16 March 2010

‘Don’t punish wife-beaters, it’s against Islam’ says mad Muslim cleric

A PROPOSAL to introduce prison terms for men who beat their wives goes against the Koran and the teachings of the “prophet” Mohammed, according to the head of Algeria’s Superior Islamic Council.

Qaher Sharif fiercely criticised the bill presented to the country’s head of state by Farouk Qustantiti, of the Consultative Council on Human Rights. A “stunned” and outraged Sharif told the Arab-language edition of the daily newspaper El Khabar: [The Freethinker] Read more