Men in Saudi Arabia "can eat their wives if they are suffering severe hunger" under a bizarre new fatwa reportedly announced by a religious leader in the country.
Saudi Arabian grand mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah allegedly issued the guidelines to allow a husband to eat his wife's body parts in extreme circumstances.
The cleric is reported to have said the ruling represents the "sacrifice of women and obedience to her husband" - but campaigners are understandably outraged.
The announcement has sparked major concerns about the already well-documented poor treatment of women in the country.
A statement reportedly from the cleric's office said: “A fatwa attributed to the Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, which allows a man to eat his wife or parts of her body if the husband was afflicted with a severe hunger, raised concern and debate over social media since yesterday evening.
"The fatwa is interpreted as evidence of the sacrifice of women and obedience to her husband and her desire for the two to become one."
Women's rights in Saudi Arabia are notoriously scarce.
Until 2011 they were banned from voting or running in public elections and earlier this year all female television presenters were told they must adhere to a strict Islamic dress code.
The country has an abysmal human rights record, including against women, and females are banned from going anywhere in the country, or even opening a bank account, without a male chaperon.
Punishments for breaking such trivial laws include public lashings and humiliations.
Article from : Mirror.co.uk
This one is little old but it's still roaming around Internet ,
The sad thing is this guy is still in office !
Hahah... This cant be real?!
I was looking for an update about that, what iv found is Sheikh Abdul Aziz he is still in office..still searching here and there to see what happen
I hope you'd say at the end "April Fools Day guys!" ......one can only hope...ALAS!
wow! bizarre! haha
well indeed is bizare but if this happening is crazy AF !!
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Very woman-unfriendly part of the world! I can attest to that. Have been insulted, stared at, taken pictures of without being asked and touched at places you don't touch people you don't know. All the time I was in this region I wore long pants and sleeves to show my respect for their culture.... but this clearly hasn't helped! So I'm actually not surprised by this horrible message!
You are Brave miss! But yeah it is super crazy, i'v tried to find if they applied this "law" O.o but with not any luck!
It's actually a real shame because the middle east is a beautiful part of the part! But given the attitude against women I'm not eager to go back!