It’s the controversial video seemingly giving the green light to domestic violence.

Produced by the Women of Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia, the radical Islamic political movement, the video says it’s OK if Muslim men hit their wives but only gently and not with fists, instead using short sticks and pieces of fabric, reported The Australian. One of the woman identifies herself as Sydney primary-school teacher Reem Allouche, while the other is Atika Latifi.

Shared on Facebook the two women can be seen discussing the issue saying that hitting a wife in a managed way with a twisted scarf for example is “symbolic” and “a beautiful blessing”.

The women were speaking to a group of 26 other women at an event in Sydney and told them that Muslim husbands are in a leadership position in ­marriage and “it goes hand in hand that he would have the right to undertake disciplinary ­measures”. “He is permitted — not obliged, not encouraged — but permitted, to hit her. That is what everyone is talking about. It should not cause pain. Not harsh.” The two female speakers stress it is symbolic and should be painless.

When discussing what kinds of acts should permit punishment the women list committing sin as one of them. “Yes. And disobedience to the husband. Immoral acts or cheating. Admitting anyone to the home that the husband doesn’t like.” “So if the husband comes home and doesn’t find that the wife has cooked ­dinner, that’s not one of those acts? “No, it’s not like a simple argument.”

“These are serious things that can break up the family unit.” They also said a wife who strayed from the teachings of the Koran may also need to be punished out of the husband’s love for her.

Section 61 of the NSW Crimes Act (1900) and similar legislation in all states says common assault is an offense in Australia, regardless of whether serious harm is done.

In the video the women say violence against women is often carried out in the heat of the moment where as in their examples it is in a measured, managed way. They also state that a Muslim wife is not given the option to hit her husband, or refuse sex, only to “ask one of the family members” for help in difficult times.

The Turnbull Government has slammed the video with Minister for Women Michaelia Cash saying those attitudes “had no place in modern Australia”. “Attempts to teach the next generation of young Australian Muslims that violence from a husband to a wife is acceptable is completely out of touch with community standards and should be condemned in the strongest possible terms,” Cash said in a statement. “Domestic violence is abuse – plain and simple. “It is not, ‘a beautiful blessing’ as the video describes it.” Cash said she was particularly troubled that one of female speakers was a primary school teacher. “There is one law that applies to all Australians,” she said. “The Turnbull Government will not tolerate lesser standards being applied to certain communities of Australian women. “Offensive attitudes like those in the video run counter to what we are trying to teach young Australians. “I condemn them in the strongest possible terms.”

Journalist and current Today Show host Ben Fordham has also spoken out about the video telling Muslim women to stand up against dangerous messages from “so-called leaders” who give the okay to domestic violence. “When you have people in positions of power spreading dangerous messages it is important to call them out,” he on the Today show. “It’s never OK to hit your wife. Never. That’s called assault.”