Egyptian lawyer jailed for saying women in ripped jeans should be raped

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An Egyptian lawyer has been sentenced to three years in prison for saying that women who wear ripped jeans should be raped in punishment.

Nabih al-Wahsh, a noticeable traditionalist, was likewise fined 20,000 Egyptian pounds (£839; $1,130).

The legal counselor influenced the comments on a TV to board appear in October, amid a civil argument on a draft law on prostitution.

"Are you cheerful when you see a young lady strolling down the road with half of her behind appearing?" he said.

He included: "I say that when a young lady strolls about like that, it is a devoted obligation to sexually hassle her and a national obligation to assault her."

Mr Wahsh said that ladies who wore uncovering apparel were "welcoming men to annoy them", and said "ensuring ethics is more essential than securing fringes".

The prosecutor brought charges against Mr Wahsh after an open clamor.

The National Council for Women's Rights denounced the comments, saying they were an "egregious call" for assault, disregarding "everything in the Egyptian constitution".

The committee has now recorded a dissension about the announcement to the Supreme Council for Media Regulation about the communicate which publicized on 19 October.

Mr Wahsh has already called the Holocaust "nonexistent" and announced himself a pleased hostile to Semite.

"In the event that I see any Israeli, I will murder him," he said amid a different TV board appear.

In October a year ago, Mr Wahsh was associated with a TV studio fight with a minister, after the priest recommended ladies ought not really need to wear a headscarf.