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Raping women who wear ripped jeans is ‘national duty’, says Egyptian laywer

Wahsh added that girls who show parts of their body by wearing such clothes are inviting men to harass them

Entertainment Desk November 03, 2017

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Egyptian lawyer Nabih al-Wahsh sparked outrage in Egypt after he said that women who wear ripped jeans deserve to be sexually harassed and raped, reports The Independent.

In a heated argument during a TV show, Wahsh made the remarks regarding how it was 'national duty' of men to harass women who wore ripped jeans.

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The program’s topic was the controversy surrounding the draft law on fighting prostitution and inciting debauchery.

"Are you happy when you see a girl walking down the street with half of her behind showing?" the lawyer said on Al-Assema earlier this month.

He further added, “I say that when a girl walks about like that, it is a patriotic duty to sexually harass her and a national duty to rape her.”

Wahsh added that girls who show parts of their body by wearing such clothes are inviting men to harass them.

His statements sparked outrage across the country as activists have stepped up to condemn him while others prepared to file a complaint against him.

Meanwhile, Wahsh said that he faced criticism on social media as a result of the interview, adding that he actually demanded stricter punishment for sexual harassment.

“Girls must respect themselves so others respect them. Protecting morals is more important than protecting borders,” Wahsh added

Head of the National Council for Women Doctor Maya Mursi condemned Wahsh’s shameful remarks which are viewed as a “flagrant call” for rape and said they violate the Egyptian constitution which protects women from all forms of violence.

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Mursi also voiced surprise that these statements were made by a lawyer who is tasked with defending rights and freedoms.

She added that the council will file a complaint to the attorney general against Wahsh and Al-Assema, adding that the council had also filed a complaint to the Supreme Council for Media Regulation.

The council also urged media outlets not to host such controversial figures who make remarks that incite violence against women.

Twitter lit up from livid tweets from the users.

https://twitter.com/celticfairy49/status/925654445999906816

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COMMENTS (11)

Waleed | 7 years ago | Reply The call for socially harassing women is absolutely flawed and needs to be condemned. But there's another way of looking into this problem. The remarks made by the lawyer raises an important question The question that whether or not every cultural change hitting the long held values of indigenous people should be whole-heartedly welcomed ? People might have splitting opinion on that. But its been observed that whenever there is a cultural invasion of certain country, people feel threatened and some even make ill-logical statements in the heat of the moment to defend it. It never gets hasty acceptance. It has to pass through the phases of evolution to ultimately digested as normal. So as long as western soft power is squeezing its way to every nook of the world , there is hardly anything locals will be able to do lol

Vectra | 7 years ago | Reply @anwar basit: "He must’ve gotten his training in India under a non-align group scholarship." As if Pakistan is a saint,right??

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vaidyanathan | 7 years ago | Reply Barbaric statement from a barbaric society and culture.

Shah S | 7 years ago | Reply Signs of Egypt to becoming the headquarters of Daaesh-ISIS; as they are now booted out of Syria and Iraq; also possible that once is again Yemen partitioned.. one part may become too.

Shah S | 7 years ago | Reply @anwar basit: Dear Friend, Its Rapistan .... and its Hindus--tan not India.. as India name came into existence by word 'Hindia' as Brit Rulers could not pronounce Hindus--tan correctly.. hence Hindia; and as called by the British Rulers .. it pronounced as India with H silent; was called & named 'British India' by British as their colony ..even passports stated British India; ... and after 15th Aug 1947, it is in Hindus--tan Constitution by renaming India as Hindus--tan' instead of India; Nowadays, these Hindus deceive the world by calling Hindus--tan as India and showing their secular face; in reality its their extreme fascist Hindus who rule Hindus--tan under false name .. India ;

Bunny Rabbit | 7 years ago | Reply surely there are better/ more civilised ways of telling women to dress ' decently ' . personally I like women to wear loose / full clothes but if not , then resorting to this level is uncouth/ characterless .

Trumpeter | 7 years ago | Reply Educated lawyer!! His degree should be re-examined. He brings shame to his alma mater and his upbringing.

Kamal | 7 years ago | Reply The highest porno traffic as a proportion of population is from countries who suppress women. And Porno is more explicit than anything on the streets, Figure out the reason yourself.

Munir | 7 years ago | Reply And I thought that it's only the sub-continentanians that go out of control.

abdul awaal | 7 years ago | Reply There will be wide spread support for this from Pakistan's religious parties.

anwar basit | 7 years ago | Reply He must've gotten his training in India under a non-align group scholarship.

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