This week, the United Arab Emirates confirmed that it's OK for a husband to hit his wife, so long as he doesn't leave a mark. Toronto Imam Steve Rockwell, an ardent supporter of shariah law in North America, suggests why this sort of thing might be an improvement over our current zero tolerance of violence.

"Let's be realistic," he says.

The virtual silence of salaried feminist lobbyist organizations and institutions on this is deafening.