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Egyptian Cleric Abd Al-Rahman Mansour Gives Guidelines For Wife Beating In Islam Kuwaiti Author Ibtihal Al-Khatib Fears For Women's Rights Following Rise Of Islamic Movements To Power Proposed Law Requiring Modesty In Public Places Provokes Debate In The UAE TV Report On Women Training In The Lebanese Police Force Special Dispatch No. 4930 Egyptian Cleric Abd Al-Rahman Mansour Gives Guidelines For Wife Beating In Islam Following are excerpts from a lecture delivered by Egyptian cleric Abd Al-Rahman Mansour, which aired on Al-Nas TV on August 17-18, 2012. Click here to view this clip on MEMRI TV. Abd Al-Rahman Mansour: "Islam instructs a man to beat his wife as a last resort before divorce, so that she will mend her ways, treat him with kindness and respect, and know that her husband has a higher status than her." Click here to read the full report. Special Dispatch No. 4929 Kuwaiti Author Ibtihal Al-Khatib Fears For Women's Rights Following Rise Of Islamic Movements To Power Following are excerpts from a TV interview with Kuwaiti author Ibtihal Al-Khatib, which aired on Mayadeen TV on August 14, 2012. Click here to view this clip on MEMRI TV. Interviewer: "As an Arab woman, are you intimidated by the rise to power of the religious Islamic movements? Do you fear for your rights and the rights of all Arab women? I'm talking about societies in which women's rights exist in the first place, because in some societies, women have yet to enjoy even the most basic rights." Click here to read the full report. Special Dispatch No. 4928 Proposed Law Requiring Modesty In Public Places Provokes Debate In The UAE Following are excerpts from a TV report on the debate caused by the Proposed modesty law in the UAE, which aired on the Al-Jazeera network on June 28, 2012. Click here to view this clip on MEMRI TV. Reporter: "Few people have forgotten the scandal of several months ago, when a British tourist and a British expat were caught having sex on a Dubai beach. Anyone who visits the UAE and strolls around its malls will undoubtedly catch a glimpse of tourists and foreign residents engaging in unacceptable and inappropriate behavior, which many locals believe runs counter to the moral values of UAE society." Click here to read the full report. Special Dispatch No. 4927 TV Report On Women Training In The Lebanese Police Force Following are excerpts from a TV report on women joining the Lebanese police force, which aired on the Al-Jazeera network on May 21, 2012. Click here to view this clip on MEMRI TV. Footage from ceremony, showing formation of policewomen Reporter: "In a ceremony held in Dhbaye, Lebanon, a group of women who joined the internal security force show-cased the skills they acquired in the course of their lengthy training. Until recently, the 25,000-strong police force included only two women." Click here to read the full report.