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[Report presented to the New York Council of Churches] The history of seven girls mentioned in the advertisement is described. That description is followed by listing the reasons for conversion and recommendations for human rights workers, the church and the government. The text is open for...
A comment on the claims made in the advertisement. The author has been collecting information in the past four years on 80 Christian girls who converted to Islam. Seven out of the ten names mentioned in the advertisement were in his files. There is no evidence of kidnap but the young age of several...
The Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced two men to 15 years in jail after convicting them of killing their wives on suspicion of immoral behavior in two separate incidents in 1997 and 1999.
More than pride, more than honesty, more than anything a man might do, female chastity is seen in the Arab world as an indelible line, the boundary between respect and shame. An unchaste woman, it is sometimes said, is worse than a murderer, affecting not just one victim, but her family and her...
It is certain that there will be fewer marriage proposals made by rapists to their victims, now that the People’s Assembly has approved the annulment of clause 291 of the Penal Code, which waives aside criminal charges against a rapist if he offers to marry his victim. The removal of the clause is...
The infamous Article 291 of the penal code, which exempts a rapist from punishment if he marries his victim, was canceled by the People’s Assembly on 20 April. Lawyers and women’s activists, who’d been pushing for years for amendment to the law, hailed the decision as a partial victory for women’s...
In Jordan, where traditional values still hold sway in a rapidly modernizing society, a woman’s "honor" is sometimes worth more than her life. Just the suspicion that she could have lost her virginity before marriage, willingly or not, can prompt vengeful relatives to kill a daughter or sister to...
Under the existing law, a rapist has the choice of either facing criminal charges or marrying his victim. Article 290 of the Penal Code stipulates that rape is punishable by death, but Article 291 states that if a rapist offers to marry his victim and she agrees, criminal charges are dropped and...
Women claiming to have been raped may be concocting stories by which to excuse themselves from behavior that is neither personally nor socially acceptable. Egypt is a milieu in which Christian as well as Muslim females could find themselves in a position where they feel they need to fabricate...

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