Husbands are allowed to beat their wives and children - as long as they don’t leave any physical marks, an Islamic court in the United Arab Emirates has ruled.

The astonishing legal ruling gives all husbands and fathers in the ultra-rich Gulf state the 'right to discipline' female family members if they have first attempted reconciliation.

The judgment was made by one of the UAE’s most senior judges, Chief Justic Falah al Hajeri, who made the ruling in the case of a man fined £85 for slapping his wife and kicking his daughter.

Permission to beat: The UAE's highest judicial body has ruled a man can assault his wife and young children as long as he leaves no physical marks

The Emirati man in the case was found guilty of slapping his wife so hard he damaged her bottom lip and teeth.

He also slapped and kicked his 23-year-old daughter so that she suffered bruises on her hand and knee.

While the defendant, who has not been named, initially claimed he hit the two women only by accident, he was found guilty of assault.

However, he appealed, claiming that even if he had intended to strike his wife and daughter, under Shariah law he had the right to do so if he had first exhausted all other ways of resolving the dispute.

Chief Justice Falah al Hajeri said: 'Although the law permits the husband to use his right to discipline, he has to abide by the limits of this right.

'If the husband abuses this right to discipline, he cannot be exempted from punishment.'

Mr al Hajeri went on to explain that one of the ways of determining whether a man had breached this limit was to look for physical traces of beating.

While the ruling was greeted with anger by many Arab world commentators, others claimed it is a ‘real-life compromise’ between the competing demands of the petro-state’s highly Westernised population and its conservative Muslim heritage.

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You can beat them but you can't kiss them in public. This is an interesting place to live all right.

In Jasper, Alabama (Greatest Nation on Earth™) it is illegal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick larger in diameter than his thumb.

Arkansas - A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.

California - In Los Angeles, a man may legally beat his wife with a leather strap, as long as it is less than two inches wide, or she gives him permission to use a wider strap.

Michigan - In Clawson, it is legal for a farmer to ``sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.''

Oral sex is considered sodomy in Arkansas and is a punishable crime.

Have any of those laws been passed or upheld in the last 50 years?

It's the Wahabies again.

I just wonder why I not see any news articles in the US media covering this kind of abuse which apparently is now declared legal.

But as soon something happens related to the abuse of women in Afghanistan it is all over the news.

It is the sad thing related to most religions that women are treated/regarded as 2nd class.

It's the Wahabies again.

I just wonder why I not see any news articles in the US media covering this kind of abuse which apparently is now declared legal.

But as soon something happens related to the abuse of women in Afghanistan it is all over the news.

It is the sad thing related to most religions that women are treated/regarded as 2nd class.

Wahabis?

It's the Wahabies again.

I just wonder why I not see any news articles in the US media covering this kind of abuse

Because they don't usually bother including them on far-out conspiracy theory websites.

Have any of those laws been passed or upheld in the last 50 years?

is the ruling of an U.A.E. judge paramount and a fatwa?

It's the Wahabies again.

Wahabis?

not Wahabies but Wahhabis. a rare endangered animal species found in the desert north and north-east of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. its fur was used to adorn the baseball hats of bedouin nomads before the hunt was prohibited by royal decree.

Have any of those laws been passed or upheld in the last 50 years?

is the ruling of an U.A.E. judge paramount and a fatwa?

"The UAE's highest judicial body has ruled a man can assault his wife and young children as long as he leaves no physical marks"

This is not ancient history. It just happened recently.

Have any of those laws been passed or upheld in the last 50 years?

is the ruling of an U.A.E. judge paramount and a fatwa?

"The UAE's highest judicial body has ruled a man can assault his wife and young children as long as he leaves no physical marks"

This is not ancient history. It just happened recently.

If the law is an evolving thing, one can only see this ruling as an improvement on previously tolerated practices. In time, I would expect the law to furthur curtail domestic violence. I would not favor however subcultures of countries where the law is more severe towards abusers to try to install their own cultural courts to allow these practices.

Have any of those laws been passed or upheld in the last 50 years?

is the ruling of an U.A.E. judge paramount and a fatwa?

