These are only isolated cases

Submitted by eddy (Jordan), May 26, 2008 at 08:10

Any muslim would be surprised to hear about the 8 year old girl story . A much more ugly thing happened in austria this month when a father raped his own daughter for over 25 years . He had many children from her and he kept her and her children underground for all that period . What an ugly thing to do , i never heard any thing more ugly than this . Can we blame christianity or can we say this is normal behavior in the west ?

Concerning the saudi tribe which does not allow men to see the face of thier wife and so on , being a muslim for 45 years and living in a near country i never heard of such a stupid thing , in islam a woman should put on decent clothes on her, including covering her hair , and if she feels covering her face is more suitable for her she has the right to do so . But in front of a husband she can wear any thing she likes . A womans beauty is for her husband only not for the public to enjoy.

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