Men can marry their own daughters
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 wedlockAl-Sersawi, who
teaches at the prestigious Egypt's Al-Azhar University, claims Al-Shafi'I says
a girl born in an adulterous relationship is 'not really his daughter'
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