Monday, November 3, 2008

New FATWA: women will be able to beat their husbands ... but only in self-defense

Women in Egypt are now allowed to raise his hand against the men, but ... solely for self-defense. Relevant FATWA issued the world's largest Islamic University Al-Azhar University in Cairo. As the head of an ad hoc committee on Sheikh Abdel Hamid al-Atrash, "the wife could raise their hand for a man to defend themselves," news agency.

Appears today in the Egyptian press the message was a continuation of regulations promulgated in last weekend while in Saudi Arabia and Turkey. It justifies the violent actions of his wife, abused by her husband. "All are entitled to protection, whether male or female, because all are equal before God" - explained al-Atrash.

Moreover, as explained prominent Saudi religious leader Abdul-Muhsin al-Abakan, the representative of a weak sex have the right to use the same means of violence, which affected themselves.

Recall that the participants held in September in Moscow roundtable "Is it permissible in Islam assault against a woman?" There was no single answer to a question.

During the discussion, cited various reasons. For example, given the references to the Koran (Sura 4, AYAT 34), which reads: "Husbands are above their wives for what Allah has given an advantage over others and because they spend of their property. I honest woman -- reverent, remain a secret that keeps Allah. And those rebelliousness you fear, , and leave them on and them. And if they obey you, do not look for ways against them. "

British Leonid Syukiyaynen, in particular, believes that the practice of physical pressure on the disobedient wife was still in times - and therefore reflected in the Koran. "Zabitoe women in some countries was not due to Islam and the traditions and customs of local people. Moreover, women are always getting better, they receive more protection when Sharia law more strictly adhered to," - added the expert.

According to him, the medieval "Islamic" Domostroy "- a small book entitled translation from the Arabic" Ethics of well-behaved, "- says that a woman should be treated gently, graciously, but from time to time to show who the owner of the house." Tam says In particular, that if a woman feels wrong, we must exhort her lightly tap on the shoulder, saying: "The spirit of Shaitan, care of this body!", - Said Syukiyaynen.

A different perspective on the assault against the wife in Islam adheres to the chairman of Russian society ov Professor Tawfiq Ibrahim. According to him, the same word in Arabic has many meanings and can be translated as "beat" and a "turn" and how "to express discontent." Therefore, the professor did not rule out that approval of the admissibility of assault based on the "not quite correct translation of sacred texts.

"The Prophet Mohammed did not beat any of their wives or their servants. In so doing, he showed an example of poor men to the floor" - concluded one of the leading Russian experts on Islam.

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