Egypt Plans ‘Farewell Intercourse Law’ So Husbands Can Have Sex With Dead Wives

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.

Egypt’s National Council for Women is campaigning against the changes, saying that ‘marginalising and undermining the status of women would negatively affect the country’s human development’.

The subject of a husband having sex with his dead wife arose in May 2011 when Moroccan cleric Zamzami Abdul Bari said marriage remains valid even after death.  He also said that women have the right to have sex with her dead husband, alarabiya.net reported.