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International News Title: 'There's no such thing as rape within marriage', says Muslim leader of sharia law courts in Britain A senior Muslim cleric has been condemned by police and other Muslim leaders for claiming that there is no such thing as rape within marriage. Sheikh Maulana Abu Sayeed, president of the Islamic Sharia Council in Britain, sparked outrage when he said he believed that men who rape their wives should not be prosecuted because 'sex is part of marriage'. He further claimed, during an interview with the blog The Samosa, that many married women who made accusations of rape were lying. His comments have caused fury among senior police officers, who already face great difficulties in getting women to report rape - a crime that all too often goes under-reported. More... * Britain is losing its battle against Islamic extremists... says French MP who banned the burqa 'Clearly there cannot be any rape within the marriage. Maybe aggression, maybe indecent activity... Because when they got married, the understanding was that sexual intercourse was part of the marriage, so there cannot be anything against sex in marriage' In the interview, Sheikh Sayeed said: 'Clearly there cannot be any rape within the marriage. 'Maybe aggression, maybe indecent activity... Because when they got married, the understanding was that sexual intercourse was part of the marriage, so there cannot be anything against sex in marriage. 'Of course, if it happened without her desire, that is no good, that is not desirable.' Sheikh Sayeed also said that women who claim to have been raped by their husbands should not immediately go to the police, saying: 'Not in the beginning, unless we establish that it really happened. 'Because in most of the cases, wives... have been advised by their solicitors that one of the four reasons for which a wife can get a divorce is rape, so they are encouraged to say things like this.' British law was changed to make rape within marriage illegal in 1991. When asked how Muslim men who are found to have raped their wives should be punished, he replied: 'He may be disciplined, and he may be made to ask forgiveness. That should be enough.' Dave Whatton, Chief Constable of Cheshire and spokesman on rape for the Association of Chief Police Officers, said: 'We know that the majority of rapes do not take place through strangers attacking women late at night but between acquaintances and within marriages and partnerships. 'It is a fundamental principle that sharia law should not replace the laws of the UK. 'Putting out views that rape can be dealt with in another way fundamentally undermines everything we are trying to do.' Inayat Bunglawala, the chairman of Muslims4UK, supported the police position and said: 'Sheikh Sayeed's comments are woefully misguided and entirely inappropriate. 'Rape – whether within marriage or outside it – is an abominable act and is clearly against the law."
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