German judge: No divorce for Muslim woman because abuse is part of her culture

This is so fucked up on so many levels. A judge in Germany refused to give a woman who was being beaten by her husband a speedy divorce because Muslim women should be accustomed to abuse.

In January, the judge turned down the wife’s request for a speedy divorce, saying that the husband’s behavior was not an unreasonable hardship because they were both Moroccan. “In this cultural background,� she wrote, “it is not unusual that the husband uses physical punishment against the wife.�

Uh huh.
Thankfully, after the woman’s lawyer publicized the ruling, the judge was removed from the case. But damn that’s messed up.