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Old 10-28-2007, 03:39 PM
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Default Re: The Qur'an does NOT advise husbands to beat their wives.

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Originally Posted by Bluestar View Post
and no, "beating lightly" is not better
There is no reference to beatings being lightly in the arabic version of the Koran, just the English version. Including it was taqiyya (the Islamic concept of withholding the truth to protect Islam) on the part of the translator.
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