zabiha! Ignorance or sheep mentality? Your not worth­ a penny!

Sometimes, race, culture and region must be taken into­ consideration. When a race, living in a region where­ people and governments act as if the world is still in­ the early ages that they persist to live in/by, then­ you must also take into account the culture that keeps­ its people following violent behavior and such archaic­ treatment of women. This also has to take into­ account the religion of the masses in that region,­ which accounts for its culture. Women in that region­ have worse than bad and can do nothing about it,­ because of the barbaric culture/religion that keeps­ them bound, with little chance of change. Beatings­ are the least of their worries, public stoning,­ hangings and beheadings occur daily. That any guy­ would EVER hit a woman, in private or public is­ revolting to any civilized person. But race, culture,­ region AND religion do have a direct bearing, in this­ particular case. In most other incidents, all of­ these do not necessarily have anything to do with it. ­ Some guy should have felt an injustice had been made­ upon seeing such a display, and decked the­ guy...but...nobody did.

I will never cease to be amazed at the ignorant­ derision directed upon a culture 1600 years old. ­ Quoting the Noble Quran is a dicey thing at best, since­ none in this forum (especially me) are scholars -­ simply because It says one can do this or that does not­ mean one should or will. Sheesh!

Please remember­ that Islam is a culture of ONE BILLION or more people. ­ 20% of the population of this planet follow islam and­ pray to Allah (allahu akbar). It is by far the most­ followed religion on earth, period, blank, end of­ sentence.

This whole thing is a simple case of assault­ on one person by another.

why is there not a further story on the guy that came­ over and decked the player? Shameful that no man­ stepped up and she had to be the one to get her own hit­ in

"They ask thee concerning women's courses.­ Say: They are a hurt and a pollution: So keep away from­ women in their courses, and do not approach them until­ they are clean. But when they have purified themselves,­ ye may approach them in any manner, time, or place­ ordained for you by God. For God loves those who turn­ to Him constantly and He loves those who keep­ themselves pure and clean" Surah 2:223

thank you­ for bringing this up. as the verse says right away­ "do not have sex with women during their monthly­ period." so your ignorant claim that muslim men­ can have sex with their wives "anytime they­ want" is actually the exact opposite

your going to try to talk bad about a religon b/c a man­ slaps a woman reporter, first of all you could never­ judge a religon based on a few people who say they are­ muslim, christian, jewish or anything else. if you want­ to talk about any religon study there book and than­ say something b/c anybody can twist words around. Go­ prove something by using real logic not some @#$%.

Zabiha, tell me why Muslims love to distort facts based­ on their religion? Let me share a few facts. A man can­ plow his wife anytime he wants (to have sex)- Sura­ 2:223. Also a man can beat his wife "for fear of­ her becoming rebellious" based on surah 4:34. Yes,­ based on a feeling of fear only. Women in Islam are 1/2­ of a man's worth thus if a woman witnesses a rape­ there has to be 2 women needed since 1 equals only 1/2.­ Is that why a man can marry 4 wives? Is that why we­ have Muta ( temporary marriage), okayed by Mohammad­ while his men were out at battle and they sought to­ have sex?Did I say out in battle? The Religion of Peace­ had battles. Yes, many battles to where he ever when he­ captured the treasurer of a Jewish village he made a­ fire on the Jew's chest, and when the money was­ found he was looking for and tortured for, he had him­ beheaded.

I don t understand what religion has to do w/it but­ Iwas taught not to hit a woman period

SMACK THAT @#$%,i wonder if thats what his daddy taught­ him

No matter what religion you believe in, do anyone­ really believe a man hitting a woman is right?

send this guy to the states so he can slap around some­ of the idiot reporters in the US!

@#$% MOTHER@#$%^&S....USELESS WASTES OF AIRSPACE

Hits a girl - WHAT A @#$%!

Ann Marie is not arguing from logic, fact, or­ experience.
I. Logic: What she is arguing is, that­ because her husband does not beat her and he is a­ muslim, then no muslim men beat women because they are­ muslim.

2. Fact: Islam teaches and requires­ disrespect of women: 1. It blames Eve for the sin of­ the world, so it is alright to beat them. 2. It calls­ on men to beat their wives into submission.

3.­ Experience: Has Ann Marie been to Algeria? Her claim:­ I live in England. England: not a muslim dominated­ land, different culture. Algeria: A muslim dominated­ land, different culture. Ann Marie equates her­ England experience as equivalent to Algeria.

Please­ start thinking more from logic, fact, experience, and­ less from emotions and singular personal prejudices.

Maz,
I think that you need to be a bit more open­ minded this kind of thing can happen in the uk to, and­ other places in europe, people of all races and places­ can be disrespectful, and this is the point I was­ trying to put across, as others have been to people who­ are just bad mouthing muslims, and to just point out­ one country seems to a bit racist, i know we are all­ entitled to our opinion, but i think that because of­ people like yourselve this world isnt able to move on­ and allow the new generation to make their own minds­ up about other races and cultures, you still didnt­ answer my question so I take it you havent been, maybe­ you will bring yourself to be more open minded one day­ and go and if you do I hope you enjoy yourselve.

Ann marie,
The image and opinion I have is true for­ me, just as urs is true for u. reality is subjective.­ of course, they dont beat women in the streets,(but a­ women cant walk alone in the street, even in the day­ she would be hassled) they just dont do it in front of­ strangers, that would be bad manners!! they like to­ show thier best side when it suits them,,i think the­ word hypocrisy springs to mind, ..of course,not all r­ like this...good luck to u :)

Maz , have you been to Algeria then?
I actually live in­ England with my husband and I have for 4 yrs and he has­ never been violent, best and when you say about best­ behaviour, what do you think that normal every day­ people knew i was coming over so they didnt beat their­ women in the streets, what picture do you have in your­ head of Algerians, obviously the wrong one