Report: Egypt‘s Proposed ’Farewell Intercourse Law‘ Dismissed as ’Complete Nonsense’
- Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:30pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Recent reports that Egypt’s parliament is working on a law that would permit husbands to have sex with their newly-deceased wives have been dismissed as “complete nonsense,” according to the Daily Mail.
Citing “sources inside the Egyptian Embassy in London,“ the Mail reported Friday the claims were ”completely false,“ ”forbidden in Islam“ and that those interviewed ”could never imagine it happening.” While not an official rebuttal, an embassy source told the site no such proposal had reached parliament, though acknowledged “it could be the work of an extremist politician.”
According to the journalism institution Poynter, reports of the “farewell intercourse law” first surfaced in an opinion piece published in Egypt’s state newspaper Al Ahram. It gained traction once it was picked up by the English-language Al Arabiya — which described it as “allowing a husband to have sex with his dead wife within six hours of her death” — and then quickly appeared in the Daily Mail, the Huffington Post, Andrew Sullivan’s blog and elsewhere.
The Christian Science Monitor on Thursday blasted the claims as “utter hooey,” stating, “inflammatory claims, need at minimum some evidence….The evidence right now? Zero.”
The English news site Tunisia Live on Friday similarly reported on the pushback to the reports, citing an Egyptian political activist who said “There is no law and no draft”:
He also explained that Egyptian journalist Sarah Carr has investigated the matter, and has said that what is being called the “farewell intercourse law” originated with a talk given by an Egyptian media personality, and has no bases in the discussions of actual MPs, at least in the public sphere.
As Poynter noted, news sites have since started updating their reports with concerns that the story is false and possibly planted by loyalists of ousted President Hosni Mubarak to discredit the Egyptian government.
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Comments (51)
ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 1:37amare we allowed to say ****** on here ???
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 3:50pmSpecialK
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:49am
hmmmm…“reinforces negative stereotypes”? The Egyptian parliament is considering a measure that allows husbands “farewell intercourse” with their dead wives within 6 hours of the wife’s death. The same fatwah (sic) was put forward by a prominent Morrocan (sic) Imam. Islam thinks so poorly of it‘s (sic) women that it will consider allowing it’s men to have sex with female corpses. Islam is a mental disorder not a religion.
Check It Out! LOL
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/they-hate-us-writer-criticized-for-provocative-article-on-the-toxic-mix-of-culture-religion-harming-middle-eastern-women/
TEA
Report Post »Constantine Ivanov
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 1:24amCongratulations! You now have to ask if you are allowed to say something. This is a real triumph of the First Amendment (in hands of Liberasts, I mean) in this country!
Report Post »RamonPreston
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 9:56pm****** no!
Report Post »ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 1:35amI wonder what happens if the wife passes at lets say 6 P.M. under ****** law don’t they have to bury her by sunset ????? Hmmm sounds like a quickie to me !!!!!!!! Can the world get any crazier !!!!
Report Post »john gault 2
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:25pmI wonder if they keep her warm for her husbands farewell screw, just saying if shes cold it wont be the same.
Report Post »JGraham III
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:38pmWhen a religion such as Islam allows the ‘lying to infidels’ doctrine, how can anyone believe anything they say? If this story is actually true, then the Islamic accusation of the West being the “Great Satan” pales in comparison to the practice of necrophilia…no wonder the only effective way they have had over the centuries of converting others to their “faith” has been the sword. No one in their right mind would embrace this hideous crap; not at least when the love of the true God is available in the person of Jesus Christ!
Report Post »Eleutheria
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 10:48pmIslam is a death cult.
Report Post »Larry E
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 4:45pmYou give them the benefit of the doubt, which is mostly undeserved from what I’ve been able to see.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:56pmThey cant have sex with their dead wives,The Goats and Camels will get jealous! Goats and Camels still have Intact genitalia.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:23pmAfter they cut up the Female Genitalia… Dead or Alive… is about the Same!
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 2:18pmThe women there are not allowed to show any signs of passion so there is not much difference.
