Obedient Wives Club

The Obedient Wives Club is an international Islamic religious organization which claims to promote harmonious families by teaching wives how to be submissive to their husbands.[1] Composed of up to 3000 members,[2] this group currently operates in Malaysia,[3] Indonesia,[4] Singapore,[5] Australia,[6] Kazakhstan,[7] and Jordan,[8] and in 2011 it declared plans to open chapters in England and France in 2013.[9][10] In October 2011, the Obedient Wives Club published an explicit 115-page sex manual, titled Islamic Sex, a highly controversial book, which encouraged wives to act like "first class prostitutes" in order to keep husbands from straying.[9][11][12] This book is currently banned in Indonesia and Malaysia.[13] Despite the book only being available to its club, some of its content has been made known, sparking fierce debates online.[14] Mainstream Muslim organizations in Malaysia have also disparaged the club.[14]

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  12. ^ Chong, Debra (12 October 2011). "Obedient Wives Club publishes explicit sex book". The Malaysian Insider. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  13. ^ Jones, Sam (4 November 2011). "Malaysia bans Obedient Wives Club sex manual". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  14. ^ a b Murdoch, Lindsay (14 October 2011). "Islamic sex guide says wives meet only 10% of husbands' desires". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 November 2011.