The Unholy Family

While the majority of society is concerned with “marriage for all” and “the changing shape of families”, the situation of women and children in Islamic society remains hidden. Women and children are subject to pressure in the family and are imprisoned. Dedicated sociologist Necla Kelek reveals these family taboos. She describes how it came to be that women became the prey of men and that children are abandoned to the patriarchy, but she also shows how even men are victims of these violent structures. She presents how our insistence on cultural difference and an ideologized politics prevents integration and lists what specifically must happen so that Muslim women and children can be strengthened in their legal rights. For democracy is measured according to the rights of the weak.