An imam who wrote a book on how to beat your wife without leaving marks on her body has been ordered by a judge in Spain to study the country's constitution.
The judge told Mohamed Kamal Mustafa, imam of a mosque in the southern resort of Fuengirola, to spend six months studying three articles of the constitution and the universal declaration of human rights.
Mr. Mustafa was sentenced to 15 months in jail and fined about $2,600 last year after being found guilty of inciting violence against women.
A judge released him after 22 days in jail on the condition that he undertake a re-education course. " More...
Does anyone still have doubts about Islam and the subjugation of women? What sort of religious leaders write books on how to beat women without leaving bodily bruises? Please educate us backward western infidels - we would sure like to understand this in the spirit of better understanding our divergent ideologies!
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— go to most recent comments1 - elsa
This is horrible, but come on. We have religious leaders - priests - who rape children.
2 - HR Jackson
How about a good guide on the proper
way to beat the sh*t out of an Imam?
A salaam alaykum, Brothers and sisters.
3 - WTF
Without leaving marks, or shaming his manhood.
4 - johnwstiles
What do you mean "aw, come on"? If someone comments in sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church is your response, "aw, come on Muslims beat their wives"?
5 - Chris Beaumont
But they aren't writing instruction manuals on how to do it....
6 - johnwstiles
How many Angels on the head of a pin. Evil is evil is evil.
7 - Chris Beaumont
Didn't mean to imply it's not wrong, or evil. It is. Just saying it's not built in to the religion.
8 - Jon
Okay, so let me get this straight. If I'm a liberal and I write a book on how to kill your children without getting caught, then all liberals think this way? I'm fairly sure that there are Muslims whom condone these "beat your wife" statements, just like liberals would condone a book about killing children (well I hope they would).
9 - RJ
condone = condemn?
10 - Jeff
(In)famous quotes from leaders of the Promise Keepers:
. . . sit down with your wife and say something like this, "Honey, I've made a terrible mistake. . . I gave up leading this family, and I forced you to take my place. Now I must reclaim that role.". . . I'm not suggesting you ask for your role back, I'm urging you to take it back . . . there can be no compromise here. If you're going to lead, you must lead . . . Treat the lady gently and lovingly. But lead!
Tony Evans
It's been too long that three percent of homosexuals control our moral majority.
Tony Evans
I want to boldly affirm Uncle Tom. The black community must stop criticizing Uncle Tom. He is a role model, who, when he was stepped on like a worm, at a point of crisis, evidenced the nature of the classic, model worm, Jesus.
Wellington Boone
The nation is plagued with "wrong conduct." Prisoners believed they could get away with it. Homosexuals believe they were born that way...
Ed Cole
I believe that slavery, and the understanding of it when you see it God's way, was redemptive.
Wellington Boone
Arrogantly demanding their rights, activist gays and lesbians have become a militant voice in American politics, influencing elections and affecting the policies of high government leaders. Their public demonstrations and political lobbying have fooled many in our country into believing that they deserve special status.
Bill Bright
The demise of our community and culture is the fault of sissified men who have been overly influenced by women.
Tony Evans
Blacks have had more than two centuries of training in being a slave of man. It can be added as a long-term qualification to prepare them to be a fine slave of God or to rule as a king.
Wellington Boone
You do know, don't you, that we're raising our children at a time when it's an effeminate society. It's not the proper climate. We need young boys that are launched to be men and that has to be imitated for them by a godly man.
Bill McCartney
The primary cause of this national crisis is the feminization of men.
Tony Evans
11 - steve
This is an Islamic problem. Why should I care if they beat their wives? Just as long as they are not doing that here in the states, I could really care less. If they DO find cases of abuse in America...then stick the infidels in prison
12 - Dave Nalle
I think that's the point, Steve. This Imam was writing his book in Spain, not in the middle east. He could just as easily have been doing it here.
Dave
13 - The Searcher
Have the Promise Keepers written any books on how to beat wives or gays?
14 - Z.Z. Bachman
What I find interesting is that we have not yet seen a post from someone who professes to be of the Islamic faith to help explain this practice in light of the Quran and their religion. I sincerely would like to understand the religious significance of it.
15 - Silas Kain
Have the Promise Keepers written any books on how to beat wives or gays?
No, they're too busy beating their children to stop them from becoming gay.
ZZ, I've been doing a lot of research into the development of the Qur'an and have come to learn that this book, just like the Bible, has been manipulated and misinterpreted many times over the generations. After the death of Mohammed(s.a.w.), there were many political struggles for control of the faith. Islam was a tool of politically corrupt individuals who wanted to homogenize the Arab world. In many ways, these Islamic leaders did in the Middle East what Charlemagne did for the Holy Roman Empire. In the end, it's always been about political power and mass crowd control.
16 - phil
In a society(Islamic) where , to one degree or another jihad is condoned, and innocent people can be murdered to guarantee a spot in heaven with so many prostitutes, it doesnt surprise me that women are totally suppressed and regularly beaten. For this reason alone i believe those threatened can and should defend and retaliate with no mercy. Half the world is populated by women who have no say and are beaten at will. It is our resposibility as a civilized society to intervene.
