Kecam isteri ibarat pelacur
Oleh Matzidi Dris, Nazura Ngah, Faizatul Farhana Farush Khan dan Sani Kamarudzaman
2011/06/08
Kenyataan Dr Rohaya jatuh imej Islam, nafi hak wanita dalam perkahwinan
KUALA LUMPUR: Kenyataan Naib Presiden Kelab Isteri Taat, Dr Rohaya Mohamed yang mengingatkan golongan isteri supaya patuh dan melayan suami seperti `pelacur kelas pertama’ terus dikecam pelbagai pihak yang melihatnya sebagai cubaan menjatuhkan imej Islam dan menafikan hak wanita dalam perkahwinan.
Timbalan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Dr Mashitah Ibrahim yang melihat kenyataan itu sebagai usaha merendahkan martabat wanita Islam meminta Pendaftar Pertubuhan meneliti semula pendaftaran kelab berkenaan yang disifatkan menimbulkan rasa tidak senang wanita Islam.
'Serve husbands like first-class prostitutes'
By Rozanna Latiff
news@nst.com.my
The Malaysian branch of the club, launched here yesterday, was formed as an answer to social problems such as infidelity, prostitution, domestic violence and abandoned babies, which its members believed stemmed from a lack of belief in God and the failure of women to keep their husbands content.
OWC international vice-president Dr Rohaya Mohamed said women often forget their "wifely duties", including pleasuring their husbands in the bedroom.
"There is a perception in our society today that a wife's duties include being a good cook, cleaner and mother, but there is less emphasis on sexual matters. We are here to change that perception.
"A man married to a woman who is as good or better than a prostitute in bed has no reason to stray," she told reporters after the launch.
Rohaya said the club, currently open to women of all faiths and races, conducted seminars on how to be a good wife and provided individuals and couples with counselling sessions on sustaining their marriage.
It also offered training and sex advice to those who needed them.
"Women who fail to fulfil their husband's needs leave their marriage open to breakdowns. So many men now have girlfriends, mistresses and visit prostitutes.
"A man's appetite, which is greater than women's, cannot be denied. And rather than allowing him to sin, a woman must do all she can to ensure his desires are met."
The OWC's existence has sparked controversy among local women's groups such as Sisters in Islam who have charged the club with perpetuating a culture of women-blaming and male chauvinism.
In defence, Rohaya said the OWC's core beliefs were based on a desire to follow the teachings of Islam.
"We are not blaming women for prostitution or divorce, as we believe God-fearing men would never patronise brothels, or abuse their wives.
"Both sides must fulfil their duties."
Asked on the limits of a woman's loyalty to men who continued to cheat or shirked their duties as husbands, she said a woman should always remain faithful as God's fairness will ensure that she will be rewarded.
"A woman only has to fulfil four conditions to gain entry to heaven: conduct her daily prayers, fast during the holy month of Ramadan, protect her dignity and be obedient to her husband.
"Like Asiah, the wife of the pharaoh, who remained obedient to her husband throughout her life and who eventually went to heaven while he was punished."
The OWC already has 1,000 members worldwide, with 800 in Malaysia.
Founded by Global Ikhwan Sdn Bhd, an off-shoot of the now defunct Islamic religious movement Al-Arqam, OWC was first launched in Jordan on May 1 while a third branch will open in Jakarta, Indonesia on June 19.
The organisation also plans to open branches in Europe, including in London and Rome in the future.
Rohaya admitted that the club's practices and beliefs would find difficulty gaining support in Western countries but said she welcomed the criticism and controversy.
"Everyone has the freedom to voice their opinion as long as they keep their minds open to discussions and different ways of thinking," she said.
The OWC was launched yesterday along with a mass wedding ceremony, involving 10 couples.
Police and Jais monitoring group
KUALA LUMPUR: Global Ikhwan Sdn Bhd (GISB), which was founded by former members of deviant group Al-Arqam, is being monitored by authorities after they were found to have revived the sect's activities.
Sources from the police and the Selangor Religious Department when contacted yesterday confirmed that they were monitoring the company's activities and intelligence gathered showed that the group was still continuing with Al-Arqam's teachings.
"The group is being monitored by Jais' officers. From information gathered, the group is still active but operating under different names.
"We have found that the group is conducting its activities under the name of Rufaqa and Global Ikhwan, and is active in Petaling Jaya and Shah Alam," a Jais official said.
A source from Bukit Aman police also confirmed the group is continuing with its activities.
Women's groups criticise club's aims
PUTRAJAYA: Women groups and politicians have criticised the club formed to reform disobedient wives who are accused to be the root of social ills.
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said husbands and wives are independent agents responsible for their own actions and it was not the incapacity of women "to obey, serve and entertain" that led to the existence of social ills.
"To hinge fidelity, domestic violence and the fulfilment of a husband's responsibilities purely on a wife's capacity to be obedient, stimulate sexual arousal and prepare food is not only demeaning to wives, but to husbands as well."
While the aim to form clubs to improve oneself should not be discouraged, such a simplistic rationale as that promoted by Obedient Wives' Club was void of an accurate understanding of today's realities, where women are empowered individuals with hopes, dreams and aspirations of their own, she added.
Shahrizat was commenting on a report that Global Ikwan Sdn Bhd, an off-shoot of the banned Al-Arqam movement, had set up the club to help "improve" wives.
Puteri Umno chief Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin said domestic problems which subsequently led to social ills could not be blamed solely on women.
"There is no need to form such a club.
"It is better for Global Ikhwan to think up better measures to sort out domestic problems."
Sisters in Islam (SIS) considers the formation of the club to be another manifestation of "persistent women-blaming for divorces and sexual assault".
Its acting executive director, Ratna Osman, said research showed that domestic violence happened regardless of a woman's perceived behaviour.
