Religion, Women, Government and Rights

So, I hear that Hamid Karzai has backed a law the UN says legalises rape within marriage and bans wives from stepping outside their homes without their husbands' permission.

I am aware that the final document has not been published, so, I will refrain from commenting on this too soon until the details are clear and established. however it is is true this is abhorrent, immoral and reactionary drivel.

The law is believed to contain articles that rule women cannot leave the house without their husbands' permission, that they can only seek work, education or visit the doctor with their husbands' permission, and that they cannot refuse their husband sex; and grants custody of children to fathers and grandfathers only.

Although the ministry of justice confirmed Karzai signed the bill at some point this month, there is confusion about the full contents of the final law, which human rights activists have struggled to obtain a copy of. The justice ministry said the law would not be published until various "technical problems" had been ironed out.