A Saudi Arabian family therapist has released a video giving his advice on wife beating.
In the tutorial, Khaled Al-Saqaby says he is "aware that this issue is a thorny one, which contains many hazards". He adds: "But Allah willing, we will cross this bridge safely."
According to him the main problem in marriages is that men do not know how to deal with disobedient wives properly.
In the video, Mr Al-Saqaby suggests the aim of beating a wife "is to discipline, not to vent one's anger".
It shouldn’t be done with anything like a sharp rod, but rather with a tooth-cleaning twig or hanky because the goal isn’t to hurt her, rather to make her feel like she’s wrong. Sometimes the wives clearly ask for trouble, according to him, by asking for things like equality, which is a “very grave problem.”
"Unfortunately, some wives want to live a life of equality with their husband," he says. "This is a very grave problem."
Other women make mistakes which may lead their husbands to beat them, he adds.
The footage was shot earlier this year then translated and released last month by the Washington DC-based Middle East Media Research Institute.
Sources:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a7024091.html
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/rea...31ae35fbc3e143
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au...-wife/3024756/