Sometimes the male relatives of the wife retaliate in case a husband beats her.

In the village of Schwire, in Lebanon, a man beat his wife in a brutal manner and she fled to the house of her brother.

The brother watched his opportunity; waylaid the offending husband, and avenged his sister's injuries by giving him a severe flogging.

In Eastern Turkey, a missionary in one of the towns noticed that not one woman attended church on Sunday.

He expostulated with the Protestants, and urged them to persuade their wives to accompany them.