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Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) chairman Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani (C) addresses a press conference in Islamabad on May 26, 2016. Pakistani media and activists poured scorn Friday on a suggestion from an Islamic religious body that men should be allowed to "lightly beat" their wives, made in their draft of a women's protection bill. / AFP / FAROOQ NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP via Getty Images)

Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) chairman Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani (C) addresses a press conference in Islamabad on May 26, 2016. Pakistani media and activists poured scorn Friday on a suggestion from an Islamic religious body that men should be allowed to "lightly beat" their wives, made in their draft of a women's protection bill. / AFP / FAROOQ NAEEM        (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP via Getty Images)