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| In Islam, the Qu'ran cannot be thrown out becuase it is considered what? |
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| In practice should wife beating actually take place? |
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| If you believe that the text is the word of God. What are your two options for dealing with the "problem passages?" |
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- Decide its not really offensive
- decide it doesnt say what people normally think it does
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| In what two ways do people interrpret wife beating? |
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- Husbands have the right to beat disobedient wives
- As a last resort to correct extremely bad conduct, a husband might use light physical force on his wife
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| What is the importance of the Sunnah? |
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| Provides context for interpretation of the Qu'ran |
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| What explains how Muhammad put the Qu'ran into practice into his own life |
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| What offers additional teaching beyond the Qu'ran |
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| What does the Sunnah say about wife beating? |
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| Muhammad never struck his wives. He also taught that if a man beat his wife he could hardly expect her to go to bed with him |
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| What three things does Islam did teach that improved the state of women in its culture/time |
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- Condemned infanticide
- Gives women inheritance rights
- Dowry recieved in marrage
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| Was polygamy common during Muhammads time? |
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What is Islam's stance on the following:
- Burkas
- forbidding wimen to work or drive
- Denying Education
- Forced marriage
- Female circumsion/genital mutilation
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| Not Qu'ranic, its a cultural thing |
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