Mayor Khaled Jarrah of the Arab town of Jatt near Haifa “canceled a play about violence against women in the Arab sector on the same day that a 26-year-old mother of three was seriously injured in a shooting in Lod, reportedly in connection to the divorce process she was in.”

The reason for the cancellation was that the play, in Jarrah’s view, was “a rebellion against the traditional family roles and violates Islamic law.”

Domestic violence is a crime in Western cultures, but not in Islamic law, in which wife-beating and honor killings are permitted. Jarrah is correct in stating that the play “violates Islamic law.”

The inconvenient truth that the West avoids discussing is that to fully obey Islamic law, which far too many people do, is to accept various human rights abuses. 

“Anti-domestic violence play canceled for ‘violating’ Islamic tradition,” by Eliav Breuer, Jerusalem Post, February 6, 2022:

The mayor of the Arab town of Jatt near Haifa canceled a play about violence against women in the Arab sector on the same day that a 26-year-old mother of three was seriously injured in a shooting in Lod, reportedly in connection to the divorce process she was in.

The show in question, called “Voices” (“Kolot”), documents a collection of stories and situations from the lives of women, girls, and youth in romantic relationships, describing the cycle of violence they experience, which culminates in murder.

The mayor, Khaled Jarrah, argued that the show essentially calls for a rebellion against the traditional family roles and violates Islamic law.