Q. Does Islam view women differently than the West?

Female Muslim scholars: Karima binte Ahmad (d. 1069) Fatima Binte Ali (d. 1087) Zayna binte al-Shari (d. 1220) Daqiqa binte Murshid (d. 1345) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9xxInnDPs0&list=PL495210 AC10E1839C&index=2&feature=plpp_video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_1Ye4KkxIo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSIjfnpPCsg

Sura al-Nisa/4: 34 Ahmed Ali, Princeton edition Men are the support of women as God gives some more means than others, and because they spend of their wealth (to provide for them) .. As for women you feel are averse, talk to them suasively; then leave them alone in bed (without molesting them) and to to bed with them (when they are willing).
Majid Fakhry, New York University edition Men are in charge of women, because Allah has made some of them excel the others, and because they spend some of their wealth .. And for those (women) that you fear might rebel, admonish them and abandon them in their beds and beat them. Muhammad Asad: The Message of the Quran MEN SHALL take full care of women with the bounties which God has bestowed more abundantly on the former than on the latter, and with what they may spend out of their possessions. .. You have reason to fear, admonish them [first]; then leave them alone in bed; then beat them; and if thereupon they pay you heed, do not seek to harm them. Behold, God is indeed most high, great! Variability of Arabic language Both are grammatically, syntactically, and definitionally correct. Qawaam: watch over, protect, support, attend to, look after, be in charge, and so on. Daraba: beat, turn away from, go along with, have consensual intercourse with.