Report Post »lassiegirldawn
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:51pmThey have no respect for women, so what is the difference to them. It is just a last, “I am in charge” and very demeaning to women. If I was a female camel, I would be worried as hell.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:43pmBlaze staff, what’s wrong with this joke?
“Look, I like having sex with dead woman as much as the next guy, but…six hours? That’s going way overboard.”
It’s funny. You let so much vitriol get by, yet you pull a funny joke? I just don’t get you guys sometimes.
Report Post »TurboCat
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 8:29amWhat’s so funny about it? It‘s YOUR opinion that it’s funny.
Report Post »oyster0302
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 12:35pmI think the law should be ammended to “TILL YOUR SPOUSE ASSUMES ROOM TEMPERATURE”
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 4:56pm@TURBOCAT
Report Post »and it’s MY opinion that counts, not yours, when it comes to funny. It’s over your head.
TJexcite
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:41pmIn Germany they needed the Enigma to spreed codes so on one knew what was really happening. Now
Report Post »all they need is to tell the truth in Arabic and then lie about it in English and people believe it. After all it
was a glorious revolution for freedom and Islam will not be all there is in a secular society run but the Muslim Brotherhood.
MoreC02
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:40pmYoooo Hoooooo. were art thou comment board?
Report Post »MoreC02
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:39pmWhere is my efin comment?
Report Post »MoreC02
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:39pmThis just in: female organ mutilation is a way of life in Egypt.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:36pmThe Blaze has the Church Lady censoring tonight. I had a great joke, not near as tasteless as some of the fine comments here tonight, but the Church Lady snatched it away. You just never know.
Report Post »MoreC02
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:34pmThis just in: Egypt is the country with the most cliterectomy procedures on the planet.
Report Post »RamonPreston
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:34pmBy the headline I thought it was the same things guys want in this country…a last quickie when their girlfriend dumps them.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:27pmThis just in: farewell intercourse STILL permitted with livestock. Al Jazeera and Jon Stewart will have the film at 11. :)
Report Post »reconmarine
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:15pmOne Viagra and they’re both stiff for at least 4 hours
Report Post »ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 1:38amLMAO good one
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:08pmOf course they are lying about this. Citing “…sources inside Egyptian Embassy in London…“ who then go on to admit that ”it could be the work of an extremist politician”.
Oh. My. God. It is the same excuse every freakin’ time!
It is wearying to have to entertain the idiocy of this backwards culture that breeds such stupid and foolish people.
I bet “the source” was Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed, muslim in the House of Lords.
Report Post »torgospizza
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 10:11amSo you’re suggesting the farewell intercourse law has indeed been passed, despite a complete lack of evidence apart from a single story planted by a Mubarak loyalist with an ax to grind? I’m proud of TheBlaze for trying to get the story as accurate as possible. If it comes out it is true after all, they’ll let us know. As for those that are prejudiced against Arabs, they’re going to believe whatever supports their opinion, regardless of the facts.
Report Post »unsafe
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:01pmThese people are a sick bunch just let them kill there self I sure dont care.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:56pmWhy would anyone need a law to permit them to do this? How could the law stop you if you just do it anyway and don’t tell anybody?
Report Post »oyster0302
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 12:47pmTo spouse “ Honey I wont tell if you wont tell”
Report Post »SouthernVoice1
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:53pmAnd the story had to be Proved wrong. NUF said.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:01pmLoved your comment.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:50pmIn Islam, it only depends on what she died from…… But they always have the fallback position,,,,,, their 6 year old nephew, cuz pedophilia is totally acceptable….. SICK MO FOZ
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:44pmIn Ancient Egypt… the god Osiris was killed by the god Seth… yet the god Ra “rejuvinated” Osiris so that the goddess Isis could have Sex with him… producing the god Horus! Old roots… die hard!
Report Post »AnAppealToGod
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:42pmIt takes 2 to tango. Not a dead one either.
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:37pmWhew! That was close!
Report Post »Jackie Rogers, Jr.
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:46pmThe islamaphobic necrophiliacs would have been torn right down the middle.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:36pmLol
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