A preacher at a mosque consulted by police ahead of an Israeli football fan ban said that men can physically discipline their wives and that wives should not leave the house without permission from their husband.
During the sermon shortly before Christmas a preacher at Green Lane mosque in Birmingham said that husbands could resort to discipline as a “last resort” if wives were rebellious, and that men had a right to expect obedience.
Revealed: The letters that undermine police claims about Maccabi fan ban
A chief constable faces renewed calls to resign over the banning of Israeli football fans after letters from Dutch officials emerged, accusing him of talking “nonsense” over his justification for the ban.
Craig Guildford claimed West Midlands Police recommended banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from the match in Birmingham after receiving intelligence from Amsterdam about their behaviour at a previous game.
