12-01-2010, 08:16 PM
The question we are discussing is whether muslim husbands are permitted, under Islamic Law, to beat and rape their wives. We are NOT discussing whether Mohammad beat and raped his wives.
To summarize the opinions so far:
the scholar in the video wrote:
> The honoring of the wife in islam is also evident in the
> fact that the punishment of beatings is permissible in
> one case only: when she refuses to sleep with him. He
> should begin with admonishments and threats."
Wel_Mel_2 wrote:
> I have seen the video, and I really could not find
> anything taboo about it!
Muslimah wrote:
> I'm not qualified to judge scholars
So, the scholar and Wel_mel_2 clearly believe that there is nothing wrong with a muslim man beating and raping his wife, if she does not wish to have sex with him.
You seem to be contradicting yourself, Muslimah. On the one hand, you refuse to say that the scholar and Wel_Mel_2 are wrong. On the other hand, you seem to be arguing that, since Mohammad wasn't a wife beating rapist, it is clearly wrong for muslims like Wel_Mel_2 to be wife beating rapists.
So, which is it, Muslimah? Do you think Wel_Mel_2 and the scholar are right, or wrong, when they argue in favour of wife beating and rape???