7 Countries Where sex is Illegal Before Marriage

Indonesia’s parliament approved a new Law that bans sex outside of marriage, jail term of up to a year as punishment

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Here are the countries that have legislated against sex outside of marriage

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The nation’s “Zina laws” that criminalize unmarried sex

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sex outside of marriage, are punishable by imprisonment of up to one year

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Law require four people to have witnessed the actual act of extra-marital penetration

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Saudis allowed foreign men and women to share hotel rooms without proving they are married

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Law says consensual sexual intercourse between a married woman and a man who is not her husband, is crime

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Law require four people to have witnessed the actual act of extra-marital penetration

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Premarital sex ,adultery are crimes under the Hudood Ordinances, leads to maximum penalty of death for adultery

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Adultery from a married woman can be imprisoned for up to two years, for men leads to six year imprisoned

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premarital sex, illegal for unmarried Muslims women under the threat of up to six months in prison

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7 Countries Where sex is Illegal Before Marriage

Indonesia’s parliament approved a new Law that bans sex outside of marriage, jail term of up to a year as punishment

Here are the countries that have legislated against sex outside of marriage

The nation’s “Zina laws” that criminalize unmarried sex

Qatar

sex outside of marriage, are punishable by imprisonment of up to one year

Law require four people to have witnessed the actual act of extra-marital penetration

Saudi Arabia

Saudis allowed foreign men and women to share hotel rooms without proving they are married

Law says consensual sexual intercourse between a married woman and a man who is not her husband, is crime

Philippines

Law require four people to have witnessed the actual act of extra-marital penetration

Iran

Premarital sex ,adultery are crimes under the Hudood Ordinances, leads to maximum penalty of death for adultery

Pakistan

Adultery from a married woman can be imprisoned for up to two years, for men leads to six year imprisoned

Egypt

premarital sex, illegal for unmarried Muslims women under the threat of up to six months in prison

Malaysia

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