A prominent Egyptian Salafist cleric has suggested Islam allows men to convey gender activity amongst their illegitimate daughters together with hook upwards amongst them.
Mazen Al-Sersawi cites prominent Muslim scholar Imam Al-Shafi'i equally proverb because illegitimate daughters are non officially attributed to their fathers they tin rate the sack live on married to them.
He makes the claims inwards a video which has gone viral together with he has been widely criticized for the comments.
In the video, Al-Sersawi said Imam Al-Shafi'i is known for proverb men may hook upwards amongst their ain daughters that are born out of wedlock
Al-Sersawi, who teaches at the prestigious Egypt's Al-Azhar University, claims Al-Shafi'I says a fille born inwards an adulterous human relationship is 'not actually his daughter’.
Because an illegitimate fille does non deport her father's name, 'she is non his fille according to Sharia. She is non officially attributed to him’.
The video was made inwards 2012 but has late resurfaced online.
Many convey expressed their revulsion virtually his claims amongst i human being tweeting 'what is this madness?' together with a adult woman but proverb ‘ewww'.
Earlier this year, approximately other Egyptia cleric Muftah Mohammad Maarouf, said inwards televised fighting the historic catamenia for marrying should live on depression plenty for new-born babies to live on married off.
He said long equally 'no harm' is done to the child, at that spot is no occupation 'preventing her from getting married' adding 'in Islamic Sharia at that spot is no fix historic catamenia for union when it comes to females'.
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