Egyptian Cleric ...: Islam Permits Wife Beating Only When She Refuses to Have Sex with Her Husband

Memri ^ | 2/4/2010

[markomalley]

Full title: Egyptian Cleric Sa'd Arafat: Islam Permits Wife Beating Only When She Refuses to Have Sex with Her Husband

[Billthedrill]

Dang liberals. Next thing you know he’ll be claiming she has to be over nine years old, too.

[MNDude]

I wonder what NOW thinks about this.

['smith]

What scum these people are. Islam is a virus and needs to be eradicated.

[molson209]

This guy should be beat about his head with his own shoe ,by his wives ,for being so stupid

[MNDude]

ssshhhhh! You want to get arrested?
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3025888/posts

[Pan_Yan]

Ninety percent of British women do not want to marry a weak man, who sits down and cries the moment there is a problem. They say: No, such a man looks more like a woman. We want a manly man.

Is this guy a FReeper?

[Daveinyork]

I’m so glad he clarified that.

[alstewartfan]

You know, under the time pressure of an interview, a mullah can’t think of EVERYTHING. I am certain that this kind “cleric” could have listed many more worthy reasons for savaging one’s wife *if only he had more time to think”! Bob

[alstewartfan]

You know, under the time pressure of an interview, a mullah can’t think of EVERYTHING. I am certain that this kind “cleric” could have listed many more worthy reasons for savaging one’s wife *if only he had more time to think*! Bob

[workerbee]

There is a beating etiquette. If he beats to discipline her, he must not raise his hand high. He must beat her from chest level. All these things honor the woman.

LOL, and all this time I thought Muslim men could just, you know, indiscriminantly beat women. Now that I know there's an etiquette in place, I'm greatly relieved.

[laweeks]

I wonder what NOW thinks about this.

I wonder what the cows on The View think about this. Karin Johnson (Whoopie Goldberg) is one of their biggest fans . . . always ready to excuse these beatings.

[xp38]

I guess to Whoopi these aren’t beating beatings

[Vendome]

If she refuses that ain’t sex. It’s rape....

[E. Pluribus Unum]

None dare call it rape.

[Pan_Yan]

I am certain that this kind “cleric” could have listed many more worthy reasons for savaging one’s wife *if only he had more time to think*!

When you say "savaging" I assume you mean "honoring" 'cause that's what the article calls it.

[Wyatt's Torch]

Who didn’t already know that? NOW siding with a misogynistic “religion” is absolutely hilarious (and sad).

[Shery]

After all, she told Harpo to beat Sophia. She must be in favour of it!

[Maceman]

I believe that Islamic societies are so brutal to their women that everyone born into the society develops PTSD, which is passed down to the next generation.

Imagine a child born into a family with a tyrannical father who routinely beats and rapes the mother (or at least believes that he may do that at will, even if he chooses not to), and who controls her every action. The mother (and the father) then groom the female children into this role of submission.

The sons repeatedly watch their mother and sisters being threatened, abused controlled and even murdered.

What are the odds that the children in such a family will grow up without severe pathologies (self loathing, misogyny, sociopathy, uncontrollable violent ragefullness and God knows what else)?

Now imagine a society in which such families are the norm and and held up by that society’s religious and legal authorities as desirable, virtuous role models.

There you have the Muslim society, in a nutshell — a generational cycle of mental derangement on a widespread scale viewed as normalcy.

P.S. Any Muslims offended by my analysis? Here’s a quarter — call Eric Holder.
P.P.S. Hey Eric Holder — EAT ME.

[353FMG]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Qpy0mXg8Y&feature=player_embedded