Re: Women in West/Islam

[Popeyesays]

In a message dated 1/12/2005 7:44:01 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ok. But when it comes to interpreting equality of women in the Quran, I've noticed several Bahais not engage in the same kind of effort. Instead of saying how the Quran can be read on multiple levels they would rather have an insulting view of God, and believe that God endorsed wife-beating, and so then it becomes an excuse to get rid of Islam and replace it with something else. When if you didn't want to have an insulting view of God, another approach would be to point out that just as "seal" might mean something other than "last" in Arabic, that "daraba" can mean many other things besides "beat". It's even used in multiple ways in the Quran itself. the word "daraba" which some people translate as "beat" actually I mentioned the Aur'anic license to beat wives for a purpose, but it was not to demean Islam. The limitation on ill-treatment of wives was a geometric progression forthebenefit of women in the time of Muhammed. There were no such restrictions on husbands before Muhammed. All three of these translations seem to agree on the meaning of 'daraba'. As does Rodwell to the best of my recollection.   Regards,   Scott __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu