Afghan Marital Sex Law

In March of this year Afghan President, Hamid Karzai lent his signature to the passing of a law which give men the right to demand marital sex with his wife every four days.  The legislation also regulates for when and for what purposes a wife, of her own choosing may leave her home alone.

Over the past months, Shia Afghan woman  have remonstrated in Kabul about the new law, while after facing something a tumultuous political backlash from the international community who consider the idea repugnate, Hamid Karzai has since ordered that the law as it stands be thoroughly reviewed.

Some very deluded conservative Muslim clerics, chief among them Mullah Asef Mohseni have defended the law.  They claim that only 15% of Shia Afghan muslims will ultimately be effected and that in all other circumstaces, a man and wife will commonly negotiate on how often it is reasonable to sleep together.

For Further Reading: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/07/afghanistan-revises-marital-sex.php#

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/10/afghan-rape-law-shelved-d_n_183750.html

http://southasia.oneworld.net/opinioncomment/afghan-women-up-in-arms-against-controversial-law#