Being a good whore to your husband is good for Muslim society, says Obedient Wives Club

Honest whores? I'm sure this was taking place in the U.S. evangelical branches before now, at least as suggested by sitcoms and HBO drama, training for wives to be more submissive and keep their hubbies satisfied between the sheets and in the home generally. Now it's hitting the Muslim world doing the rounds in Malaysia, and Indonesia and newly opened in Jordan. The Obedient Wives Club (OWC), also intends to take off in London and Paris this year. Its mission statement:

"it intends to curb various social problems, including prostitution and gambling, by showing Muslim wives how to “be submissive and keep their spouses happy in the bedroom”. "by becoming a “good whore … to your husband” and serving him “better than a first-class prostitute”, women could help “curb social ills like prostitution, domestic violence, human trafficking and abandoned babies” – all of which she attributed to unfulfilled sexual needs."

"Why in the world an honorable Muslim wife would call herself a first-class prostitute? If this is not enough these women call themselves hookers and whores as well. I wonder according to these women what being sexually submissive entitles. On another note, I don’t want to know. Dear OWC, whatever the goal of your club is you just don’t call yourself a whore, do you understand?"

"Alright, so I heard about this on the blog-o-sphere and found it truly bizarre. Apparently in its inestimable wisdom, Jordan customs has identified a new potential source of income. Tax MOVIES before they can be shown. So, it’s not enough to tax movie-goers or any one of the other 6000 taxes we’re paying to see a movie. Now they’ve added a new one on the film rights. Hunh?"

I'll eat my hat if Lebanon is scoring high on rule of law ranking. (-Ed)

"The World Justice Project has released its 2011 Rule of Law Index covering 66 countries across the world. The WJP divides the world into regions and ranks countries based on the region they are in. For the Middle East and North Africa, only 5 countries are surveyed and they rank as follows:"

Surely this would make Skype redundant?

"After teasing an “awesome” announcement at the company for Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to the chance to announce the launch of in-browser video calling powered by Skype."