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Bigotry:
                                       The Dark Danger




                 The Slander of Male Superiority and the

                       Nonsense about Beating Women


                 Some people seek to produce evidence from the Qur'an about

             supposed male superiority over women, their beating of
             women, and cite the following verses in that respect:








                         Men have charge of women because God

                         has made the one excel the other and be-
                       cause they spend their wealth on them. Right-

                       acting women are obedient [to God], guard-
                       ing the unseen as God has guarded. If there

                       are women whose disobedience you fear, you

                       may admonish them, refuse to sleep with
                       them, and then beat them. But if they obey

                       you, do not look for a way to punish them.

                       God is All-High, Most Great. If you fear a
                       breach between a couple, send an arbiter

                       from his people and an arbiter from her peo-

                       ple. If the couple desire to put things right,
                       God will bring about a reconciliation between

                       them. God is All-Knowing, All-Aware.
                       (Qur'an, 4:34-35)








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