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KABUL, Afghanistan Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for womens freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage disobedience.
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Khalil Ahmad Shaheedzada, a conservative lawmaker for Herat province, said the legislation was withdrawn shortly after being introduced in parliament because of an uproar by religious parties who said parts of the law are un-Islamic.
Whatever is against Islamic law, we dont even need to speak about it, Shaheedzada said.
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Neli suggested that removing the custom common in Afghanistan of prosecuting raped women for adultery would lead to social chaos, with women freely engaging in extramarital sex safe in the knowledge they could claim rape if caught.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/18/bid-to-protect-womens-rights-is-against-islamic-law-afghan-lawmakers-argue-in-blocking-legislation/
Behind the Aegis
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(17,309 posts)Response to RC (Reply #2)
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Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)All but the furthest, tiniest fringes of the American christian right are far, far more liberal than much of the mainstream in many Islamic countries.
kiva
(4,373 posts)Equality for Gays and Lesbians is against Biblical Law.
They don't term it like this but, given that most of their opposition is because of what the bible says, it can oh so easily be rephrased as such.
kiva
(4,373 posts)that cultural relativism is a useless construct outside of academia.