I was watching a Community episode on wedding, when I saw this tweet:
Memang tugas suami cari duit isteri habiskan duit. Suami jangan marah isteri besar jasanya. #UstAzharIdrus
— Ust Azhar Idrus(@ustazharidrus) May 11, 2012
There is much to be said about this account’s — which claims to tweet the real Azhar Idrus’s teachings — misogyny, but this rubs me wrong for another reason. I bet there are many women who are cheering for this tweet, and will hail this as proof that Azhar does not hate women.
One of his tweets before urged wives to beg forgiveness from their husbands every night before sleep. Husbands are the only ones that can absolve their faults, and without the man’s forgiveness, the wives will forever be in sin. If you were one of the women who got mad at this tweet before, perhaps it is wise to give some thoughts before cheering the recent tweet.
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