*[image: ?ui=2&view=att&th=126ce2b68de621e2&attid=0.1&disp=attd&realattid=ii_126ce2b68de621e2&zw] “Submit” to Husbands, Priest Tells UK Women* Sat. Feb. 13, 2010 http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1265890314968&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout#ixzz0fSDQRMqR
[image: Image] *“Wives are to submit to their husbands in everything in recognition of the fact that husbands are head of the family,” rector MacLeay said. (Google)* CAIRO – A Church of England priest has urged women to *“submit”* to their husbands, raising the ire of women as keeping with* “dark ages”*, reported the Guardian on Saturday, February 13. *“Wives are to submit to their husbands in everything in recognition of the fact that husbands are head of the family as Christ is head of the church,”*reads a leaflet issued by rector Angus MacLeay. *“This is the way God has ordered their relationships with each other and Christian marriage cannot function well without it.”* MacLeay, a member of the General Synod, also urged women to keep *“silent”*when asked questions that could be answered by their husbands. *“It would seem that women should remain silent … if questions could legitimately be answered by their husbands.”* The comments were backed by MacLeay’s curate, who blamed the behavior of*“modern” * women for the high divorce rate in Britain. - *The Status of Woman in Islam<http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?cid=1119503544308&pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar%2FFatwaE%2FFatwaEAskTheScholar> * - *Islamic Guidance on Treating Wives<http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?cid=1119503546482&pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar%2FFatwaE%2FFatwaEAskTheScholar> * *“We know marriage is not working. We only need to look at figures – one in four children have divorced parents,”* curate Mark Oden told worshippers on Sunday congregation. *“Wives, submit to your own husbands.”* Anger The comments drew ire of women parishioners, who described them as keeping with *“dark ages”.* *“How can they talk that way in the 21st century?”* a female parishioner said. *“No wonder the Church is losing touch if this is the kind of gobbledegook they want us to believe it.”* The parishioner vowed to shun the Church until it reconsiders its position. *“I will not be going back to that church and will have to seriously consider my faith if this is the nonsense they are spouting now.”* The Church of England preachers were also accused of having a *“medieval”*mentality. *"What kind of medieval sermon is that? We are not in the 15th Century?”*said another woman parishioner. *“I have already cancelled my direct debit to the church.”* But the Church of England preachers rejected the accusations. *“I am passionate about helping people to have healthy marriages,” *said Oden, a married father of three. *“I did not set out to unnecessarily offend people, but I stand by what God has said in his word, the Bible.”* MacLeay, the Church Vicar, also defended his position. *“There are times when the Bible challenges modern society,”* he said. *“It recognizes that women are fully equal to men, but it also recognizes that in certain areas of life they may have different roles.”* *“O Mankind, be conscious of your duty to your Lord, Who created you from a single soul, created of like Nature, his mate, and from the two created and Spread many men and women”*. [Quran 4:1] *Related Links:* - Family Life in Islam By Kurshid Ahmad<http://www.islam4all.com/newpage112.htm> - Williams Christianity Remarks Under Fire<http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout&cid=1216207855626> - UK Erases Religion: Bishop<http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout&cid=1265451415365> - Blasphemy Ruling Upsets UK Christians<http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout&cid=1203757695354> - "Religulous" Irks UK Believers<http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout&cid=1237705438592> - Radical Christians Penetrate Britain<http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout&cid=1209357689778> ++++++++++++++ [image: Click Here!]<http://ad.islamonline.net/iolbanner/servlet/click/zone?zid=129&cid=108&mid=7381&pid=0&default=false&random=82925247×tamp=20100215023748&test=false&referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.islamonline.net%2Fservlet%2FSatellite%3Fc%3DArticle_C%26cid%3D1265890314968%26pagename%3DZone-English-News%2FNWELayout&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.islamonline.net%2FEnglish%2FIn_Depth%2FArtCulture%2FReligion%2Findex.shtml> -- Nor can Goodness and Evil be equal. Repel (evil) with what is better; then the enmity between him and you will become as if it were your friend and intimate! Visit: sultan.org Subscribe: [email protected] Post to group: [email protected]
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