"The UAE's highest judicial body has ruled a man can assault his wife and young children as long as he leaves no physical marks"

Daily Mail

1. "Husbands are allowed to beat their wives and children... The judgment was made by one of the UAE’s most senior judges, Chief Justic Falah al Hajeri..."

2. "The UAE's highest judicial body has ruled a man can assault his wife and young children as long as he leaves no physical marks...

hmmm...

"The UAE's highest judicial body has ruled a man can assault his wife and young children as long as he leaves no physical marks"

Daily Mail

1. "Husbands are allowed to beat their wives and children... The judgment was made by one of the UAE’s most senior judges, Chief Justic Falah al Hajeri..."

2. "The UAE's highest judicial body has ruled a man can assault his wife and young children as long as he leaves no physical marks...

hmmm...

his wife and young children as long as he leaves no physical marks...

trouble is very hard to tell if an Arab women has been beaten ............. how could anyone but her husband know she took a beating??

"The UAE's highest judicial body has ruled a man can assault his wife and young children as long as he leaves no physical marks"

Daily Mail

1. "Husbands are allowed to beat their wives and children... The judgment was made by one of the UAE’s most senior judges, Chief Justic Falah al Hajeri..."

2. "The UAE's highest judicial body has ruled a man can assault his wife and young children as long as he leaves no physical marks...

hmmm...

his wife and young children as long as he leaves no physical marks...

trouble is very hard to tell if an Arab women has been beaten ............. how could anyone but her husband know she took a beating??

his wife and young children as long as he leaves no physical marks...

trouble is very hard to tell if an Arab women has been beaten ............. how could anyone but her husband know she took a beating??

I've never seen shoes like that on a woman around here nor have a seen a child covered up like that unless being carried my Michael Jackson.

"The UAE's highest judicial body has ruled a man can assault his wife and young children as long as he leaves no physical marks"

This is not ancient history. It just happened recently.

I am led to believe that In America, it is legal for a wife to blow every man in the entire neighbourhood, then sue for divorce and get half the assets.

I reckon Arabs would find that highly objectionable.

It's all a matter of opinion and point of view, isn't it?

So you think that beating women is OK as long as no marks can be seen?

So you think that beating women is OK as long as no marks can be seen?

That's not my belief or opinion at all, nor did I imply that.

From your response, can I assume that you do not find it obectionable that your wife can blow every man in the street then get half your house?

"The UAE's highest judicial body has ruled a man can assault his wife and young children as long as he leaves no physical marks"

This is not ancient history. It just happened recently.

I am led to believe that In America, it is legal for a wife to blow every man in the entire neighbourhood, then sue for divorce and get half the assets.

I reckon Arabs would find that highly objectionable.

It's all a matter of opinion and point of view, isn't it?

I think you will find that only happens in ' Depesperate Housewives '

"The UAE's highest judicial body has ruled a man can assault his wife and young children as long as he leaves no physical marks"

This is not ancient history. It just happened recently.

I am led to believe that In America, it is legal for a wife to blow every man in the entire neighbourhood, then sue for divorce and get half the assets.

I reckon Arabs would find that highly objectionable.

It's all a matter of opinion and point of view, isn't it?

I think you will find that only happens in ' Depesperate Housewives '

...or, perhaps, New Zealand?

So you think that beating women is OK as long as no marks can be seen?

i was told "deserving" women/wives do exist. at first i found the idea horrible and disgusting. then after reading in Thaivisa dozens of "interesting" stories posted by Farangs married to or affiliated with Thai "ladies" i started to think...

"The UAE's highest judicial body has ruled a man can assault his wife and young children as long as he leaves no physical marks"

This is not ancient history. It just happened recently.

I am led to believe that In America, it is legal for a wife to blow every man in the entire neighbourhood, then sue for divorce and get half the assets.

I reckon Arabs would find that highly objectionable.

It's all a matter of opinion and point of view, isn't it?

I think you will find that only happens in ' Depesperate Housewives '

...or, perhaps, New Zealand?

