جزیره علم

To strike wives: Yes or No

Mahdi Movahed-Abtahi MD, MA

Based on the explicit text of the Quran (surrah: Nisa` , verse: 34), husbands have permission to strike their wives if they rebel against them. This conclusion opposits modern human rights. We may refuse this conclusion or revise our methodology of understanding or interpreting the Quran. By thamtic approach, I reconceptualized the keywords used in the verse and found that “to strike wife” is a metaphor that some traditions have explained it. Read part one and  part two of my original article in Farsi.  Certainly, your comments will encourage me translate it completly to English and upgrade my reasonings