Works for me..... On Feb 6, 5:30 am, Ohio mark <marsupialm...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > 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
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