Egypt Drafts Measure To Allow Husbands To Have Sex With Dead Wives...

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Farewell Intercourse Law: Egypt Drafts Measure To Allow Husbands To Have Sex With Dead Wives

Update: Several Egyptian sources are claiming via Twitter that the story below is false. It has been suggested by some that a rumour may have been placed by sources loyal to former dictator Hosni Mubarak. More to follow.

Egypt’s new Islamist-dominated parliament is preparing to introduce a controversial law that would allow husbands to have sex with their deceased wives up to six hours after death.

Known as the “farewell Intercourse” law, the measure is being championed as part of a raft of reforms introduced by the parliament that will also see the minimum age of marriage lowered to 14 for girls.

The proposals have sparked outrage amongst women's rights groups, with Egypt's National Council for Women accusing the government of “marginalising and undermining the status of women”.

The “farewell intercourse” legislation was first mooted in 2011, after a Moroccan cleric suggested sex remained legitimate even after death, whether with a man or a woman.

According to Al Arabiya News, Dr Mervat al-Talawi, head of the country’s National Council for Women, has written to the parliament speaker pleading to not enact the laws, which would “rid women of their rights of getting education and employment”.

On Tuesday, high profile Egyptian journalist Jaber al-Qarmouty joined the chorus of disapproval.

He said: "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?”

Many of Egypt’s laws enacted to protect women’s rights were won during the Mubarak regime. Islamists are now looking to roll back these hard-won reforms as a point of “protecting families”.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/04/26/farewell-intercourse-law-egypt-parliament-dead-wife_n_1455241.html?

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Update: Several Egyptian sources are claiming via Twitter that the story below is false. It has been suggested by some that a rumour may have been placed by sources loyal to former dictator Hosni Mubarak. More to follow.

I wonder if this counts as a baiting title.

[Dan and Judy 614]

what's wrong with "one for the road"?

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

http://www.theweek.co.uk/middle-east/46526/sex-after-death-women-protest-farewell-intercourse-law

http://rt.com/news/egypt-sex-dead-wife-054/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2135434/Outrage-Egypt-plans-farewell-intercourse-law-husbands-sex-dead-wives-hours-AFTER-death.html

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2012/04/islamic-egypt-plans-farewell-fornication-law-so-husbands-can-have-sex-with-dead-wives-and-marriage-a.html

[Dan and Judy 614]

The "farewell intercourse" legislation was first mooted in 2011, after a Moroccan cleric suggested sex remained legitimate even after death, whether with a man or a woman.

does rigor mortis work on that muscle?

[ScramJet 35]

does rigor mortis work on that muscle?

It makes it all the better.

[luckytxn 2,265]

Strange a law would need to be made giving an OK to have sex with ones wife.

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Strange a law would need to be made giving an OK to have sex with ones wife.

You thought it would be ok anyway?

[luckytxn 2,265]

You thought it would be ok anyway?

She is still the wife. Being dead does not mean a divorce was granted.

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She is still the wife. Being dead does not mean a divorce was granted.

You can only be married to a live person. That is pretty much implied.

By your line of argument, a health insurance company can continue to charge premiums to dead people.

[luckytxn 2,265]

You can only be married to a live person. That is pretty much implied.

By your line of argument, a health insurance company can continue to charge premiums to dead people.

She is still a wife but just dead. My line of argument is for a husband and wife. I think it is disgusting myself but if the husband gets horned up after she has died who am I to deny the sicko his pleasures.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

She is still the wife. Being dead does not mean a divorce was granted.

What is the significance of "until death do us part", then?

[luckytxn 2,265]

What is the significance of "until death do us part", then?

Hopefully the sicko will just want to get his rocks off and then bury her. What is the significance of making a law allowing this?

[Dan and Judy 614]

What is the significance of "until death do us part", then?

that's only for Christians,

Maybe they could just pass a don't ask, don't tell law.

[luckytxn 2,265]

that's only for Christians,

Maybe they could just pass a don't ask, don't tell law.

Or just don't mention anything. Let them go say their final farewells in their own way in privacy.