I started this thread in a light hearted way, but from the responses it doesnt seem like anyone has read the links posted. The second article linked points out that religious fundamentalists like Feiz Muhammad say that women would be safer covered up and in the home. It comments: "a British study of family violence (reported by Geraldine Brooks in her book about Islamic women, Nine Parts of Desire) found that women married to men of Muslim background were eight times more likely to be killed by their husbands than any other women in Britain."

In the same way, women from Christian families are not necessarily protected from abuse, though of a different kind. sex abuse by clergy To be fair, the same site has links to information about sexual abuse happening in other professions.

yes, there are some nutty people out there. Unfortunately, when they assert their ideas through religious power, they have influence over a lot of lives.

The point for me in this thread is to continue a point I tried to make in a previous thread that no matter what someone's religion or culture, they are still accountable to the law, and should be challenged when propagating offensive and dangerous views.