09 November 2009

Islam in Focus (Wife Beating)

Peace TV is an international satellite television channel, which describes itself as providing “Islamic spiritual ‘edutainment’.” Islam in Focus consisted of a public lecture (“the Lecture”) in front of an audience, in English, by a religious speaker, Hamood Ashemaimry.

In the Lecture, entitled “How to build a righteous family”, the speaker set out, in his opinion, what the rights are of husbands and wives, in the context of creating a righteous family from an Islamic viewpoint.

.... A complaint objected to part of the Lecture which, it considered, suggested that it would be permissible for husbands to beat their wives. [Ofcom (UK Communications Regulator)] Read more [via Religious Watch]