An Egyptian Muslim cleric has instructed that husbands should not beat their wives to the point that their beauty is scarred or bones are broken, but that it should be clear that: "A word would be enough for any wife with lofty morals, but with you, words do not help."
The instruction comes from Egyptian Cleric Galal Al-Khatib, whose sermon was broadcast on All-Rahma Television on Dec. 24, 2008. It has been interpreted by MEMRI, the Middle East Media Research Institute, an independent nonprofit that provides translations of media reports from the Middle East and analysis of those reports. He explains there are three stages of discipline for wives under Islam: Admonishment, banishment and beating. "The Prophet Muhammad said that the beatings should be light, and that one should avoid the face, or the sensitive areas, which might lead to broken bones, or might leave a mark that would spoil her beauty, whether on her face or anywhere on her body," the cleric advises. Khatid explains that the husband first must understand what disobedience in a wife is. "Disobedience is to leave the house without the husband's permission, to refuse to obey the husband in bed, to speak to the husband impolitely, or to do the opposite of what he likes. All these are forms of disobedience," he said. "The first measure for reforming a disobedient wife is to admonish her. "Okay, if admonishing doesn't work, the next measure is 'banishment.' "Okay, he's tried admonishing, he's tried banishment – but nothing. Her emotions are numb, and she says: Good riddance. So what is the next measure? '...and beat them.' Beating," he said. http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=88088 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
