Fatwa prohibits nudity - during sex

[saintjohn]

And I thought Baptists were prude:

Naked-marriage-sex ban
From: Agence France-Presse
January 11, 2006

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.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117...-13762,00.html

[slamminshaun]

Are you supposed to just slip it in through each of your zippers? ???

[V. Barbarino]

they actualy spend their time debating this stuff... maybe they should be worried about killer luggage..

[swirlundergrounder]

Hey girls just keep your heels on, pull your g-string aside and it will all be good... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[saintjohn]

Terry is a uniter, not a divider.

[CrzyC]

Originally Posted by saintjohn

Terry is a uniter, not a divider.

LMAO!

[swirlundergrounder]

Originally Posted by saintjohn

Terry is a uniter, not a divider.

What's that supposed to mean? ??? ??? ???

[saintjohn]

It's a catchphrase that George W. Bush used back when he was first running for the Presidency (1999) to claim that he was uniting Americans, not pandering to special interest groups (well, he did have a unifying effect on the groups that oppose his policies). It was a variation on the "big tent" theme popular with Republican leaders at the time - the GOP was the advertised as the party where different groups could find common causes (small government, individual freedom, and other core conservative ideals) and rally together.

I just thought it was funny that you suggested a clever strategy to "bring people together" despite the fatwa on nudity during sex, and I appropriated the Bush slogan for the sake of irony (or something like that).

[Cosmigonon]

Originally Posted by saintjohn

GOP

What does that stand for?

[r3nz0]

Grand Old Party.