Date: 19 Aug 2009
AFGHANISTAN -NO SEX - NO FOOD BBC NEWS http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/bbc_news_south_asia_row_over_afghan_wife_starving_law_1/ Extended Blog Discussion Row over Afghan wife-starving law Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... to have sex with their husbands every four days at a minimum, and it effectively condoned rape by removing the need for consent to sex within marriage. Now an amended version of the same bill has passed quietly into law with the apparent approval of President Karzai. It allows a man to withhold food from his wife if she refuses his sexual demands; a woman must get her husband's permission to work; and fathers and grandfathers are given exclusive custody of children. Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8204207.stm NO JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACIES IN ISLAMISATAN JammieWearingFool — [image] So, I am sure you will have read that an Afghan bill allowing a husband to starve his wife if she refuses to have sex has been published in the official gazette and become law. The original bill caused outrage earlier this year, forcing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to withdraw it. But critics say the amended version of the law remains highly repressive. They accuse Mr Karzai of selling out Afghan women for the sake of conservative Shia support at next week's presidential election. The law governs family life for Afghanistan's Shia minority. Just a few points here. ... Related: afghan law starving wife Afghanistan: No sex, no food! faustasblog.com 2 days ago — Still more depravity : The BBC reports about a Row over Afghan wife-starving law An Afghan bill allowing a husband to starve his wife if she refuses to have sex has been published in the official gazette and become law. Nothing like sanctioning coercion to bring about marital relations ... Still more depravity : The BBC reports about a Row over Afghan wife-starving law An Afghan bill allowing a husband to starve his wife if she refuses to have sex has been published in the official gazette and become law. Nothing like sanctioning coercion to bring about marital relations ... Ah, Islam — Commonsense & Wonder Row over Afghan wife-starving law By Sarah Rainsford BBC News An Afghan bill allowing a husband to starve his wife if she refuses to have sex has been published in the official gazette and become law. The http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/bbc_news_south_asia_row_over_afghan_wife_starving_law_1/ 000000000