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Minhuoc Posted 20 years ago
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They have been raped face criminal charges.

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00"Human rights activists in Pakistan have also launched a campaign against a severe Islamic law known as the Hudood Ordinance. Under this law, women who fail to prove 01b01u00that they have been raped face criminal charges."02u02b02br
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1font00Another one of those "laws" in Islamic countries that we in the west do not undersatnd: the woman involved in extramarital *** is culpable (but not the man) unless she can prove rape.02font02br
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0 Women who fail to prove that they have been raped face criminal charges.02br
00= Women (who fail to prove (that they have been raped)) face criminal charges.02br
00= Woman face criminal punishment if they cannot prove they have been raped.02br
00It means women are punished if they had extramarital sexes except in the case they had to do so by rapes.02br
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0Hi,02br
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00The main clause is 01font00women . . . face criminal charges02font02br
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0 Thank you very much for your kind help. It's very clear now. 0-
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