Domestic Violence and the Muslim Community

Domestic violence is a pattern of ongoing hurtful, manipulative, or controlling activities, including physical, sexual, financial, religious, psychological, emotional, and verbal abuse. Domestic violence is a taboo subject with disastrous consequences in the Islamic community. Domestic Violence is not a private matter. This misunderstanding has not only been perpetuated within certain communities, but it is also widely misunderstood in the Muslim community. It is a crime and shouldn't happen anywhere or to anyone and we have to talk about it. As we may know, domestic violence is not specific to a particular religious group; there are one in six women who have experienced physical or sexual violence from a current or former partner in their lifetime.