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October 27, 2006       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/20/AR2006102001261_pf.html

Clothes Aren't the Issue

[Washington Post] Asra Q. Nomani - The notion of using physical punishment as a "disciplinary action," especially for "controlling or mastering women" or others who "enjoy being beaten," is common throughout the Muslim world. As long as the beating of women is acceptable in Islam, the problem of suicide bombers, jihadists and others who espouse violence will not go away. The writer is the author of Standing Alone: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam.

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