Just file this under the great contributions Islam makes to humanity, and most especially women’s rights: honor killings, female genital mutilation, gender apartheid, forced marriage, child marriage etc.

Prominent Muslim imam: Fathers can marry their own daughters
- Mazen Al-Sersawi cites prominent Muslim scholar in making his argument
- Girls born out of wedlock are not really daughters so not ‘attributed’ to father
- According to his argument in these circumstances a man can marry daughter
- The comments have been widely criticised and greeted with revulsion
A prominent Egyptian Salafist cleric has suggested Islam allows men to have sex with their illegitimate daughters and marry them.
Mazen Al-Sersawi cites prominent Muslim scholar Imam Al-Shafi’i as saying because illegitimate daughters are not officially attributed to their fathers they can be married to them.
He makes the claims in a video which has gone viral and he has been widely criticized for the comments.
In the video, Al-Sersawi said Imam Al-Shafi’i is known for saying men may marry their own daughters that are born out of wedlock
In the video Mazen Al-Sersawi cites prominent scholar Imam Al-Shafi’i to make the case that fathers can marry daughters born in adulterous relationships






















