Egyptian man cuts off penis because not allowed to marry chosen girl

[SplitDik (imported)]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31032041/

Egypt man cuts off his penis for love, say police

He was upset because family denied him permission to marry girl

CAIRO - A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his own penis to spite his family after he was refused permission to marry a girl from a lower class family, police reported Sunday.

After unsuccessfully petitioning his father for two years to marry the girl, the man heated up a knife and sliced off his reproductive organ, said a police official.

The young man came from a prominent family in the southern Egyptian province of Qena, one of Egypt's poorest and most conservative areas that is also home to the famed ancient Egyptian ruins of Luxor.

The man was rushed to the hospital but doctors were unable to reattach the severed member, the official added citing the police report filed after the incident.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak with the press, added that the man was still recovering in the hospital.

Traditionally, marriages in these conservative part of southern Egypt are between similar social classes and often within the same extended families — and are rarely for love.

[Taylor (imported)]

Either this was senseless (Yeah, this'll show them!) or it was an excuse for what he really wanted.

[DeaconBlues (imported)]

Either this was senseless (Yeah, this'll show them!) or it was an excuse for what he really wanted.

I agree, he was just looking for an excuse to do it.

[A-1 (imported)]

Hard to understand a foreign culture, boys. Besides that, ever been in LOVE with someone besides yourself? Makes you crazy...