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March 28, 2006
Mullahs Enforce 'Divorce-in-Your-Sleep' Ruling; Require Wife to Sleep with Other Man Before Remarriage
By Ahmed Nassef Sohela and Aftab had been married for 11 years and have three kids together. One night recently while sleeping, Aftab repeated the word "talaq," or divorce, three times. Now the Mullahs in their village in the...
February 21, 2006
Consent, Part 3
By Jawad Ali I have been enjoying the discussions about a husband’s right to demand sex. Some readers seem to be urging me to accept the “no rape” clarification from Sheikh Rabbani (don’t forget the “no coercion” part, folks)...
February 19, 2006
Smoking, but not inhaling, non-consensual sex
By Jawad Ali Shaykh Rabbani has posted an immediate response to my fatwa challenge on his blog. I want to address his tone first. The good imam takes a very polite and respectful approach. I give him full marks...
February 18, 2006
Consent? What consent?
By Jawad Ali Question: Is it not a form of sexual abuse for a husband to be able to force his wife to have sex? How come the wife does not have the same right? Answer:...there is a legal...
October 4, 2005
Great moments in Sunnism. Please don't love the Shia.
Question: I am a new Muslimah, and I am wondering what is the difference between a Sunni Muslim and a Shiite Muslim? Is it that one believes in the Hadith and other doesn't (respectively) or is it as my...
June 24, 2005
Unilateral Coitus Interruptus OK with Slave-Wife, Not with Free-Wife
"Never did we hear such a thing from our ancestors of old!" -- Unbelievers to Noah (Qur'an 23:24) Some of our readers, disturbed at the wide variety of articles on Islam and Muslims that we publish written by regular Muslims...
June 17, 2005
Can I Allow My Christian Wife to Eat Pork or Drink Alcohol?
"Never did we hear such a thing from our ancestors of old!" -- Unbelievers to Noah (Qur'an 23:24) Some of our readers, disturbed at the wide variety of articles on Islam and Muslims that we publish written by regular Muslims...
June 4, 2005
Fatwa of the Week: Phone Sex & Handless Pleasure
"Never did we hear such a thing from our ancestors of old!" -- Unbelievers to Noah (Qur'an 23:24) Some of our readers, disturbed at the wide variety of articles on Islam and Muslims that we publish written by regular Muslims...
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