An imam preaching in a city in Catalonia, northeastern Spain, is being investigated for allegedly calling on the faithful to discipline errant wives using physical and psychological violence.
The 20 year-old-mosque, one of the oldest in Catalonia,
regularly has 1,500 people attending Friday prayers Photo: ALAMY
2:25PM GMT 07 Mar 2012
Abdeslam Laarusi, an imam at the Badr mosque in Terrassa near Barcelona allegedly issued instructions during Friday prayers on how to beat unruly women without leaving telltale marks.
The Muslim cleric advised using "fists and sticks on various parts of the body to avoid breaking bones or drawing blood", investigators said.
"He provided concrete examples of the manner in which wives should be beaten, how to isolate them inside the family home and how to deny them sexual relations," said the police in a statement, saying they had received testimony from numerous witnesses.
The imam, a Moroccan immigrant who is married with five children, was called in for questioning by the Mossos d'Esquadra, the Catalan police force, on Tuesday.
Investigators are analysing the transcripts of his sermons and believe there may be a case against him for "disseminating discriminatory messages and violating the principle of equality and of women's right to physical and moral integrity". Read the rest on: The Telegraph
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