January 23, 2010 - Under Islamic sharia law, sex outside of marriage is illegal, and no distinction is made between consensual sex and rape. A young Bangladesh girl was promised in marriage to a local village man. Prior to the wedding she was raped by another young man. When the rape resulted in a pregnancy, the girl's husband divorced her, she was forced to have an abortion, and she was punished for the "illegal sex" by being whipped 101 times to the point of blacking out. Also, her family was punished for the shame of the incident by being assessed a hefty fine and threatened with isolation from the village if the fine was not paid. And what about the man who attacked this woman, raped her and destroyed her life? He walks free with no punishment. Click below for story.
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