The Virginian-Pilot 
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, December 3, 1995               TAG: 9512020006
SECTION: COMMENTARY               PAGE: J4   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

VIOLENCE CONDONED?

Regarding Faiqa Qureshi's letter (Nov. 8): She says, ``Islam does not preach or condone oppression or violence.'' She then quotes a line from the Koran.

I quote another passage from the Koran: ``Men have authority over women, because God made the one superior to the other, and because men spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient . . . as for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart, and beat them (Koran, 4:34).''

This seems to me to condone oppression and violence quite clearly.

WILLIAM L. NUCKOLS

Norfolk, Nov. 29, 1995 by CNB