According to the consensus of this subreddit, women's historical oppression and violence against women is grossly over exaggerated and sometimes used against men. While I agree for the most part, there is so much hatred of women in islam. There are currently 1.8 Billion muslims in the world, and if there is a 50/50 split, 900 million of those are men. That means 900 million men have an extremely brutal view of women. There 3.9 billion men in the world, so atleast a quarter of them believe in beating, raping, killing women.

Domestic violence against women

Quran 4:34: Men are in charge of women1 by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard.2 But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance3 - [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand.

So hear it says if you FEAR arrogance (sometimes it's swapped with disobedience) beat them. Many islamic societies took this advise to heart and savagely beat their wives. The word used is nushuz which can mean disobedience. The strike, in Arabic is Idribuhunna which means to beat or to strike.

As said above, this gave muslim men free liberty to beat their wives, sometimes to the point of death.

"Al-Kasani added that the admonishment contains two steps: gentle admonishment and then harsh admonishment. [31] Al-Nasafi adds that if a wife dies during sex, the husband is not liable, Al-Nasafi interpreted this to be the position of Imam Abu Hanifah.[32] Ḥanafi Scholars used general qualifiers to describe the type of hitting a husband might undertake when disciplining his wife the hitting should be non-extreme (ghayr mubarrih) and that should not cause disfigurement.[32] Ibn al-Humam believed that a husband can whip his wife with only ten lashes.[32] However, al-Nasafi put the maximum limit at 100 lashes.[33] Al-Nasafi also ruled that if a wife dies from the beating the husband is not liable as long as he does not exceed 100 strikes. However, if he exceeds 100 lashes then he is considered to have crossed the limit of discipline into abuse and he would have to pay blood money (diya).[34] Ibn Nujaym and al-Haskafi also ruled that a husband cannot be punished with the death penalty if he kills his wife while disciplining her. He only owes blood money."

So to summarize, my husband can beat me to death and then only has to pay a small fine, because I'm his property according to islam, so killing me would be considered property damage, and not, you know...murder.

There are several other hadiths which support the brutal violence against wives.

Sahih Bukhari 7:72:715

Narrated 'Ikrima: Rifa'a divorced his wife whereupon 'AbdurRahman bin Az-Zubair Al-Qurazi married her. 'Aisha said that the lady (came), wearing a green veil (and complained to her (Aisha) of her husband and showed her a green spot on her skin caused by beating). It was the habit of ladies to support each other, so when Allah's Apostle came, 'Aisha said, "I have not seen any woman suffering as much as the believing women. Look! Her skin is greener than her clothes!" When 'AbdurRahman heard that his wife had gone to the Prophet, he came with his two sons from another wife. She said, "By Allah! I have done no wrong to him but he is impotent and is as useless to me as this," holding and showing the fringe of her garment, 'Abdur-Rahman said, "By Allah, O Allah's Apostle! She has told a lie! I am very strong and can satisfy her but she is disobedient and wants to go back to Rifa'a." Allah's Apostle said, to her, "If that is your intention, then know that it is unlawful for you to remarry Rifa'a unless Abdur-Rahman has had sexual intercourse with you." Then the Prophet saw two boys with 'Abdur-Rahman and asked (him), "Are these your sons?" On that 'AbdurRahman said, "Yes." The Prophet said, "You claim what you claim (i.e.. that he is impotent)? But by Allah, these boys resemble him as a crow resembles a crow,"

Here, a man has severely beaten his wife to the point of bruising her, and the prophet, instead of helping her, actually chastises her for speaking out against her abusive husband. I can only imagine the beatings she endured after mohammed gave his tacit approval for her to be beaten.

Mishkat Al-Masabih: Volume 2, page 692

Iyas b. Abdullah reported God's messenger as saying, "Do not beat God's handmaidens;" but when `Umar came to God's messenger and said, "The women have become emboldened towards their husbands," he gave licence to beat them. Then many women went round God's messenger's family complaining of their husbands, and he said, "Many women have gone around complaining of their husbands. Those are not the best among you." Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, and Darimi transmitted it.

So essentially, mohammed originally wanted men to not beat their wives, but then reversed it once the men complained that not beating their wives to a pulp everyday was too much of an inconvenience. I guess mens feelings are more important than women not being beaten half to death.

Sunan Ibn Majah 3:9:1985

It was narrated that Iyas bin 'Abdullah bin Abu Dhubab said: "The Prophet said: 'Do not beat the female slaves of Allah.' Then 'Umar came to the Prophet and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, the woman have become bold towards their husbands? So order the beating of them,' and they were beaten. Then many women went around to the family of Muhammad,. The next day he said: 'Last night seventy women came to the family of Muhammad, each woman complaining about her husband. You will not find that those are the best of you.' " (Sahih)

The fall out of the legalizing of domestic abuse was so massive that a massive number (in Arabic, seventy sometimes indicates a number too large to explain) of women complained and mohammed did nothing about it.

Sunan Ibn Majah 3:9:1986

It was narrated that Ash'ath bin Qais said: "I was a guest (at the home) of 'Umar one night, and in the middle of the night he went and hit his wife, and I separated them. When he went to bed he said to me: 'O Ash'ath, learn from me something that I heard from the Messenger of Allah" A man should not be asked why he beats his wife, and do not go to sleep until you have prayed the Witr."' And I forgot the third thing." (Hasan)

So basically, a man cannot be asked as to why he beat his wife. She is his property, he can do with her what he likes.

