It seems that the singer Janet Jackson is regretting getting hitched to a wealthy Muslim and has decided to file for divorce. According to an entertainment page from the New York Post linked Page Six website, Janet Jackson has had a ‘marriage malfunction’
Page Six said:
Just months after giving birth to her first child at age 50, Janet Jackson has split with billionaire husband Wissam Al Mana.
While one source said the split is amicable and the couple will co-parent their son, others said trouble had been brewing for months.
“She thought he had become too controlling during the pregnancy and she had already allowed him to dictate her appearance and even the way she performed at concerts,” said the source, who works closely with the couple.
Other demands that the “Rhythm Nation” singer gave in to included toning down her 2014 concert tour and wearing clothing that covered her body, instead of the skin-revealing outfits fans had grown to love.
She also declined to do music videos that featured any bumping and grinding, trademarks of her work, the source said.
“It drove her crazy and she felt she was losing her fan base.”
Jackson also resented the reclusiveness of her husband, who rarely met with her friends or family, the source said.
Still, the couple hoped a baby would help.
They welcomed their son, Eissa Al Mana, on Jan. 3 after nearly five years of marriage. After much deliberation over whether to have a lavish wedding, Jackson gave in to Al Mana’s demands for a simple and private ceremony, sources said.
But Jackson was doing all the compromising — with little give from the younger Al Mana, 41.
Jackson even quietly made London her home after Al Mana insisted the family live according to strict Muslim custom, which included prohibiting the new mom from being seen in public while nursing the baby.
It seems to be the case that Ms Jackson who has previously been used to a life of freedom, chafed at the restrictions imposed on her by her Muslim husband and by the misogynistic ideology of Islam. It appears from the story above that Ms Jackson was expected to toe the line as Muslim wives are often forced to do, but Ms Jackson was having none of it and got out of this dodgy marriage and her control freak of a husband.
This case should be a lesson for non-Muslim women who are considering getting involved with Muslim men, especially Muslim men who are committed to Islam. If this marriage to a committed Muslim was problematical and nasty for a woman of such confidence and means as Ms Jackson, then how much worse must marriage to Muslim man be for women who are not so well resourced or as confident as Ms Jackson so obviously is? Islam is a highly misogynistic ideology and if a woman chooses to enter this culture and ideology via marriage or long term relationship with a Muslim man then they are also choosing the servitude and second class citizenship of a Muslim wife.
Ms Jackson can use her considerable resources and professional contacts to move on and rebuild her life. But, there are millions of Muslim women and thousands of non-Muslim women who get involved with Muslim men who are not so lucky and they find themselves trapped in servitude and treated as mere chattels by their husbands and his family.
