Let's Bring Back Stigma and Shame

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Take marriage and its transgressions. Hmm, bet that word 'transgressions' caused you a bit of a tremor, eh? Here she goes, you thought; being judgmental again. And as we all know, to be judgmental is just one sword stroke away from Riyadh's Deera ('Chop-Chop') Square.

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Let's Bring Back Stigma and Shame

The Turkish government recently announced that it intended to make adultery a criminal offence. This was not altogether surprising, since the Turkish government adheres to the principles of Islam, under whose laws adultery is a crime punishable by flogging or execution. Nevertheless, it caused such uproar among more progressive Turks, not to mention horrifying the EU, which threatened to tear up Turkey's membership application as a result, that the Turkish government has now binned the proposal (perversely, along with a raf...

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