Thursday, August 06, 2009

Very Unnatural Growth

Ynet reports:

Report: Security prisoners smuggling sperm out of jail

Security prisoners jailed in Israel are smuggling sperm out of prison in order to increase their wives' birthrate, Palestinian websites say. Palestinian prisoners held in the Nafha and Shikma prisons in southern Israel...are not entitled to conjugal visits with their wives. This restriction is considered a problem among the Palestinian inmates, as it prevents them from having children. [no kidding. brilliant deduction]

...Palestinian websites have reported of six successful attempts by security prisoners to smuggle sperm to their wives. [out of how many?] According to Mufak Hamid, head of the [Hasam] organization's PR division, the sperm was smuggled in the presence of witnesses who are relatives of the couples. [messy, no? i hsee in my mind's eye the scene in "Exodus" when bullets were transferred to Etzel prisoners at Acre Jail]...Hamid expressed his support for the idea, but called on the prisoners to ensure that the sperm smuggling is conducted "in accordance with the laws of Islam." [yes, there is a procedure]

According to Hamid, a witness must be present during the smuggling in order to guarantee that a woman receives her husband's sperm and not someone else's. He recommends that the witnesses be relatives of the husband or wife...Hamid stresses that "the association's stand is based on religious rulings, and the matter has already been presented to Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi (the most prominent ruler in the Sunni-Jihadist world). He has ruled that this is permitted by Islam, while ensuring certain rules and criteria."

A number of websites have praised the initiative, defining it as "a war of provocation against the occupier," but not everyone is pleased with it.


Provocation?

It's a war of procreation.

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