Ann
I tried to not read most of the posts here as to trying to give you as much an objective opinion as possible....
Couldn't help but notice some of them ... which were rather disturbing... I am not going to point them out for the sake of good manners....
firstly I'd like to apologize for how horrible this must be for you
secondly, I'd like to commend you on staying the course regardless of what a horrible example your husband may have given you of what men or Muslim men in general are like... I don't know his side of the story? ... but I believe very much your version as you perceive it to be true.
Thirdly, you are in m thoughts and prayers.....
Now, I think that only you truly in your heart know how to proceed from here, everyone can only give you a subjective view based on their life experience, upbringing, social, moral and religious principles that they hold dear and that varies from one to the next, as humanity itself is very different.. a few facts about men
They are as diverse and different as you and me, they use defense mechanisms whether Muslim, Jewish or Atheists, if they are prune to being less than stellar, wife batterer, or the other broad spectrum of things, they will be so regardless of creed. Bad behavior isn't endemic to a specific region or a particular religion. I think it would be very unfair to state that Muslim men or Arab men are such and such with assertion... I mean what is that based on? an epidemiological study? Some survey? scientifc data? or out of whim?... I have a brother, a father, a brother in law and someone whom I love very much who has passed away a couple of years ago, all of them as different as can be, all of them had incredible qualities, and some not so incredible ones.
Men come in different shapes and sizes and qualities, some are sensitive, some are firm, some are workholics, some are gentle, some are nonchlant, some poetic, some extremely religious, some complete losers, some are backbiters, but that is really no different from how women are like?...
I am reluctant to give you an advise otherwise on how to proceed. If you need a friend, then I am here for you to PM whenever you need to talk... But only you should/can decide for yourself what is the appropriate thing to do...
if you choose to reconcile that is all right
If you choose to move on and find life with a kinder, gentler human being, that is also all right ... believe me they are out there... I know there is a right person out there for you, whether that be with your husband after some counseling or therapy, and some mutual respect and understanding? or with someone else that God has in store for you, I don't know... But I do know that "mann Yathiq fi illah yaj3al laho mkhrajan" literally translates to he or she that trusts in God, God will find an escape. or a refuge....