Death Penalty For Fake Virgins

Young Egyptian brides are using a Chinese device to fake their virginity on their wedding night.

Scholars have called for their execution.

The BBC reported that Abdul Mouti Bayoumi said “supplying the item was akin to spreading vice in society, a crime punishable by death in Islamic Sharia law.”

The device is inserted prior to the wedding night and released a liquid imitating blood. Although it is made in China, it is reportedly on sale in Syria for $15.

Many women resort to expensive and medically risky hymen replacement surgeries to avoid disgracing themselves and their families on their wedding night.

Professor Bayoumi, a scholar at the prestigious al-Azhar University, said it undermined the moral deterrent of fornication, which he described as a crime and one of the cardinal sins in Islam.

Members of parliament in Egypt have also called for banning import of the item.

They’ll be happy to learn that with little to no health regulations for this item in China, these women are probably exposing themselves to serious health risks. When contacted the company refused to reveal the contents of the blood, or comment on its safety.

But for many women this is a case of stoned if you do, stoned if you don’t.*

* Although it is no longer a capital crime in Egypt, the death sentence is still carried out in some communities. Many read the Qur’an to mandate it; from the Kuwaiti Encyclopedia of Islamic Jurisprudence: 

Ibn Qudamah wrote: “Muslim jurists are unanimous on the fact stoning to death is a specified punishment for married adulterer and adulteress. The punishment is recorded in number of traditions and the practice of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stands as an authentic source supporting it. This is the view held by all Companions, Successors and other Muslim scholars…”