Jihad Watch : This bizarre bid for the ever-coveted victimhood status is based on the proposition that Australia’s anti-terror laws are “Islamophobic,” you see, and thus make Muslim women distrustful of Australian authorities, to the extent that they will not hurry to them to turn in their Muslim husbands for domestic abuse.

This is absurd on several levels, not least because the Qur’an says, “Righteous women are therefore obedient, guarding the secret for Allah’s guarding. And those you fear may be rebellious admonish; banish them to their couches, and beat them.” (Qur’an 4:34).

In light of this divine sanction given to domestic violence, Muslim women all too often would face ostracism and alienation from their family and community if they dared to go to non-Muslim authorities to complain of domestic violence.

That’s the real reason why Muslim women don’t often report domestic violence, but it is unlikely to be mentioned in the Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights’ report, which is likely instead to cast about for non-Muslim scapegoats to explain this reluctance. And in fastening on Australia’s anti-terror laws as that scapegoat, it reveals its real agenda.

Imagine an Australia in which the anti-terror laws have been scrapped for being “Islamophobic” and making Muslim women feel vulnerable. Do you think that in that Australia, as the bombs explode and the jihad advances, that Muslim women, finally reassured, will be rushing to report domestic violence to Australian authorities before those authorities flee the collapsing country? “Muslim women ‘made more vulnerable to violence by anti-terrorism laws,'” Australian Associated Press, August 10, 2015: