Excuse, propogate, invent, take your pick.

Remember slavery and the Christians? Both sides of that debate cited the Bible.

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Saudi Marriage ‘Expert’ Advises Men in ‘Right Way’ to Beat Their Wives

He’s Saudi author and cleric, “Dr.” Muhammad Al-’Arifi, who in a remarkable segment broadcast on Saudi and Kuwaiti television in September, counseled young Muslim men on how to treat their wives.

“Admonish them – once, twice, three times, four times, ten times,” he advised. “If this doesn’t help, refuse to share their beds.”

And if that doesn’t work?

“Beat them,” one of his three young advisees responded.

“That’s right,” Al-’Arifi said.

He goes on to calmly explain to the young men that hitting their future wives in the face is a no-no.

“Beating in the face is forbidden, even when it comes to animals,” he explained. “Even if you want your camel or donkey to start walking, you are not allowed to beat it in the face. If this is true for animals, it is all the more true when it comes to humans. So beatings should be light and not in the face.”

His final words of wisdom?

“Woman, it has gone too far. I can’t bear it anymore,” he tells the men to tell their wives. “If he beats her, the beatings must be light and must not make her face ugly.

“He must beat her where it will not leave marks. He should not beat her on the hand… He should beat her in some places where it will not cause any damage……………..

To be sure, but the Vatican isn’t the only power evoking a godhead to claim divine backing for whatever it wants to do.

Note also, that Islam has undergone many phases in how the religion is practiced.
Many of the most vile practices in the Muslim world are triabal or societal in nature, and it’s just as possible for them to skip over inconvenient parts of a holy text as it is for those in the West to do the same. When society evolves, there is a ‘miraculous’ parallel evolution in what iis found for inspiration in holy texts. It’s true of all religious texts.

It’s a matter of how those in power use the texts, not the texts themselves, that makes the difference.
How Islam will evolve will be determined by the politcs of the societies, not by the texts.

Women, in many different Islamic countries, are still stoned for adultery

Christians, in most, if not all, Islamic countries, are not able to practice their faith publically, build churches (Muslims build mosques all over the place), etc.

Gays, in many different Islamic countries, are still executed.

I’m amazed at your patience in trying to reason with the unreasonable.
Some people just KNOW what the Koran means, just like others just KNOW what the Bible says they should do and think about every daily issue.

The fact that both texts have directed people to come to different conclusions means nothing.
THEY KNOW.

I wish you strength and perseverence.

Oh it is, but its been many hundreds of years since it was openly preached by the Vatican to launch holy wars and impose religous law upon the landscape.

Maybe this will save a few thousand women evry year from the common Honor Killings that are occuring and never prosecuted.

Now if we can only get someone to setup a Billion $$ Hymen Reconstruction fund to save all those women who have had premartial sex !!!