Egyptian cleric claims Sharia law allows a man to marry his own daughter if she is an illegitimate child

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Al-Sersawi claims Islam allows a man to marry his illegitimate daughter because he is not legally recognised as the father.

A prominent Egyptian Salafist cleric has sparked outrage after he suggested it is permissible for men to have sex with their illegitimate daughters and marry them.

Mazen Al-Sersawi claims prominent Muslim scholar Imam Al-Shafi said Islam allows the relationship between a father and an illegitimate daughter because children who are born out of wedlock are not legally recognised as the man's off-spring.

Al-Sersawi, who teaches at the prestigious Egypt's Al-Azhar University, claims Al-Shafi'I says a girl born in an adulterous relationship is 'not really his daughter'.

Because an illegitimate daughter does not carry her father's name, 'she is not his daughter according to Sharia. She is not officially attributed to him'.

The shocking claims were made by Al-Sersawi in a video which was made in 2012, but has recently gone viral as the public express their revulsion and condemnation at the suggestion that an incestuous relationship could be deemed acceptable in any culture.

Earlier this year, another Egyptian cleric Muftah Mohammad Maarouf, caused outrage when he said even new-born babies could be married off as in Islamic Sharia there is no set age for marriage for girls.

In the televised speech he insisted that as long as 'no harm' is done to the child, there is no problem 'preventing her from getting married'.

I doubt it.

Interpretation must have been twisted.

How can ppl with such twisted fantasies b considered normal? So simply becos d child was born out of wedlock common sense is replaced with stupidity abi.. Why is d emphasis most tyms on sex and gals??

Anything is possible with these people.

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How can ppl with such twisted fantasies b considered normal? So simply becos d child was born out of wedlock common sense is replaced with stupidity abi.. Why is d emphasis most tyms on sex and gals??

This is a reprehensible act indeed

But try and assimilate what you read

It only applies to step fathers

A step father can marry his step daughter

The OP just wanted traffic, so he made the topic sensational

Chai! Uwa mebi

This people and their devilish laws how can a man a woman dating and in the process the woman got pregnant and she gave birth for him, so your stupid laws say you are not the biological and legal father if that child No wonder we have so many basters in the streets who are easily used to carry out evil acts upon the peace loving and prosperous people of this great country. If not on the other side, where on earth have you heard a father donating his child to terrorist If not on the other side where will a father deny his biological son of his fatherly love and responsibilities That's why endless wars will never end on the other side because of the senseless men who brought them into the world without caring for them leaving them to roam the streets like rams fending for themselves. Pls take a critical look into the problem of the world today, This people from the other side are the causes of problems the world is facing today. How can you desire having sex with your own daughter How can you give out you infant baby for marriage? Marriage to who? Is this not madness??