Wonderland or Not

Accor­ding to the Uni­ted Nations High Com­mis­sion for Human Rights, the legis­la­tion recently pas­sed in Afgha­nis­tan “says that Afghan Shi’ite women will not have the right to leave their homes except for “legi­ti­mate” pur­po­ses, and for­bids women from wor­king or recei­ving edu­ca­tion without their hus­bands’ express per­mis­sion.
The legis­la­tion expli­citly per­mits mari­tal rape by saying that …