Germany: A Sick German Judge Cites Koran in Rejecting Divorce

The NY Times: FRANKFURT, March 22 — A German judge has stirred a storm of protest here by citing the Koran in turning down a German Muslim woman’s request for a fast-track divorce on the ground that her husband beat her.

In a remarkable ruling that underlines the tension between Muslim customs and European laws, the judge, Christa Datz-Winter, said that the couple came from a Moroccan cultural milieu, in which she said it was common for husbands to beat their wives. The Koran, she wrote, sanctions such physical abuse...

This is beyond sick. Can you imagine a German judge approving of wife battering just because a sick ideology deceptively wrapped in religion sanctions violence against women? What's happening to humanity? What if someone comes up with a religion that sanctions murdering people at random and it is clearly stated in their holy book? Would anyone in their right mind take this religion seriously or allow this to happen in their society? This case is emblematic of the stupidity in the Western world. No sane German, will applaud this "respecting other cultures" gone wild. The judge should be impeached. I'm so infuriated at this moment that I just need to go out and get some fresh air...