MY HUSBAND, MY MASTER~Social ills caused by disobedient wives,say Obedient Wives Club.

PETALING JAYA: Obey, serve and entertain your husband - that's the KEY MESSAGE to WIVES by a club which focus on how to reduce social ills committed by husbands.The Obedient Wives Club, to be launched today,will provide tips to wives on ways to keep their husband contented. Its spokesman Siti Maznah Mohd Taufik said MANY SOCIAL ILLS were caused by disobedient wives who did not bring joy to their husbands. "Domestic abuse happens because wives don't obey their husband. He must be responsible for his wife's well-being but she must listen to him," she told The Star.

Siti Maznah, a 48-year-old mother of fivc, stressed that husbands would not visit prostitutes if wives gave them a satisfying sex life. "Wives should welcome them with sexy clothes and alluring smiles in the privacy of their homes," she said. On whether it was the wife's fault if she was abused, Siti Maznah replied: "Yes, most probably because she didn't listen to her husband." Global Ikhwan, an organisation founded by former members of the banned Al-Arqam Islamic group,is behind the formation of the club. It had also launched the Ikhwan Polygamy Club two years ago. Siti Maznah said she treated her husband's first wife like her elder sister.

"Altogether we have 16 children in our household. But my husband is a happy man, you can see it from his actions," she added. She said the Ikhwan Polygamy Club had over 1,000 members comprising husbands and wives. The average number of children per polygamous household ranged from four to 26. Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, in an immediate reaction, said she was saddened by the development, adding that it did not reflect the vast progress made by local Muslim womenfolk.

"Unfortunately even today,there are still many Muslim women who are ignorant of their rights or culturally inhibited to exercise their rights in full," she said. Sisters in Islam acting executive director Ratna Osman said Islam advocated marriages based on mutual cooperation and respect. "Abusive men often use women's behaviour as a sick justification but in the end, their actions are their responsibility," she said.