A tricky question: what should the stance of a devout Muslim woman be towards a verse in the Qur'an that permits a husband to beat his wife?

Speaking on February 18, 2005 on "The Qur'an, Women and Interpretive Possibilities" at the Noor Cultural Center in Toronto, Canada, Amina Wadud, Islamic Studies Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, replied as follows: there are four possible approaches.

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