.. and have you come across this current story, copied from a New York paper?--

Noor Hussain, a 75-yr-old Pakistani immigrant, beat his wife to death in their Brooklyn apartment for making him the wrong dinner. His trial started Wednesday, where he was charged with second degree murder.
He had asked his wife, 66-yr-old Nazar Hussain, to make him goat for dinner. She made the mistake of making him lentil beans instead. He was outraged and they got into an argument. Court papers indicate that Nazar disrespected Noor and cursed at him. He then grabbed a wooden stick and beat her to death as she lay in bed.
Hussain's attorney Julie Clark was quick to admit he beat his wife in her opening statement, but argued he is ONLY guilty of manslaughter because he didn't mean to kill her. "He comes from a culture where he thinks this is appropriate conduct, where he can hit his wife," she said. "He culturally believed he had the right to hit his wife and discipline his wife."
The 'religion of peace' does condone wife beating. In one section, the Koran specifically tells men they are above women and women who disobey need to be beaten.