Law that Allows Marital Rape in Afghanistan

Written on April 16, 2009 by admin

The government in Afghanistan plans to change a legislation that has invited a lot of criticism internationally, that allows the Shia Muslim married women to be raped and not allow them to refuse sexual intercourse with their husbands. President Hamid Karzai said that he has consulted with the clergy and appropriate changes will be made. The legislation applies only to 20 percent of the Afghan population which constitutes of the Shia Muslims. The 270 pages legislation written by the Shia clerg

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