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Rejected the last 5 text changes (by Raman) and restored revision 125640 by IbnPinker: Pak law has changed in 2006. The hrw phrasing will cause confusion as currently worded. She "risks" zina accusation.

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-A Muslim woman can only have one husband at a time.  She may not have sex with her male slaves.<ref>[http://www.englishtafsir.com/Quran/23/index.html#sdfootnote7sym - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an (Quran 23:1-11, Footnote 7 #2)]</ref> She must have parental consent to the marriage. If not, sex between the couple is classed as adultery.<ref>''"It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that: the Messenger of Allah said: “No woman should arrange the marriage of another woman, and no woman should arrange her own marriage. The adulteress is the one who arranges her own marriage.” (Sahih)"'' - Ibn Majah Vol. 3, Book 9, Hadith 1882</ref> However, presently, if a married woman is raped, she will be accused of ''zina'' (adultery) and punished .<ref>{{cite web |year=2007 |title=Saudi Arabia: Rape Victim Punished for Speaking Out |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2007/11/15/saudi-arabia-rape-victim-punished-speaking-out/|publisher=HRW}}</ref>
+A Muslim woman can only have one husband at a time.  She may not have sex with her male slaves.<ref>[http://www.englishtafsir.com/Quran/23/index.html#sdfootnote7sym - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an (Quran 23:1-11, Footnote 7 #2)]</ref> She must have parental consent to the marriage. If not, sex between the couple is classed as adultery.<ref>''"It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that: the Messenger of Allah said: “No woman should arrange the marriage of another woman, and no woman should arrange her own marriage. The adulteress is the one who arranges her own marriage.” (Sahih)"'' - Ibn Majah Vol. 3, Book 9, Hadith 1882</ref>
-==Zina ordinance of Pakistan==
-The Zina Ordinance of Pakistan prohibits sexual activities, including rape (''zina bil jabr''), considered religious offenses, subject to different standards of evidence and punishment and the appellate jurisdiction of Islamic higher courts but inconsistent rulings by the courts, and gender bias in the criminal justice system makes it extraordinarily difficult for rape victims to get justice and continues to leave them vulnerable to wrongful prosecution for adultery or fornication.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|first=Elyse|last=Semerdjian|title=Zinah|encyclopedia=The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World|editor=John L. Esposito|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|year=2009|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195305135.001.0001/acref-9780195305135-e-0984|url-access=subscription|doi=10.1093/acref/9780195305135.001.0001|isbn=9780195305135}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|year=1999|title=The State response to violence against Women|https://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/pakistan/Pakhtml-06.htm|publisher=HRW}}</ref><ref>A. Quraishi (1999), Her honour: an Islamic critique of the rape provisions in Pakistan's ordinance on zina, ''Islamic studies'', Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 403–431</ref>
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