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  • German judge condemned for citing Quran

    03/22/2007 9:25:34 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 10 replies · 695+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/22/07 | Josh Ward - ap
    BERLIN - Politicians and Muslim leaders condemned a German judge Thursday for citing the Quran in her rejection of a Muslim woman's request for a quick divorce on grounds she was abused by her husband. Judge Christa Datz-Winter said in a recommendation earlier this year that both partners came from a "Moroccan cultural environment in which it is not uncommon for a man to exert a right of corporal punishment over his wife," according to the court. The woman is a German of Moroccan descent married to a Moroccan citizen. The judge argued that her case was not one of...