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It is for reasons like these that i believe the Islam is in desperate need of it's own equivalent to the Enlightenment. It'll most likely be a very different from the one we had here in the West. But maybe it'll allow Muslims to relativate their faith. To realize that placing blind faith in a centuries old set of laws written under entirely different circumstances might not be the best way to advance themselves in the modern world. To adhere to the spirit of the holy scriptures, rather than the letter. To be able to openly discuss any subject, not a single exception made.
And maybe decide on a general interpretation of said scriptures on which all Muslims can agree, a decision in which everyone can freely participate without needing to answer for it.

After watching the various video's linked to in Slayden's post, I have the following comments:
The Shari's does indeed say it is the wife's duty to obey and satisfy her husband ... but there are passages in the Shari'a saying the husband in turn also has the holy duty to ensure his wife's (sexual) satisfaction (as well as being obligated to support her and any children). Furthermore, the Shari'a also says that a women's body and wordly possessions are her own and that the father, brother or husband has no right to claim them against her will. Failing either of these, is actually grounds for a woman to divorce her husband, which she has the right to (though I doubt it to actually happen in reality)
There is also a law stating that a post-pubescent female cannot be forced to marry anyone without their consent.

It sometimes surprises how the holy books can contain such well thought out metaphors and stories on morality, yet at the same time be full of passages that are open to one thousand different interpretations or just plainly contradict each other.

PS: "www.prophetofdoom.net" does not strike me as being very objective. I've seen it label all Muslims as terrorists and then calling this an undeniable fact. I find this questionable.