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In reply to the discussion: Egyptian Islamist parliment to enact law permitting husbands to have sex with dead wives as well as [View all]eissa
(4,238 posts)3. No different than what the "pro-democracy" protestors in Syria want (eom)
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snagglepuss
Apr 2012
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CSM: Egypt 'necrophilia law'? Hooey, utter hooey (Don't believe everything you read on the Internet,
pampango
Apr 2012
#45
Does the DM need to remind people that Egypt is Islamist? Was this a particular sub-sect of Islam
patrice
Apr 2012
#2
No. Just needing a little more information, because I'm curious about whether they have
patrice
Apr 2012
#11
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
Yup, and what "pro-democracy revolutionaries" are bringing to Libya, Sudan, Morocco etc nt
riderinthestorm
Apr 2012
#7
cause i know having sex with a dead wife will maintain the family bond. i was afraid
seabeyond
Apr 2012
#5
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
Which law? The law making divorce make difficult for women. the law enabling marriage at
snagglepuss
Apr 2012
#39