(Can't go any deeper on the thread, so responding here instead): I would respectfully suggest that you are being misled by your outrage into a deeply uncharitab

(Can't go any deeper on the thread, so responding here instead): I would respectfully suggest that you are being misled by your outrage into a deeply uncharitable interpretation of parent's language. > By 'rape' do you mean she had sex outside a legitimate marriage [which in much MENA law are equivalent acts]? If so, [by the laws of Dubai] she is guilty [in a purely legalistic sense] of prostitution or adultery or illicit sex. There is of course no such thing as marital rape [in the law books of Dubai]. For rape to be proven there must be multiple adult male witnesses who will testify [...I'm not sure how this sentence could be made any clearer]. The penalty for 'lying' [scare quotes emphasize that this is a perspective parent does not personally hold] about being raped is a year in jail. And the penalty for abortion is death [this is also not a matter of opinion, but is actually what happens to women in many MENA countries].