The Islamic Emancipation of Women

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<i>Originally posted by SisterJennifer </i><b>He doesn't have that right to beat his wife, who told you that?! :confused: </b>

It's in the Qu'ran although there is some confusion about the arabic translation of the word and the context it is used. It could mean to leave/exit or to beat/strike. Some scholars say it means to beat the wife lightly :eek: so it does not leave a mark or not to srtike the face (this actually applies to discplining children) so the ambiguity of it leaves women open to abuse depending on interpretation. It's not difficult to find this subject matter.

<i>Originally posted by SisterJennifer </i><b></b>

The others here do a better job of explaining the 4 wives concept than I do.  I believe we have some threads about that here titled 'poligamy.'  I believe it's right here in this section, you might want to take a peek at that.

Who would want 4 wives anyway?

But seriously, there are other religions such as mormons who like to have a couple (at least !) of extra women handy. So I don't see this as a religious issue, a lot of societies have this trait where the man can have mutliple wives and it is nothing to do with religion. I see it as a male desire to spread the genes as it were. So it is a bit of a double standard there, no ?