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fornication
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fornication
1. Law voluntary sexual intercourse between two persons of the opposite sex, where one is or both are unmarried
2. Bible sexual immorality in general, esp adultery


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In a country and a region where pre-marital sex is so taboo, the debate over the virginity-faking kit has revived Egypt's constant struggle to reconcile modern mores with more traditional beliefs -- namely, that a woman is not a virgin unless she bleeds after the first time.
For Abdul Jawad to be punished on the basis of admitting to pre-marital sex he would have to confess in a court-approved manner.
Jawad could face charges under Saudi Arabia's strict Islamic sharia law of speaking openly about vice and admitting he engaged in pre-marital sex, it said, adding that if convicted he could be jailed and flogged.
 
 
 
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