This is easily the most disturbing death related news item that I’ve ever posted on my blog.

As I write this article there is a bill in the Parliament of Egypt that seeks to legalize necrophilia.

This bill originates out of the teachings of a Moroccan cleric named Zamzami Abdul Bari (pictured to the right).  The cleric believes that the marriage commitment remains valid after death.  Based on that assumption, he believes that a man, and a woman, should have the right to have sex with the corpse of their spouse.  He calls this “Farewell Intercourse”.

Idea’s have consequences.  And theology, as well as hermenutics, matter.

The Egyptian bill, if passed into law, would only allow a spouse to have sex with their deceased partner up to six hours after death.

I wonder how you’d enforce such a law?

Thankfully, Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW) is petitioning the Islamist controlled parliament to vote down the necrophilia bill as well as another bill that seeks to essentially legalize pedophilia (lowing the marriageable age limit for girls to 14).

I wish this was a joke, but it’s not.  The world is sick.  And it seems to only become sicker when men seek to consolidate power for themselves.

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