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Discrepancy in Resources Pertaining to Islamic

Women

Islamic Materials

Islamic materials are usually based on the Qur’an (the Islamic bible).

Although their teachings are based on the Qur’an, their Islam law often times is a blending of the Qur’an, tradition, interpretation, and previously followed European laws.

The consensus of Islamic belief seems to be based on the Qur’an, but the application of that varies drastically.

The Koran

Essential to the reading of the Koran are the interpretations of the content. Even in modern times, there are scholars working on interpreting the text, but most of the material available now was performed within the earliest centuries of Islam (Looklex Encyclopedia, 2008).

Books

According to the website of the embassy of Saudi Arabia's Islamic Affairs Department (IAD), wife-beating is permitted in accordance with Qur'anic verses and Hadiths used by the IAD to explain the rights a husband has over his wives: "The husband's rights on his wife are greater than hers over him." Another source states, "Men have a supervisory authority on account of the physical advantage they possess…" It is also stated, "When the husband calls his wife to his bed and she disobeys, and he spends the night in anger against her, the angels keep cursing her till the morning." In addition, "If a woman dies while her husband was pleased with her," it is explained that "she will enter into Paradise."

Books

Sheikh Yousef Qaradhawi, one of the most influential clerics in Sunni Islam and head of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, has advocated non-painful wife-beating. In his 1984 book 'The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam,' he wrote: "If the husband senses that feelings of disobedience and rebelliousness are rising against him in his wife, he should try his best to rectify her attitude by kind words, gentle persuasion, and reasoning with her. If this is not helpful, he should sleep apart from her, trying to awaken her agreeable feminine nature so that serenity may be restored, and she may respond to him in a harmonious fashion. If this approach fails, it is permissible for him to beat her lightly with his hands, avoiding her face and other sensitive parts."

Internet

WebsitesWebsites vary greatly on their content and views according to women in Islam.

http://www.islamfortoday.com/women.htm

Youtube

If you type ‘beating of women in Islam’ into the youtube search pane…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWGA8i6scYY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl8g8S6F3do&NR=1

Women‘s Voices from Islamic Communities

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2Sskia7sSI&NR=1