Fatah on Honor Killing in Canada
Mr. Tarek Fatah is fully aware and cognizant of the mistranslation of the verse 4:34. I am not surprised at him for not even mentioning the correct translation as a caution. He chose to let it ride; it suits his agenda that is downright ingenuous.
I am one of the many who prayed for the well being of Mr. Fatah when he endured cancer. Did the Doctor man condemn his whole body to be trashed for a few cancer cells? Or did he cure the cells and got Mr. Fatah well? It’s like the death penalty in the USA; would he bash the entire US Constitution for a few lousy creepy laws on our books? Same goes with Sharia, a few bad applications of Sharia, should not make him bash the entire Sharia law. treat what is bad like the good doctors do.
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar offers another meaning to the translation of the Arabic word “Idrib,” traditionally translated as “beat,” which has been mis-understood and abused over the centuries by men who would be abusive any way, whether they are Muslim or not. “Why choose to interpret the word as ‘to beat’ when it means ‘to go away’ either one from the other, may be it meant separation as a process of re-evaluation.
Mr. Fatah, you have rightfully earned a place don’t lose it by. Go get a book and read it; find the truth instead of barking at what is visible.