“Muslim Clerics on the Religious Rulings Regarding Wife-Beating”

This report reviews the writings and statements of Muslim clerics and of other Islamic religious institutions that instead of condemning wife-beating, discuss it as a legitimate way of ‘disciplining’ the wife based on the Qur’an (4:34).

Author: 
Stalinsky, Steven and Y. Yehoshua
Year: 
2004
Source publication: 
The Middle East Research Institute (MEMRI) Special Report No. 27