Comments on: Algerian single mothers jailed for adultery http://infidelsarecool.com/2008/05/28/algerian-single-mothers-jailed-for-adultery/ American Politics | World News | Anti-Jihad Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:17:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Will http://infidelsarecool.com/2008/05/28/algerian-single-mothers-jailed-for-adultery/comment-page-1/#comment-2868 Will Fri, 30 May 2008 06:25:23 +0000 http://infidelsarecool.com/?p=1750#comment-2868 I'd take this report with a grain of salt. Like the article says, the person saying this is actually sponsored by the Moroccan government--a group actively opposed to the Sahrawi liberation movement running this alleged camp. The Moroccan lobbying group running the trip has been caught in many lies before, so while no one in the US has verified the existence or lack thereof of this prison, it's not like the Moroccan lobby is disinterested. If you're interested in womens' rights in the Maghreb, consider this: in Sahrawi culture, a woman can divorce her husband if he beats her (among other ways to divorce), and a party is thrown by the community to make sure she doesn't feel like a pariah. In Morocco, husbands could beat their wives without legal repercussion until only a few years ago. I’d take this report with a grain of salt. Like the article says, the person saying this is actually sponsored by the Moroccan government–a group actively opposed to the Sahrawi liberation movement running this alleged camp. The Moroccan lobbying group running the trip has been caught in many lies before, so while no one in the US has verified the existence or lack thereof of this prison, it’s not like the Moroccan lobby is disinterested.

If you’re interested in womens’ rights in the Maghreb, consider this: in Sahrawi culture, a woman can divorce her husband if he beats her (among other ways to divorce), and a party is thrown by the community to make sure she doesn’t feel like a pariah. In Morocco, husbands could beat their wives without legal repercussion until only a few years ago.

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