Sisters in Islam: Marital rape is unIslamic


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 28 Apr 2015

PETALING JAYA: Islam forbids husbands from forcing sex on their wives, as it is a form of physical abuse and mental torture, said Sisters in Islam (SIS).

The Muslim women’s group rebuked recent statements that attempted to defend marital rape in the name of Islam, that were issued in the wake of “Without Consent”, a rape awareness campaign launched by DAP’s Damansara Utama assemblyman Yeo Bee Yin.

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