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The following are excerpts from an interview with Moroccan MP Sheik Abd Al-Bari Al-Zamzami, which aired on MBC TV on January 14, 2010.
Sheik Abd Al-Bari Al-Zamzami: Those who dealt with this issue ruled that restoration of the hymen was forbidden, claiming that it is a deception, a fraud, and so on. They considered the issue from one perspective only – the male perspective. They did not consider the poor girl, who was harmed against her will.
Her tragedy does not affect her alone, but affects her family as well. In our Islamic society, if a girl loses her virginity, when in the future she tells her husband, she will be considered at fault. No evidence will help her prove her innocence, even if she was raped and this was forced upon her, or if she, inadvertently, made a mistake with her fiancé, who then left her, or if she had an accident when she was little and lost her hymen.
In all these cases, this was forced upon her. This girl is treated like a sinner, even though she has done nothing wrong. Ruling that the restoration of the hymen is forbidden sentences this girl and her family to a life of torment.
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When a girl loses her virginity, it is the worst thing that could happen to her. Neither her husband nor her family will accept her. True, some people accept the girl as she is, but they are few and far between. Nevertheless, it remains a mark of Cain on his and her life. If they fall into an argument, this is the first thing he will use to berate her with.