"Abusive men often use women's behaviour as a sick justification but, in the end, their actions are their responsibility."
Ratna said that Prophet Muhammad was well known to have treated his wives well and even helped with housework, while the concept of nusyuz (disobedience) is used for both women and men in the Quran and, therefore, it cannot be assumed to actually mean a woman's disobedience to her husband, as is often the case in codified Muslim family laws.
All Women's Action Society said the suggestion that happy husbands would not abuse wives shows a "lack of understanding towards causes of violence".
Acting president Ho Yock Lin said the club made women sex objects and encouraged husbands to treat wives as sex slaves.
Isteri tak perlu kelab jaga suami
Oleh Nazura Ngah
nazura@bharian.com.my
2011/06/12
Ketaatan bukan hanya ditempat tidur: SalihKUALA LUMPUR: “Isteri tidak memerlukan mana-mana kelab untuk menunjukkan ketaatan mereka kepada suami kerana mentaati suami adalah perintah Allah semata-mata untuk mendapat keredaan-Nya,” kata pelawak dan pengacara, Salih Yaacob.Beliau yang baru kembali daripada bercuti di Beijing, selepas mengahwini isteri keempat, Samihah Sheikh Amy, 25, akhir bulan lalu, berkata isteri hanya diwajibkan untuk mentaati suami selagi suami tidak melanggar akidah, akhlak dan syariat Islam.Malah katanya, ketaatan kepada suami juga bukan hanya di tempat tidur semata-mata kerana nikmat kasih sayang dalam perkahwinan akan dirasai jika Allah reda dengan pasangan yang melaksanakan perintah-Nya.
“Walaupun isteri adalah hak mutlak suami, haram untuk suami mengadakan hubungan kelamin jika tidak mendapat keredaan daripada isteri kerana golongan Hawa dilahirkan bukan sekadar untuk menjadi tempat golongan Adam memuaskan nafsu mereka.
“Jika ada kelab yang ditubuhkan untuk mengawal tindak tanduk isteri, dibimbangi mereka yang menyertai kelab itu akan lebih mengikut peraturan dan garis panduan ditetapkan kelab berkenaan, sekali gus meminggirkan tuntutan al-Quran dan as-Sunnah,” katanya kepada Berita Minggu, semalam.
Beliau mengulas kenyataan Presiden Kelab Taat Suami cawangan Malaysia, Fauziah Ariffin yang mengakui memenuhi keperluan batin suaminya dengan berpakaian menarik dan seksi yang juga cara terbaik memberi layanan kepada suami.
Sebelum ini Naib Presiden Kelab Taat Suami, Dr Rohaya Mohamed mengingatkan isteri supaya melayan suami seperti `pelacur kelas pertama’ mendapat kecaman pelbagai pihak.
Salih yang mengecam kenyataan menyamakan isteri dengan pelacur berkata penubuhan Kelab Taat Suami dan kenyataan pemimpin kelab itu akan memberi persepsi negatif terhadap golongan yang mengamalkan poligami sepertinya, sekali gus mengundang tanggapan tidak baik masyarakat.
Beliau yang pernah ditawarkan untuk menyertai Persatuan Poligami iaitu persatuan yang difahamkan ada kaitan dengan Kelab Taat Suami berkata kehidupan berpoligami bersama empat isteri bukan berlandaskan kepada nafsu semata-mata sebaliknya kerana kehendak dan keizinan Allah untuk beliau berbuat demikian.
“Saya tidak mengambil sebarang ubat-ubatan atau makanan tambahan untuk menaikkan nafsu syahwat, sebaliknya nafsu saya timbul daripada hati dan niat yang bersih kerana Allah yang membenarkan dan memberikan modal untuk saya menyampaikan nafkah zahir dan batin, barulah isteri dapat mentaati Allah dan suami dengan akidah, iman dan keyakinan,” katanya.
Katanya, perkahwinan yang dibina bersama empat isteri terutama isteri yang baru dikahwininya tidak berlaku secara sengaja kerana ia bukan bermula atas dasar cinta sesama manusia tetapi kerana cinta mereka kepada Allah.
Polis siasat Kelab Taat Suami
PENDANG: Polis menyiasat dakwaan mengaitkan Kelab Taat Suami yang diwujudkan di kalangan isteri berpoligami, sama ada mempunyai kaitan dengan kumpulan al-Arqam dalam usaha meniupkan kembali ajaran kumpulan terbabit kepada rakyat di negara ini.
Menteri Dalam Negeri, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, berkata sehingga kini pihaknya belum menerima laporan penubuhan Kelab Taat Suami itu mampu menjejaskan keselamatan negara.
Katanya, sesiapa saja termasuk pertubuhan itu yang melanggar undang-undang, tidak akan terlepas daripada dikenakan tindakan.
“Saya terima laporan tetapi belum lihat ia (kelab Taat Suami) boleh jejaskan keselamatan negara.
“Jika kumpulan ini kita dapati melanggar udang-undang atau lebih serius lagi menjejaskan keselamatan negara, saya percaya polis tidak akan teragak-agak untuk mengambil tindakan.
“Saya juga minta kalau (Timbalan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri) Datuk Mashitah (Ibrahim) jika ada maklumat mengenai perkara ini supaya menyalurkan kepada kita,” katanya selepas merasmikan mesyuarat UMNO Bahagian Pendang di Kompleks Paya Mak Inson di sini, semalam.
Beliau berkata demikian mengulas laporan akhbar kelmarin yang meminta orang ramai memperhalusi asas penubuhan Kelab Taat Suami yang diwujudkan isteri berpoligami daripada Global Ikhwan yang dikaitkan dengan kumpulan al-Arqam.
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