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The leader of a Pakistani Islamic council has proposed a bill that allows husbands to "lightly beat" their wives as a form of discipline.
In the 75-page proposal, Mohammad Khan Sheerani suggests a light beating is acceptable should the need arise to punish a woman. The proposal bans forceful beating, saying only a small stick is necessary to instill fear.
The Council of Islamic Ideology is a powerful constitutional body that advises the Pakistani legislature whether laws are in line with the teachings of Islam.
Its proposed bill is seen as a response to the rejected Punjab Women Protection bill for abused women. The council shunned it as "un-Islamic" and wrote its own bill, which includes the recommendation for the light beating.
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Calista241
(5,586 posts)apcalc
(4,465 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It's Islam that is the problem. A woman is a man's possession and exists to serve him.
cali
(114,904 posts)in the main, Islamic culture is horribly oppressive, but it's hard to see it any other way.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Women are objects that belong to men.
romanic
(2,841 posts)Just saying it before someone else does. :I