The Most Controversial Qur'anic Verse - Why 4 - 34 Does Not Promote Violence Against Women

The Most Controversial Qur'anic Verse: Why 4:34 Does Not Promote Violence Against Women



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English | ISBN: 0761872094 | 2020 | 350 pages | PDF | 12.27 MB

A fourteen centuries old consensus by Islamic religious authorities has upheld the belief that God has granted husbands the right to beat their wives. Previously, the only element up for debate was the degree of severity, the instrument of the beating, and the limit to the damage allowed. This startling assertion, which shocks human sensibilities, is confirmed by hundreds of Qur’anic commentaries and works of Islamic jurisprudence authored over the course of the past millennia and a half.

In this pivotal, courageous, and timely analysis, which works diligently and minutely to separate truth from falsehood, right from wrong, the moral from the immoral, and the ethical from the unethical, Dr. John Andrew Morrow provides an exhaustive study of the second part of the Qur’anic text, 4:34, dispelling the belief that Islam allows domestic violence.