Islam also condones violently raping women, marrying girls as young as six years old, paying a son double the inheritance of a daughter, allowing a man to initiate divorce without anyones permission while a woman has to apply (which can than get rejected because most of the religious leaders are men who through despise women), and banning your wife from leaving the house.

Rape of women

According to islam, men are allowed to rape women if they are married to, or enslaved by them.

" As with enslaved females, according to Islamic law, married women are required to oblige their husbands sexual advances - raping one's slave or wife is permissible.[1] The concept of "rape" is thus deemed to be equally non-existent in the contexts of both marriage and slavery." ( Susila, Muh Endriyo (2013). "Islamic Perspective on Marital Rape" 20 (2). Jurnal Media Hukum, p.328.)

But a woman must prove that she is a rape victim with four male witnesses, which is difficult to do, since muslim men are notoriously misogynistic, and would probably testify against her. Otherwise she must get 8 female witnesses, (because in islam, women are regarded as subhuman/inferior) which is again impossible because muslim men ban their wives from leaving the house, can beat them if they go outside.

Qur’an 2:282

And bring to witness two witnesses from among your men. And if there are not two men [available], then a man and two women from those whom you accept as witnesses - so that if one of the women errs, then the other can remind her. And let not the witnesses refuse when they are called upon.

In the Quran 2:223, it says " Your wives are as a tilth unto you; so approach your tilth when or how ye will;" Firstly, women are referred to as dirt or filth here, and secondly, it says that their husbands can rape them whenever they feel like. And if you have any doubts that this is referring to rape, than the hadith should change your mind.

Sunan Abu Dawud 2159

. He began to do the same kind of action with her, but she disliked it, and said to him: We were approached on one side (i.e. lying on back); do it so, otherwise keep away from me. This matter of theirs spread widely, and it reached the Apostle of Allah. So Allah, the Exalted, sent down the Qur’anic verse: “Your wives are a tilth to you, so come to your tilth however you will,” i.e. from in front, from behind or lying on the back

So, here a woman dislikes sex in a certain, and mohammed tells him to rape her anyway.

Jami at-Tirmidhi 1160—Talq bin Ali narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: “When a man calls his wife to fulfill his need, then let her come, even if she is at the oven.”

Women's worthlessness in Islam

Islam views women as subhuman and inferior, which is why it prescribes so much harm and violence toward it. After all, if we are not considered human, than it makes sense that so many atrocities can be committed against us.

Sahih Bukhari 2747

He wished and fixed for the male double the amount inherited by the female, and for each parent a sixth (of the whole legacy) and for the wife an eighth or a fourth and for the husband a half or a fourth.

Women get half the inheritance of men, therefore we are worth 'half' of a man.

Sunan Ibn Majah, 3163

It was narrated that ‘Aishah said:
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to sacrifice two sheep for a boy’s ‘Aqiqah and one sheep for a girl.”

We are considered worth less than males, so a girl's birthday is celebrated less, if at all.

Quran (2:228) - "and the men are a degree above them [women]"

Women are inferior to men.

Quran (53:27) - "Those who believe not in the Hereafter, name the angels with female names."

Angels are sublime beings, and would therefore be male, because we women are inferior.

Volume 1, Book 6, Number 301:

Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:

Once Allah's Apostle went out to the Musalla (to offer the prayer) o 'Id-al-Adha or Al-Fitr prayer. Then he passed by the women and said, "O women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of Hell-fire were you (women)." They asked, "Why is it so, O Allah's Apostle ?" He replied, "You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than you. A cautious sensible man could be led astray by some of you." The women asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What is deficient in our intelligence and religion?" He said, "Is not the evidence of two women equal to the witness of one man?" They replied in the affirmative. He said, "This is the deficiency in her intelligence. Isn't it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast during her menses?" The women replied in the affirmative. He said, "This is the deficiency in her religion."

So, let's break this down, firstly, women are the majority of people going to hell, because we aren't grateful to our husbands (husbands that can beat and rape us, and take 3 other wives and sex slaves) and than mohammed calls us evil and mentally disabled. And he goes on to say that because we are mentally disabled, we cannot serve as one witness, there must be two of us, and that we are less religious than men because of our menstrual cycle. Seriously what the fuck?

Sahih al-Bukhari's hadith says "that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old."

A girl can be married as young as six.

So, to summarise, a girl as young as six can marry a man who will beat her, ban her from leaving the house, rape her, and if she will inherit anything, she will inherit less than her brother, and than will probably be stoned to death on a false accusation of adultery (Watch the movie, the Stoning of Soraya M, if you think I'm exaggerating) while her husband is free to marry three other women and have sex slaves.

Bonus:

'As for 'Ali he said: "Women are plentiful, and you can easily change one for another. Ask the slave girl, for she will tell you the truth." So the apostle called Burayra to ask her, and 'Ali got up and gave her a violent beating, saying, "Tell the apostle the truth," to which she replied, "I know only good of her. The only fault I have to find with 'A'isha is that when I am kneading dough and tell her to watch it she neglects it and falls asleep and the sheep (T. 'pet lamb') comes and eats it!

Ibn Ishaq (d. 768); Ibn Hisham (d. 833), A. Guillaume, ed, The Life of Muhammad [Sirat Rasul Allah], Oxford UP, p. 496, ISBN 0-19-636033-1, 1955
ابن إسحاق; ابن هشام, سيرة ابن هشام ت السقا, vol. 2, al-Maktabah al-Shamilah, p. 301

i.e that we women are plentiful, so muslim men can kill us without feeling remorse.