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"the hoople"  wrote in message
> Roland Moore wrote:
>
> Saudi Marriage 'Expert' Advises Men in 'Right Way' to Beat Their Wives
> Friday, November 02, 2007
>
> Move over, Dr. Phil, there's a new relationship expert in town.
>
> 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.
>
> Click here to view the segment at MEMRITV.org:
> http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1594.htm
>
> 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. He should not beat her like he would beat an animal or a child --
> slapping them right and left.
>
> "Unfortunately, many husbands beat their wives only when they get mad, and
> when they start beating, it as if they are punching a wall - they beat
> with their hands, right and left, and sometimes use their feet. Brother,
> it is a human being you are beating. This is forbidden. He must not do
> this."
>
> Take that, Match.com!