The Druze sheikh Akl, Sami Abi al-Mona. (Photo: NNA)
"Dangerous words." That is one reaction to the controversial statements made last week by Druze Sheikh Akl Sami Abi al-Mona, in which he claimed that domestic violence could have a "positive" impact in certain cases.During a conference on family courts in the Arab world held on the ESA campus in Beirut, attended by Christian and Muslim clerics, Abi al-Mona — the highest religious authority for Lebanon's Druze community — addressed various topics, including domestic violence."Generally, we only talk about domestic violence from the perspective of physical and moral violence, which, in some cases, could sometimes be positive," the religious leader said, citing a verse from the Quran to support his position. He also raised the issue of equality within couples, questioning whether "logic and family duty...
"Dangerous words." That is one reaction to the controversial statements made last week by Druze Sheikh Akl Sami Abi al-Mona, in which he claimed that domestic violence could have a "positive" impact in certain cases.During a conference on family courts in the Arab world held on the ESA campus in Beirut, attended by Christian and Muslim clerics, Abi al-Mona — the highest religious authority for Lebanon's Druze community — addressed various topics, including domestic violence."Generally, we only talk about domestic violence from the perspective of physical and moral violence, which, in some cases, could sometimes be positive," the religious leader said, citing a verse from the Quran to support his position. He also raised the issue of equality within couples, questioning whether "logic and family...
