Religion in Egypt gets crazier by the minute!
It perhaps loses something in the translation thing?????
Egypt’s Islamist-dominated parliament is set to introduce a
law allowing husbands to have sex with their dead wives up to six hours after
death. Critics fear it highlights a trend of increasingly anti-female
legislation since the Arab Spring.
The “farewell Intercourse” bill was inspired by a Fatwa
issued by a Moroccan cleric last year. Zamzami Abdul Bar said that since the
two would meet in Heaven again anyway, death shouldn’t get in the way of one
last post-mortem marital romp.
Critics have slammed the law as “catastrophic.” Prominent journalist
and TV host Jaber al-Qarmouty used his program on Tuesday to lash out at the
proposed law.
“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,” he
lamented on air.
Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW) also called on
Parliament not to adopt this and other measures which they believe increasingly
seek to roll back women’s rights.
The NTC further charges that "marginalizing and
undermining the status of women would negatively affect the country's human
development.”
Along with the rather grim “farewell Intercourse” draft law,
parliament is also set to approve legislation that would allow girls as young
as 14 to get married.
Lawmakers are also seeking to eliminate a reform implemented
over a decade ago that allows women to end unhappy or abusive marriages without
interference from their spouses.
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