. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. ourse of their bloody conquests. The Koran not only permits wife-beating,but the method of its application and thelimitations are therein distinctly set men have always taken fulladvantage of the license granted, and accord-ingly have Mohammedan women any reason, or no reason, may a woman beso punished. E. Alexander Powell, of the American con-sular service in Egypt, relates an incident inthis connection which needs no comment: A wealthy Arab from the interior of Oran,starting on a journey
. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. ourse of their bloody conquests. The Koran not only permits wife-beating,but the method of its application and thelimitations are therein distinctly set men have always taken fulladvantage of the license granted, and accord-ingly have Mohammedan women any reason, or no reason, may a woman beso punished. E. Alexander Powell, of the American con-sular service in Egypt, relates an incident inthis connection which needs no comment: A wealthy Arab from the interior of Oran,starting on a journey to the capital of thatprovince, bade the wife whom he adored anaffectionate goodbye. Returning several daysbefore he was expected, he seized the smilingwoman who rushed to greet him, tied her hands,and dragging her into the street gave her afurious beating in the presence of the astoundedneighbors. No, she had not been unfaithful tohim, he said, between the blows, nor had shebeen unkind. He not only was not tired of her,so he assured the onlookers, but she was a -. X m~. 96 UNDER THE CRESCENT veritable jewel of a wife. Finally, when hisarm grew tired and he stopped to take breath,he explained that passing through a street inOran, he had seen a crowd following a manwho was being dragged along by the inquiry he learned that he was being takento prison for beating his wife. Therefore hehad ridden home at top speed, without evenwaiting to complete his business, that he mightprove to himself, to his wife, and to the neigh-bors, that he, at least, was still master in hisown house, and could beat his wife when hechose. Oran is in North Africa — so are Algiers andTunis! Womans rights in North Africa will require little space for description. They are simply to render to her husband absolute and unquestioning obedience. Marriage is founded largely upon sensuality, rarely upon affection, and the arrangement practically shackles the wife with the chains of life-long slav
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