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Rape Victim Executed in Somalia
Oct. 30th, 2008 09:43 amhttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/world/africa/29briefs-RAPEVICTIMEX_BRF.html?_r=1&ref=africa&oref=slogin
The woman was raped. But because in many Fundamentalist interpretations of Islam, unless another man says he witnessed it and that HE thinks she was raped, it's adultery.
This is where victim-blaming goes. I suppose women in the US should be grateful the stones here are (mostly) only metaphorical.
The woman was raped. But because in many Fundamentalist interpretations of Islam, unless another man says he witnessed it and that HE thinks she was raped, it's adultery.
This is where victim-blaming goes. I suppose women in the US should be grateful the stones here are (mostly) only metaphorical.
