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"Gaza's most eminent spiritual guide has given an extraordinary interview on a TV show produced by the Palestinian Authority (PA), in which he explains that wife-beating can help bring couples together, so long as the wife "is not made ugly or her bones broken" as a result of the beating. Hassan Al-Laham, who is the Mufti of Gaza, made the comments in an interview broadcast on PA TV, which is broadcast across the Arab world."
it's good to know they must stop short of making her ugly. Gotta love those morals
I have yet to hear a Muslim woman give an interview in which she says she is ok with being beaten because its officially approved.
Would she survive if she said anything? Do women have the right to be interviewed and to say anything other than showing this to be a religion of LOVE......and still be able to live among the culture?
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It says in the Quran "not to beat your wife with anything more than a blade of grass" hm bamboo is classified as a grass and can grow 3 feet a day and reach a height of 80 feet!!!!
Would she survive if she said anything? Do women have the right to be interviewed and to say anything other than showing this to be a religion of LOVE......and still be able to live among the culture?
I seem to recall only one instance in which a Muslim/Middle Eastern woman wrote a book defending her faith (the title of the book or name of author escapes me). She talked about how she felt "safer" under the rules of her faith. Reminded of an interview I once heard with an American woman that had been physically abused by a violent husband -- she had chosen a man she knew to have violent tendencies because she believed he would protect her from other violent men. It completely escaped her that she had put herself in the lion's den.
Generally, it seems that in conservative Middle Eastern countries, womens' opinions aren't given intellectual respect, period. The religious rules affecting their gender take precedence over any personal abilities or accomplishments. I also recall reading about a Middle Eastern woman physician who couldn't leave the house without being accompanied by a male relative. I have to say tho, given what has been coming out in the media about behavior of men in conservative Middle Eastern countries (and now in Europe), I now understand why being accompanied in public is necessary.
Its sad when a society marginalizes half of its population. And that is about the most generous way to describe it -- abuse and oppression are probably more accurate descriptions of what happens to women in these societies.
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