(Mods, this may be GD material, heck, even Cafe Society stuff, or perhaps even the Pit)
But still, it boggles the mind:
(If you beat your wife so that she bruises or bleeds, it does not please Allah)
Sure am glad we don’t have a lock on Religious nutbars.
The guy’s a cock. But I am always cautious about something that comes from MEMRI. They are often criticized for bias in translation, among other things.
I beat my wife all the time.
Now she won’t play Scrabble with me anymore.
You might find the info in this link informative. It gives an expansive answer to the question regarding the verse in the Qur’an which permits “wife-beating”.
Dotty see, now you go and bring rationality into the picture. 
If she doesn’t like being beaten, she should divorce her husband and marry the University of Notre Dame football team. They can’t beat anyone.
Bah. Religion is stupid and outdated.
The Christian Bible alows ownership and beatings of slaves;
Exodus 21.20 - “If a man beats his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies as a direct result, he must be punished, but he is not to be punished if the slave gets up after a day or two, since the slave is his property”
And don’t forget this little gem.
Exodus 21.17 - “Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.”
I beat my wife up every morning.
…I get up at 5:00 and she gets up at 5:15.
I have waited years to use that one.
I notice you’re not going off on the Jews for that little gem.
So, use a bag of oranges? ETA: Wait, does that leave NO sign, or bruising only? I need to brush up on this.
I’ll have you know that remark made me spew iced tea out of my nose, damnit.
Spewing liquid through your nose and cackling at the same time, do not mix.
Good one!
I thought there was a rule of thumb about wife-beating.
I’m glad I’m not alone in thinking it odd that he quoted the Old Testament as the “Christian Bible.”
You know what they say: If you’re going to do something wrong, do it right.
The Christians use the “rules” from that same text. You know, the whole 10 Commandments thing.
Did the Christians release a memo about bailing out on the Old Testament?
But yes, BOTH the Christians and Jews are outdated in their little 2000+ year old rule books.
Maybe they’re mental beatings more than physical? Those would be more “appropriate”.
Christ, what an idiot.
Edited to add: not you, gigi. The imam and anyone or anything that condones beating anyone because you have some special right. He/they are idiot(s).
Sorry 'bout that! Just trying to fight ignorance! 
Carry on …
It looks like my father could have done better by converting to Islam. The only “rule” he kept is that, AFAIK, he never broke any of my mom’s bones.
From Dotty’s source:
I think this sums up why I would never consider joining that religion. With all respect to people who believe in it, I just don’t see one sex as the judge of the other.
My job is done.
Pat Hingle as Bobo Justus in “The Grifters”? He didn’t say anything about bruises, but he did say,“You never shit right again.”