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Women's rights in the Middle East: femicide, misogyny, and degradation

by Bill Levinson Sun, Mar 19, 2006 5:04PM

The treatment of women in countries under fundamentalist Islamic rule ranges from degrading to life-threatening. While domestic violence is a crime in all civilized countries, it is condoned by Sharia or militant Islamic law. Palestinian culture sanctions the murder of women for "unchastity," which can include being raped, while Iran actually sentenced a young woman to hang for killing her would-be rapist.

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