own opinion.
The Islamic Development Department (Jakim)
said it would restrict the distribution of the book, which it viewed as
"shameful" and "nonsensical".
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom said they would investigate the contents of the
book.
Women, Family and Community Development
Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said the ministry believed that the
club and what it stood for had undermined the important gains made towards
gender equality in Malaysia.
"Should this publication be in
contravention of the law whether civil or syariah, then the law here will take
its course," she said.
Leaders of the club could not be reached for
comment.
Wong Pek Mei
The Star
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