‘If Your Husbands Slap You And You Did Not Slap Him Back Before Informing Me, I Will Slap You’ – Emir Sanusi Tells His Daughters

The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has disclosed that he advises his daughters to stand up to domestic violence, urging them to return any slap they receive from their husbands.

Speaking at the National Dialogue Conference on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) prevention from an Islamic perspective, Sanusi revealed alarming statistics, noting that domestic violence cases account for 45 percent of cases in nine Shari’a Courts in Kano over the past five years.

The conference, themed ‘Islamic teachings and community collaboration for ending Gender-Based Violence,’ was organized by the Centre for Islamic Civilisation and Interfaith Dialogue (CICID), Bayero University Kano (BUK), in collaboration with the Development Research and Projects Centre (DRPC) and supported by the Ford Foundation.

The emir said, “You can take that verse and say that as a husband, I’ve been given this permission to beat my wife light. And nobody will deny that, nobody will say it is haram if you…