17 - Victor Lana
Having traveled in Arabic countries like Morocco, Egypt, Turkey and others, I can honestly say that the woman is subjugated. For example, whilst on a journey in Morocco (in a small group including one very pretty blonde girl) the males in our party were offered everything from camels to a beat-up Ford for her.
Does this mean the culture is evil? I don't think so, but the male perception of women is in need of a massive overhaul.
18 - Z.Z. Bachman
Thanks for the last three posts. Hence the book I selected to post along with this snipit. (Eric did suggest that I editorialize a bit more in my future posts which I will intend to do as I post from time to time. But this article I came across spured my thinking to see if we could get some real insight here from perhaps a religious cleric) It is true that for ages in the name of things "spiritual", man had found an excuse to subugate man. Mostly because we seem to be wired to dislike or fear "differences" of any kind since we are such a social creature and have a need to be accepted by a collecive group. (Many examples of this... I am a Republican, I am a Democrate, I an a Yankees fan etc etc.) I suppose there is a genetic element to this when you think about it. We depend on groups to survive.
How some groups can co-exist with other groups however for the greater good of both groups is also something man has learned. Lately this does not seem to be happening as much as it should (except maybe for the Jets and Giants getting together to build a football stadium in NJ. :)
Interestingly, early indications in Palestine seem to indicate Abbas Fatah party is more popular than Hamas... If this is so, it just underscores that given the choice, the majority of a people will choose peace and discourse over violence. The real hope is that moderate Islamic clerics and leaders will exert the courage to take down the evil forces hiding behind the Qur'an to create the kinds of backlashes we are witnessing around us.
19 - Victor Lana
Z.Z.,
The most rewarding discussions I had with Islamic/Arab people were when I was in Israel (they were students at Haifa University). This was back in 1981, and I felt a friendship and kinship for them. They were people like anyone else. That is why any cookie cutter designation of Islam or Arabs is false.
People are People!
Imagine no religion; it isn't hard to do/
Nothing to kill or die for/
And no religion too!
John Lennon was way ahead of his time and for all time!
20 - Matt
How about we kill every muslim and gentile, ship all the blacks back to africa, and slaughter all the murderers and mexicans, What would the world be like then? Don't forget about the wiggers. (White posing as black)
Maybe a little peace finally?
21 - Silas Kain
Oh no, the "w" word.
22 - phil
No man who is truly a Christian beats his wife. There certainly aren't Christian books being published on how to beat your wife and get away with it. It is sickening that people sympathize with these barbaric practices and say I am being politically incorrect...
23 - Silas Kain
Did you ever consider, phil, that it's only a small part of Islam that condones this kind of stuff? There are Christian sects out there that condone treating women like chattel. I don't think that we can or should issue a blanket indictment against all of Islam. The Moral Majority is Christian but not all Christians subscribe to them. Bin Laden is a Sunni Muslim which is a part of the Islamic world and not its whole. Shiite Muslims are pretty much hated. The mistake that we made in our foreign policy was to take the invasion of Afghanistan and invest dollars into the Bin Laden-led revolt. That gave the Sunnis leverage.
We failed to take into account that Khomenni and bin Laden were of the same Islamic sect. It's not like we haven't had testy relations with the Islamic world for a short period of time, Phil. We've been negotiating and playing with Islamics in the Arab world since Jefferson was President. Had we demanded a better educational system in this country, perhaps our kids could have learned about the 200 year relationship between America and the Middle East.
24 - phil
Silas I think think you are a total fool. Islam treats women, as a group, like slaves. I dont know one Christian doctrine that degrades women like is done rampantly in the Arab world. You always condescend like you are so smart but never give any valid facts to back up your accusations. What Christian group allow beatings of women. Further more I am sure there are many decent, good Islamic people, what we are talking about here are the religious zealots, who are turning their backs on their people who murder and beat innocent victims
25 - Silas Kain
Phil says: Silas I think think you are a total fool.
Thank you, Phil. There are times when I consider myself a bigger fool. Just look at my rantings on the Gay Marriage in Massachusetts thread. Oh well, some of us have a sense of humor.
I dont know one Christian doctrine that degrades women... You always condescend like you are so smart... What Christian group allow beatings of women...
Duh, let me tink. Oh, I never said a Christian group allows beating of women. What I said was that there are sects out there who treat women as chattel. The Roman Catholic Church, for one, does not allow female priests. Any Christian male who staunchly opposes abortion or at least the right to choose is biased against women, period. Scream all you want, folks, but when a man denies a woman the right to her own decisions, that's emotional totalitarianism. The role of women in Mormonism is another classic example of females being treated as chattel. Proof provided, next...
Further more I am sure there are many decent, good Islamic people, what we are talking about here are the religious zealots, who are turning their backs on their people who murder and beat innocent victims...
Gee, phil. Couldn't have said it better myself. Come to think of it I've said it dozens of times rght here on BC. I am an enemy of ANY fundamentalism, phil. I don't discriminate. Any doctrine which addresses humanity in black & white, is not doctrine, it's oppression.