human Rights

Respect for the Chastity of Women
The third important thing that we find in the Charter of Human Rights granted by Islam is that
a woman's chastity has to be respected and protected under all circumstances, whether she
belongs to our own nation or to the nation of an enemy, whether we find her in the wild forest
or in a conquered city; whether she is our co-religionist or belongs to some other religion or
has no religion at all. A Muslim cannot outrage her under any circumstances. All promiscuous
relation- ship has been forbidden to him, irrespective of the status or position of the woman,
whether the woman is a willing or an unwilling partner to the act. The words of the Holy
Quran in this respect are: "Do not approach (the bounds of) adultery" (17:32). Heavy
punishment has been prescribe