Video: Saudi Family Therapist Gives Advice on Wife Beating...

Memri
May 17, 2016

In an online video, Saudi family therapist Khaled Al-Saqaby imparted advice on marital strife. Beating one’s wife, said Al-Saqaby, should be intended as a means of discipline, rather than to vent one’s anger, and should be carried out not with a rod or a sharp object, but with a tooth-cleaning twig or a handkerchief.

“Unfortunately, some wives want to live a life of equality with their husband,” he said. “This is a very grave problem.” The video is from the YouTube page of an organization called The Cooperative Office for Da’wa and Guidance in Western Al-Dirah, which is connected to the Ministry of Islamic Affairs Da`wa, Guidance, and Endowments in Saudi Arabia. The video was posted on the Internet on February 24, 2016.