Although there are calls for the law to change, as of now, it is still legal in Canada to discipline your disobedient child by spanking him.
But what about disobedient wives?
Marriage counselling that included spanking – or “lightly hitting” – a “disobedient wife” outside the context of Islam would, in this day and age, be risible, a deserved invitation to universal denunciation and derision.
I doubt that Muslims of Calgary have offered this sober advice for promoting marital harmony in jest or in a spirit of self-mockery, though: Islam isn’t much given to introspection let alone satire, humour – or having any fun at all, really. Other than husbands lightly hitting their wives.
From here:
Members of a Calgary Muslim association appear to have removed marital advice from a website that suggested “lightly hitting” one’s wife in “extreme cases of disobedience” after a query about the content was made by Metro.
The posting dated Sept. 29 on muslimsofcalgary.ca appears to be an English-translated summary of two books written in Arabic by Sheikh Mohammed Abdelhaleem Hamed, titled “How to Make Your Husband Happy” and “How to Make Your Wife Happy.”
Domestic abuse is a Zero Tolerance act. Someone goes out in cuffs. Unfortunatly too many women think things will improve. I’ve attended some nasty spats that got out of hand. I suspect most muslim women are conditioned to take it. Wife beaters often find the trip to the police car rather traumatic.