#SorryNotSorry: Cleric unrepentant over marital rape remark
A former Islamic minister said it was against the Sunnah (teachings of the prophet) to have non-consensual sex with wives.
23 Jan 2018, 9:00 AM
A cleric who said a man forcing his wife to have sex was not rape has maintained his stance on the issue, accusing the media of falsely reporting a statement of apology.
Dr Muhammad Iyaz Abdul Latheef, a state-licensed scholar who runs an Islamic question-and-answer group on the messaging app Viber, said he apologised as his comment may create confusion.
The apology was “not in support of groups which claim that what happens between husband and wife can be rape”, he wrote on his Facebook page which has about 84,000 followers.
He was criticised on Monday for saying that it cannot be considered rape if a husband forcefully has sex with his wife and, in a statement issued Tuesday, Iyaz apologised for the confusion and said “Islam promotes love between husband and wife”.
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