Stoning of Soraya M. highlights the plight of women in Muslim countries where Islamic law makes them into virtual slaves to their husbands

SHOOT: Seems a huge risk to get married in those countries.

clipped from blogs.e-rockford.com The resurging and government-supported physical and emotional abuse of women in Afghanistan by men was center stage (Wednesday) in Kabul. According to this Associated Press story: “A group of some 1,000 Afghans swarmed a demonstration of 300 women protesting against a new conservative marriage law on Wednesday. The women were pelted with small stones as police struggled to keep the two groups apart. The law, passed last month, says a husband can demand sex with his wife every four days unless she is ill or would be harmed by intercourse — a clause that critics say legalizes marital rape. It also regulates when and for what reasons a wife may leave her home alone.”