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==Statistics on Domestic Violence in the Muslim World== | ==Statistics on Domestic Violence in the Muslim World== | ||
;'''While it is not necessarily the case that the Quran's instruction for men to beat their wives is responsible for the endemic occurrence of domestic violence in Muslim-majority countries (given that such practices are also endorsed in the scriptures revered by the religious populations of societies where domestic violence is not nearly as widespread), a degree of causal connection between the relevant scriptural commandments and the rates of domestic violence observed is strongly suggested by the virtually universal adoption of traditional literalism among Islamic clerics as well as the usually higher-than-average overall religiosity of Muslim societies.''' | |||
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==Responses from Muslim women== | ==Responses from Muslim women== | ||
Some Muslim women have found the courage to speak against domestic violence and reach out to other Muslim women who are suffering, although some of these advocates still deny the fact Islam sanctions wife-beating. | |||
{{Quote|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3667349.stm Beaten Saudi Woman Speaks out]<BR>BBC News, April 30, 2004|My husband first tried to strangle me until I fell unconscious, then he tried to smash my face. | {{Quote|[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3667349.stm Beaten Saudi Woman Speaks out]<BR>BBC News, April 30, 2004|My husband first tried to strangle me until I fell unconscious, then he tried to smash my face. | ||