UAE: Wife-Beating OK, Just Don't Leave Any Marks

The UAE's highest judicial body says a man can beat his wife and young children as long as the beating leaves no physical marks.

The decision by the Federal Supreme Court shows the strong influence of Islamic law in the Emirates despite its international appeal in which foreign residents greatly outnumber the local population.

The court made the ruling earlier this month in the case of a man who left cuts and bruises on his wife and adult daughter after a beating.

It says the man was guilty of harming the women but noted that Islamic codes allow for "discipline" if no marks are left. It also says children who have reached "adulthood" - approximately puberty - cannot be struck.

The ruling was reported Monday in the Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The National.

[sandigogo]

behavior of a lost cave people exsistance..pray tell what did she do.forget to buy milk for his captain crunch.hey she is human a wife the mother of his beloved children he is husband,.not slave master.I would be dead or in shackles,,he hits me,I hit you.if not as strong as you hit I get to use something that makes you hurt just as bad.would anyone call that marriege .people like that don't love in marriage.pre arranged convenience only...another reason america can't be taken over by these extremist..we can't lose love,caring compassion for each other.

[xila654]

UAE is a puppet kingdom that was installed by British and American illuminati operatives just like Saudi Arabia and Dubai, Once the Illuminati heads are brought to brutal justice in the west, their puppet kingdoms and governments will start to collapse like dominoes, I wonder how long they thought they could run their charade

[xila654]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention Saddam Hussein's Iraq, the former shah of Iran, the dictatorship in Egypt and many more are and were all Illuminati supported governments, The leadership of the Illuminati is in Europe, America, and Israel, However they have tenticles all over the world from Africa,China,India to Canada

[liberalme]

Why not? In the christian bible god dictates all kinds of abuse then takes it all back by saying he's an all loving god.

Religion is religion and essentially teaches the same things, hate and killing.

Read people, you can find hundreds of violent bible verses--just google that.

Fortunately for us, we have laws inhibiting these abuses.

[AttyFAM]

With all due respect to the right of others to have their own culture this is unacceptable.

[AttyFAM]

With all due respect to the right of others to have their own culture this is unacceptable.

[tsigili]

Islam is a barbaric religion.

[xila654]

all religons are barbaric, all humanity is barabaric