Egypt to legalize necrophilia?

[Odysseus]

This article has been alleged false in some Twitter posts, but I'm not about to let that stop an interesting thread:   

Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW) has appealed to the Islamist-dominated parliament not to approve two controversial laws on the minimum age of marriage and allowing a husband to have sex with his dead wife within six hours of her death according to a report in an Egyptian newspaper.

The appeal came in a message sent by Dr. Mervat al-Talawi, head of the NCW, to the Egyptian People’s Assembly Speaker, Dr. Saad al-Katatni, addressing the woes of Egyptian women, especially after the popular uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak in February 2011.

She was referring to two laws: one that would legalize the marriage of girls starting from the age of 14 and the other that permits a husband to have sex with his dead wife within the six hours following her death.

According to Egyptian columnist Amro Abdul Samea in al-Ahram, Talawi’s message included an appeal to parliament to avoid the controversial legislations that rid women of their rights of getting education and employment, under alleged religious interpretations.

“Talawi tried to underline in her message that marginalizing and undermining the status of women in future development plans would undoubtedly negatively affect the country’s human development, simply because women represent half the population,” Abdul Samea said in his article.

The controversy about a husband having sex with his dead wife came about after a Moroccan cleric spoke about the issue in May 2011.

Zamzami Abdul Bari said that marriage remains valid even after death adding that a woman also too had the same right to engage in sex with her dead husband.

Two years ago, Zamzami incited further controversy in Morocco when he said it was permissible for pregnant women to drink alcohol.

But it seems his view on partners having sex with their deceased partners has found its way to Egypt one year on.

Egyptian prominent journalist and TV anchor Jaber al-Qarmouty on Tuesday referred to Abdul Samea’s article in his daily show on Egyptian ON TV and criticized the whole notion of “permitting a husband to have sex with his wife after her death under a so-called ‘Farewell Intercourse’ draft law.”

“This is very serious. Could the panel that will draft the Egyptian constitution possibly discuss such issues? Did Abdul Samea see by his own eyes the text of the message sent by Talawi to Katatni? This is unbelievable. It is a catastrophe to give the husband such a right! Has the Islamic trend reached that far? Is there really a draft law in this regard? Are there people thinking in this manner?”

https://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/04/25/210198.html

Well..... erm..... far out.....

*insert "stiff" joke here*

 

[El Barto]

As I said elsewhere, it's just a piece of pending legislation.  Whackjob politicians here introduce all sorts of nutty-ass bills that get shot down by common sense.  Wait to see if this has any support outside of the lunatic fringe before jumping in to condemn them. 

Quiet in conscience, calm in their right,
Confident their ways are best.

[Omega]

Inb4

Necrophilia, Sodomy

Tomato, tomäto


(yes, that's a joke. Or is it?)

[Odysseus]

"Necrophilia, Sodomy

Tomato, tomäto"

Shit, has Rebecca Black come out with another song?.... 

[senecadawg2]

 

Bizarre...

[AngelBack]

Hey, let's do this in reverse and end up talking about gay marriage.

[Progmetty]

Egyptians on Facebook have been swaping a lot of dirty jokes about this rumor since yesterday heh

[Rathma]

[comment]

Hey, let's do this in reverse and end up talking about gay marriage.

 

[senecadawg2]

perfect avatar.