A TURN-of-the century law that spares rapists punishment if they marry their victims should be scrapped, Egypt’s mufti Sheikh Nasr Farid Wassel said on Sunday.”A rapists’ offer to marry his victim should not replace the punishment which he should face otherwise he will be violating the sharia (Islamic law),” said the cleric, whose views are considered religious decrees.”Any union emerging from this situation should be null and void,” he said, noting that in most cases rapists escape the wrath of the law, marry the victim and a few days later declare their divorce and walk free again.Under Egyptian laws rapists can face the death penalty.Last year Sheikh Wassel passed a decree allowing female rape victims to abort.