Naked-marriage-sex ban

Agence France-Presse ^ | January 11, 2006 | News.com.au

[generalhammond]

AN Egyptian cleric's controversial fatwa claiming that nudity during sexual intercourse invalidates a marriage has uncovered a rift among Islamic scholars...

[generalhammond]

AN Egyptian cleric's controversial fatwa claiming that nudity during sexual intercourse invalidates a marriage has uncovered a rift among Islamic scholars.

According to the religious edict issued by Rashad Hassan Khalil, a former dean of Al-Azhar University's faculty of Sharia (or Islamic law), "being completely naked during the act of coitus annuls the marriage". The religious decree sparked a hot debate on the private satellite network Dream's popular religious talk show and on the front page of Al-Masri Al-Yom, Egypt's leading independent daily newspaper.

Suad Saleh, who heads the women's department of Al-Azhar's Islamic studies faculty, pleaded for "anything that can bring spouses closer to each other" and rejected the claim that nudity during intercourse could invalidate a union.

During the live televised debate, Islamic scholar Abdel Muti dismissed the fatwa: "Nothing is prohibited during marital sex, except of course sodomy."

For his part, Al-Azhar's fatwa committee chairman Abdullah Megawar argued that married couples could see each other naked but should not look at each other's genitalia and suggested they cover up with a blanket during sex.

Since this edict there have been a flurry of orders for goat and camel blankets...

[Nachum]

How about blindfolds?

[woofie]

I like leather gloves and dark glasses

[Last Dakotan]

I wear a sweatband...

[beaver fever]

So Latex bondage suits are OK?

[bnelson44]

LOL!

[al baby]

I wear a nascar racing helmet

[Farmer Dean]

And a few cloves up the nose to take the edge off the smell.

[MrNatural]

WTF? This is from Scrappleface, right?

[Onelifetogive]

Abdullah Megawar argued that married couples could see each other naked but should not look at each other's genitalia...

Then what, I ask, would be the point of seeing each other naked?

[sd-joe]

>> "nudity during sexual intercourse invalidates a marriage" <<

If only it were that easy.

[neodad]

"being completely naked during the act of coitus annuls the marriage"

There's still hope for my ex.

[freedumb2003]

Since this edict there have been a flurry of orders for goats and camels blankets...

[Farmer Dean]

I feel your pain.

[stm]

Amazing. Simply amazing.

[LaineyDee]

This guy must be related to my ex.

[Ohioan from Florida]

Does anyone wonder why these people are so crazy? This kind of thinking might just explain a few of their problems!

[dc27]

Do they sell crotchless burkas?

[Brett66]

Amazing they manage to breed like rabbits.......

[Conservative Goddess]

Well....actually, my understanding is that Orthodox Jews also practice something similar....using a sheet with a single hole in it. Not being Orthodox about anything, I can't confirm that...but that's my limited understanding.