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2004-05-17 Europe

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Posted by Zenster 2004-05-17 2:40:17 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 An Algerian imam deported from France for defending wife-beating says he has a visa to return. It follows a French court ruling that last monthâs deportation order for Abdelkader Bouziane was unlawful. Mr Bouziane, 52, who was the imam of a mosque in Lyons

How could I not hit my wife. She burnt my toast at breakfast. This is an act of disrespect.

Posted by BigEd 2004-05-17 5:22:16 PM|| 2004-05-17 5:22:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The cleric was deported to Algeria on 21 April for saying that the Koran authorised the stoning and beating of adulterous women. The remarks caused an outcry in France, with many Muslim leaders condemning them as un-Islamic.

I'm impressed; I think this is the first time Muslims have claimed that something coming directly from the Qu'ran is unIslamic.

From the "Skeptic's Annotated Qu'ran":
4-34: "Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them. Then if they obey you, seek not a way against them. Lo! Allah is ever High, Exalted, Great."

Seems pretty clear to me. And on an unrelated note, 4:82 actually could be used to negate the entire Qu'ran on the basis of incongruity. Nearly died laughing when I saw that.

The entire thing is here, if anyone's interested.

Posted by The Doctor 2004-05-17 5:41:05 PM|| 2004-05-17 5:41:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#3
Mr Bouziane had lived in France for 25 years on a renewable residency permit and reportedly has 16 children there.

Don't renew his permit.

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-05-18 12:25:42 AM|| 2004-05-18 12:25:42 AM|| Front Page Top

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