What are you suggesting chucky? That it does not happen in America?

I am led to believe that In America, it is legal for a wife to blow every man in the entire neighbourhood, then sue for divorce and get half the assets.

I reckon Arabs would find that highly objectionable.

It's all a matter of opinion and point of view, isn't it?

I think you will find that only happens in ' Depesperate Housewives '

...or, perhaps, New Zealand?

What are you suggesting chucky? That it does not happen in America?

Harry, I am suggesting that, perhaps, it does happen in New Zealand.

You are the one making the assertions about what happens in America.

So you think that beating women is OK as long as no marks can be seen?

That's not my belief or opinion at all, nor did I imply that.

From your response, can I assume that you do not find it obectionable that your wife can blow every man in the street then get half your house?

I do not understand how that makes beating women up somehow OK.

I am led to believe that In America, it is legal for a wife to blow every man in the entire neighbourhood, then sue for divorce and get half the assets.

I reckon Arabs would find that highly objectionable.

It's all a matter of opinion and point of view, isn't it?

I think you will find that only happens in ' Depesperate Housewives '

...or, perhaps, New Zealand?

What are you suggesting chucky? That it does not happen in America?

...................................................

Harry, I am suggesting that, perhaps, it does happen in New Zealand.

You are the one making the assertions about what happens in America.

"I am led to believe " is not an assertion.

ONLY in desperate Housewives OR New Zealand is a denial. that it occurs in America.

I think you are wrong, and I stil give credence to whatever led me to believe is the case in America..

So you think that beating women is OK as long as no marks can be seen?

That's not my belief or opinion at all, nor did I imply that.

From your response, can I assume that you do not find it obectionable that your wife can blow every man in the street then get half your house?

I do not understand how that makes beating women up somehow OK.

I do not understand how you can jump from asking if it is OK to assuming it is OK.

But never mind.

The point is, that morals are merely opinions. It is not an indisputable Law of Nature that wife beating is "wrong". You have your set of values, and Arabs have their set....... You can say the Arab values are wrong according to your values....but that does not make them universally wrong, just different to yours.

The point is, that morals are merely opinions. It is not an indisputable Law of Nature that wife beating is "wrong".

Serial killers and kiddy fiddlers will surely take solace in this bit of philosophy.

I am led to believe that In America, it is legal for a wife to blow every man in the entire neighbourhood, then sue for divorce and get half the assets.

I reckon Arabs would find that highly objectionable.

It's all a matter of opinion and point of view, isn't it?

I think you will find that only happens in ' Depesperate Housewives '

...or, perhaps, New Zealand?

What are you suggesting chucky? That it does not happen in America?

...................................................

Harry, I am suggesting that, perhaps, it does happen in New Zealand.

You are the one making the assertions about what happens in America.

"I am led to believe " is not an assertion.

ONLY in desperate Housewives OR New Zealand is a denial. that it occurs in America.

I think you are wrong, and I stil give credence to whatever led me to believe is the case in America..

More silly word games. At least you have started using Spell Check.

Now let me cry myself to sleep since you think I am wrong.

In Jasper, Alabama (Greatest Nation on Earth™) it is illegal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick larger in diameter than his thumb.

Arkansas - A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.

California - In Los Angeles, a man may legally beat his wife with a leather strap, as long as it is less than two inches wide, or she gives him permission to use a wider strap.

Michigan - In Clawson, it is legal for a farmer to ``sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.''

Oral sex is considered sodomy in Arkansas and is a punishable crime.

I dare anybody in the first two locations to try this...consequences would be dire, guaranteed. Except the last two. There are some strange laws there for sure.

You can say the XXXX values are wrong according to your values....but that does not make them universally wrong, just different to yours.

I've always had a problem with this argument. In some cultures, stoning gays (killing them) is acceptable but I assert it should be universally wrong. In some cultures, female children are married off to adult men but that should be universally wrong. In some cultures, honor killings are A-OK, that's alls universal bullshit. In some cultures slavery is OK, but more bullshit. In some cultures, setting young ladies on fire because some guy wouldn't marry them is OK.