Afghan cleric defends contentious marriage law

Mohammad Asif Mohseni, a top Afghan Shia cleric speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 11, 2009. A key backer of an Afghan law that critics say legalizes marital rape and rolls back women's rights rejected international outcry as foreign meddling on Saturday and said detractors have misinterpreted legislation that offers women many protections.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

This from Afghanistan: Muslim cleric endorses new Afghan law which legalizes rape within marriage. But the justification is, as always, straight from the Qur'an, and so must be obeyed. Must be obeyed until the yoke of Islam is shaken off like a nightmare.

"It is essential for the woman to submit to the man's sexual desire, the law says."

Well I guess that settles it, Afghan law and the Qur'an agree, rape is OK. Don't forget though that like all Muslim nations, the Afghan government is based on, and subservient to, the Qur'an and Sharia law. So all the noise about democracy is just window dressing in order to placate the West, but only for the time being.

Where will you be when the Jihad hits the street?

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Afghan cleric defends contentious marriage law

By RAHIM FAIEZ and HEIDI VOGT
KABUL (AP) — A key backer of an Afghan law that critics say legalizes marital rape and rolls back women's rights rejected an international outcry as foreign meddling on Saturday and insisted the law offers women many protections.
The law, passed last month, says a husband can demand sex with his wife every four days unless she is ill or would be harmed by intercourse, and regulates when and for what reasons a wife may leave her home alone.
"It is essential for the woman to submit to the man's sexual desire," the law says.

The legislation has raised the specter of the deposed hard-line Taliban regime, which fell in 2001 after the U.S. invaded Afghanistan. The Taliban required women to wear all-covering burqas and banned them from leaving home without a male relative.

Following an international uproar over the new law, which President Barack Obama called "abhorrent," Afghan President Hamid Karzai put it under review. The move puts enforcement on hold.

Mohammad Asif Mohseni, a top Afghan cleric and one of the law's main drafters, said the legislation cannot be revoked or changed because it was enacted through a legislative process — passed by both houses of parliament and signed by Karzai.
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