An "Obedient Wife Club"
known in Malaysia for its controversial views has published a book urging men
in polygamous Muslim marriages to have group sex with their wives, a report
said Friday.
The club, formed earlier this year, has made headlines with
its radical suggestions on sex and marriage in conservative, Muslim-majority
Malaysia.
They include earlier calling on women to be "whores in
bed" to prevent their men from straying and pursuing divorce.
In a 115-page book titled "Islamic Sex, Fighting Jews to
Return Islamic Sex to the World," the group calls on Muslim husbands to
have sex with all their wives simultaneously, The Star daily reported.
One chapter, "How Sex Becomes Worship," contains
unusually explicit sexual descriptions for a Malaysian publication, such as a
tutorial on breast-fondling.
AFP was unable to immediately obtain a copy of the reported
book, published by Global Ikhwan, the Malaysian Islamic group that formed the
wives' club.
Global Ikhwan first shot to prominence in 2009 when it formed
the equally controversial "Polygamy Club".
Global Ikhwan member Maznah Taufik told AFP the book was
exclusively for wives' club members and declined to comment further.
The Star said Jamil Khir Baharom, Malaysia's minister in
charge of Islamic affairs, has promised to investigate the book's contents.
Malaysia bans books deemed to be pornographic or insulting to
Islam.
The "Obedient Wife Club" said at its June launch
that it had 800 members in Malaysia and another 200 overseas.
Polygamy is legal for Muslims, who make up more than 60
percent of Malaysia's population. Men are allowed to take up to four wives.
A 2010 study by a Muslim activist group found that men in
polygamous relationships struggled to meet the needs of all their wives and
children, and that the result was often unhappy and cash-strapped families.
Maria Chin Abdullah, executive director of women's advocacy
group Empower, called the book a "very backward, narrow way of presenting
women's role".
"It's really an affront to the women's rights
movement," she said. "We have come forward so far to say women are
not just sex objects."
Source : AFP
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