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snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 10:44 AM Apr 2012

Egyptian Islamist parliment to enact law permitting husbands to have sex with dead wives as well as [View all]

law permitting marriage with 14 yr old girls and ridding of women's rights of getting education and employment.

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Egyptian husbands will soon be legally allowed to have sex with their dead wives - for up to six hours after their death.

The controversial new law is part of a raft of measures being introduced by the Islamist-dominated parliament.

It will also see the minimum age of marriage lowered to 14 and the ridding of women's rights of getting education and employment.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2135434/Outrage-Egypt-plans-farewell-intercourse-law-husbands-sex-dead-wives-hours-AFTER-death.html#ixzz1tA4NShYH



For those who take issue with DM the same is reported elsewhere such as alarabiya.net

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Many members of the newly-elected, and majority Islamist parliament, have been accused of launching attacks against women’s rights in the country.

They wish to cancel many, if not most, of the laws that promote women’s rights, most notably a law that allows a wife to obtain a divorce without obstructions from her partner. The implementation of the Islamic right to divorce law, also known as the Khula, ended years of hardship and legal battles women would have to endure when trying to obtain a divorce.

Egyptian law grants men the right to terminate a marriage, but grants women the opportunity to end an unhappy or abusive marriages without the obstruction of their partner. Prior to the implementation of the Khula over a decade ago, it could take 10 to 15 years for a woman to be granted a divorce by the courts.

Islamist members of Egyptian parliament, however, accuse these laws of “aiming to destroy families” and have said it was passed to please the former first lady of the fallen regime, Suzanne Mubarak, who devoted much of her attention to the issues of granting the women all her rights.




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




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Does "to enact" mean to imply that passage is likely? jberryhill Apr 2012 #1
Very likely B2G Apr 2012 #6
So? jberryhill Apr 2012 #43
CSM: Egypt 'necrophilia law'? Hooey, utter hooey (Don't believe everything you read on the Internet, pampango Apr 2012 #45
ah but as you read the thread there aresome DUer's azurnoir Apr 2012 #47
Kinda interesting what spills out on these occasions jberryhill Apr 2012 #48
Does the DM need to remind people that Egypt is Islamist? Was this a particular sub-sect of Islam patrice Apr 2012 #2
Are you trying to deflect the story to the DM? Other media as well as snagglepuss Apr 2012 #8
Not just Islamist dominated B2G Apr 2012 #10
You ain't seen nothing yet! Spoonman Apr 2012 #20
Ditto B2G Apr 2012 #21
The "cause mob" mentality Spoonman Apr 2012 #25
No. Just needing a little more information, because I'm curious about whether they have patrice Apr 2012 #11
The MB was a major force behind the Arab Spring B2G Apr 2012 #17
Making friends with PNAC in that agenda? That has to do with how political they are relative to patrice Apr 2012 #19
Well, Egypt had a lot of Muslims, but it prided itself -- before Mubarak was deposed--on being a MADem Apr 2012 #9
No different than what the "pro-democracy" protestors in Syria want (eom) eissa Apr 2012 #3
Yup, and what "pro-democracy revolutionaries" are bringing to Libya, Sudan, Morocco etc nt riderinthestorm Apr 2012 #7
Be careful of generalizations. tabatha Apr 2012 #13
And yet? atreides1 Apr 2012 #4
cause i know having sex with a dead wife will maintain the family bond. i was afraid seabeyond Apr 2012 #5
What a clusterfuck. Hell Hath No Fury Apr 2012 #12
Sweeping statement tabatha Apr 2012 #14
You may want to read this: Why do they hate us? riderinthestorm Apr 2012 #15
That was a terrific article leftynyc Apr 2012 #16
I was just about to post that too. Thanks. nt redqueen Apr 2012 #18
I just read the article at that link. hifiguy Apr 2012 #37
So someone actually argued for the right to commit necrophilia? 4th law of robotics Apr 2012 #22
More importantly, women are being stripped of their rights B2G Apr 2012 #23
I expected that women would lose whatever rights they had 4th law of robotics Apr 2012 #27
Although women will get the brunt of it, it won't be just them eissa Apr 2012 #28
Oh no doubt, the whole thing is awful all around 4th law of robotics Apr 2012 #29
It's not so much a right of necrophilia (though that is how it is enacted) etherealtruth Apr 2012 #41
Reading this brought back memories of sitting in Ancient Egyptian History class LibertyLover Apr 2012 #24
Why would the men want to have sex with a dead person? Is that simply a perversion that is ladjf Apr 2012 #26
Seriously, is that something people do, and don't talk about? closeupready Apr 2012 #30
you don't have use all your rights granted by the state Johonny Apr 2012 #33
Hey, man. You have a dark sense of humor. nt ladjf Apr 2012 #51
They sound like great guys badtoworse Apr 2012 #31
It's just another bit of propaganda in the same vein of... Quantess Apr 2012 #32
What is propaganda? B2G Apr 2012 #34
I responded to post #31 Quantess Apr 2012 #36
Fundamentalist religion of the Abrahamic sort hifiguy Apr 2012 #35
I've read passage is very unlikely; only a tiny minority wants this law. DutchLiberal Apr 2012 #38
Which law? The law making divorce make difficult for women. the law enabling marriage at snagglepuss Apr 2012 #39
The fuck dead wives law. DutchLiberal Apr 2012 #49
You are correct jberryhill Apr 2012 #44
Wow, what a de-evolution that would be. Rex Apr 2012 #40
The Real Roots of Sexism in the Middle East (It's Not Islam, Race, or 'Hate') pampango Apr 2012 #42
So all fault gets deflected elsewhere. Got it. snagglepuss Apr 2012 #46
It's Islam. Just like it's Christianity with the GOP woman-haters. DutchLiberal Apr 2012 #50
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