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I saw this on YouTube and thought it might be a hoax. But I confirmed its authenticity, via the Memri.org site.
Here's the transcript, from Memri.org:
Bahraini Cleric Abdullah Latif Aal Mahmoud on the Rules of Wife Beatings in Islam
The following are excerpts from a lecture by Bahraini cleric Abdullah Latif Aal Mahmoud. Bahrain TV aired this lecture on [J]une 20, 2005
Sheik Aal Mahmoud: If the husband wants to use beatings to treat his wife, he must never ever do it in front of the children. It must remain between him and her. It must be done according to the following conditions: He must not cause bleeding or bruise her body. He should avoid her face and other sensitive parts of her body. As we've said, the limitations on beating are: They must not cause bleeding, they should not break any bones, they should not be on the face, and they should not bruise her. If the husband violates these rules, he violates the rules of Allah. If she has been hurt, the husband is held liable for what he has done, because the woman is not his merchandise. He cannot do to her whatever he wants. Even if the wife forgives the husband, it does not mean Allah will do the same on Judgment Day.
There's your religion of peace. What kind of "religion" is this? Almost everybody in America thinks that all widely-followed religions are about peace and love and understanding. Islam does not appear to be like that. Islam is a religion in which they have official rules about how to beat your wife.
How can it be that the women's organizations of America don't speak up about such things?
You can't even take this cleric's pathetic word at face value. He says you can beat your wife all you want, as long as you don't bruise her. Riiiiiiiight.
Of course, in the Sharia law of the Koran, a woman's testimony in court is worth only one-half that of a man's, so the wife has no legal recourse anyway. Come to think of it, maybe that's why this cleric says that the beatings aren't to be done in front of any witnesses.
Maybe we should ask Representative Ellison what he has to say about this.
Since wife-beating is illegal in America, Islamists here must avoid some practices sanctioned by Islam, or break U.S. law. They must accept that in America the laws of Islam are replaced by the laws of the U.S.
What I want to know is, once they take all the oppressive political ideology out of Islam, and take the Sharia law out, and take out evil practices such as clerically-sanctioned wife-beating, what's going to be left for the reformed Islamists to practice?
I've never yet heard any imam preaching anything publicly except for violence, death and murder. If anyone has seen any video of any imam publicly preaching something about love and kindness, please post a link in the comments section.
