Is there a difference between Qatar and Taliban?!

This is the islamic perversion muslim born (apostate?!) Mr X Barry Barakeh Hussain Dunham Obama Soetoro (or whatever) approves of!

Fly or flee Qatar islamofascism?

Not only is the Qatari dictator family responsible for the murdering and victimization of millions of mainly muslims abroad, it has also some of the world's worst Human Rights records at home.

Some examples of islamic Human Rights violations in Qatar

Discriminatory Family Code

Family law was codified in 2006 with the introduction of Sharia Family Law, which applies to all muslims in Qatar, regardless of nationality.

A male guardian must sign a woman's marriage contract for it to be valid. Muslim women do not have the right to marry outside islam, although muslim men are free to marry whomever.

Polygamy is legal in Qatar. It is not known how many women in Qatar actually live in polygamous marriages.

The legal status of women and men as parents in Qatar is unclear. According to a forthcoming report by UN Women, within Qatari families it is widely accepted that the husband is the head of the household, and that he retains control over the household budget and expenditures. Domestic work and childcare remain the responsibility of the wife. Qatari women only have the right to pass citizenship onto their children in certain, limited circumstances. However, there is no information available on what these circumstances are.

Men in Qatar have the right to divorce their wives unilaterally (repudiate), while women’s rights to divorce are heavily restricted. Women can obtain a divorce if they can prove to a court that their husband has failed to uphold his marital duties (e.g. by providing insufficient financial support, or by deserting her). 

 Alternatively, they can request the court to grant a khula divorce, although this entails renouncing all future financial support, and a woman giving up her dowry. In cases of divorce, under the 2006 Sharia Family Law mothers retain responsibility of girls up to the age of 15 and boys up to the age of 13, although the father always remains the children’s legal guardian.

Women do not have equal inheritance rights in Qatar, as inheritance is also governed by Sharia, which allows women to inherit half what a similarly situated male relative would receive (e.g. daughters receive half the amount that sons receive).

Restricted Physical Integrity

Rape within marriage is not recognized as a criminal offense. Data on conviction rates are unavailable, and few rape victims report the crime, due to fear of Sharia and social stigma. There are no specific laws in place to protect women from domestic violence. Amnesty International reports that the law and state bodies do not protect women from sex-based violence in Qatar.

Qatari courts often give lenient sentences in cases when male violence against women has been motivated by ‘immodest behavior’ on the part of the victim, according to the Freedom House report. There are no statistics available as to the number of so-called ‘honour crimes’ in Qatar.

The domestic workers who form the bulk of Qatar’s female migrant population have limited awareness of or access to rights and justice. This means that they are effectively without protection in cases where they are experiencing physical, sexual or mental abuse, or the denial of their right to freedom of movement; according to Amnesty International, such cases are common. Amnesty also reports that in 2009, 52 foreign nationals were imprisoned, sentenced to flogging, and/or deported from Qatar for engaging in ‘illicit sexual relations’.

Qatari women do not have any legal control over their own fertility. Moreover, Qatari women are encouraged by the state to have large families, to aid the policy of ‘Qatarization’, to counter the demographic imbalance in the emirate between Qatari and non-Qatari nationals. They also face pressure from their families to give birth to large numbers of children. In fact, rapetivism is one of the most central pillars in islam.

Son Bias

Sex-disaggregated data regarding child labour was not available. However, according to survey data quoted in an unpublished report for UN Women, 28% of respondents felt that daughters should undertake domestic work in the home, compared to just 4% who felt that sons should. This may indicate son bias in regard to allocating domestic labor.

Restricted Access to Resources and Entitlements

Although increasing numbers of Qatari women are entering the business sector, many businesswomen operate through male intermediaries. This is because women directly engaging with male business contacts often face criticism from family members.

Restricted Civil Liberties

Qatari women need permission to apply for a drivers licence. Islamic sex segregation restricts interactions between unrelated men and women, and limit women’s access to non-sex segregated public spaces. It is not considered socially acceptable for women to live alone in Qatar, and those who choose to do so face criticism from their families and harassment. Migrant women working as domestic workers in Qatar face significant restrictions on their freedom of movement, including their right to leave the country, as their employers must give their consent before exit permits can be issued to allow them to leave.

Freedom of speech, assembly and association are non-existing in Qatar. According to a forthcoming report by UN Women, despite the presence of the well-known media company Al-Jazeera in Qatar, very few women work in the media in the emirate. Overall, the media environment is restricted, with little consideration of sensitive social issues – including sex issues – in local media. According to a 2010 report by Freedom House, the 2004 law governing private associations is so restrictive that independent women’s rights NGOs remain non-existent. As a result, most women’s organizations are state-run.

Women are virtually invisible in political life in Qatar; no woman has ever been appointed to the Advisory Council (the main legislative body, directly appointed by the Emir). 

Attitudes towards women in positions of leadership remain negative among many sections of the population, with 62% of women and men questioned for a 2007 survey reporting that they would not vote for a female candidate.

There is a significant sex gap between women and men in regard to earnings. In part, this is due to employers consistently disregarding the principle of equal pay, particularly in regard to allocation of benefits and bonuses.

Muslim Qatari husbands have a considerable say over their wives’ employment decisions, particularly due to sex segregation where a woman’s presence in the public sphere may lead to social contact with unrelated males.

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