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    The document provides a summary of the book "Cruel and Usual Punishment" by Nonie Darwish. Some key points: 1) Nonie Darwish lived in a majority Muslim nation for 30 years and witnessed cruel punishments sanctioned under Islamic law, such as women being beaten for speaking to non-relatives or flogged for not wearing head coverings. 2) The book aims to expose the brutality of some aspects of Islamic law, where things like honor killings, beheadings of non-Muslims by Muslims, and child abuse are allowed. 3) Darwish hopes to raise awareness about the human rights abuses happening in some parts of the world under the guise

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    The document provides a summary of the book "Cruel and Usual Punishment" by Nonie Darwish. Some key points: 1) Nonie Darwish lived in a majority Muslim nation for 30 years and witnessed cruel punishments sanctioned under Islamic law, such as women being beaten for speaking to non-relatives or flogged for not wearing head coverings. 2) The book aims to expose the brutality of some aspects of Islamic law, where things like honor killings, beheadings of non-Muslims by Muslims, and child abuse are allowed. 3) Darwish hopes to raise awareness about the human rights abuses happening in some parts of the world under the guise

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    Protacio 1

    Niko Protacio

    Ms Saravia

    English 11

    9 March 2017

    Part 1 : Cruel and Usual Punishment

    Cruel and Usual Punishment by Nonie Darwish a book about her life living thirty years in

    a majority Muslim nation. Some cool facts about Nonie Darwish was her dad serve as

    commander of the Egyptian Army Intelligence in Gaza. He was unfortunately killed by a mail

    bombed. This tragic story would inspire Nonie to be against Israel political side as one of the

    commanders ask one of Nonies siblings "Which one of you will avenge your father's death by

    killing Jews?" This quote changed Nonie aspect of Israel religious views and what they believe

    in general. After the death of her father her family would move to Cairo, where she attended

    Catholic high school and then the American University of Cario.

    Summary of Cruel and Usual Punishments. You will find that in the Islamic law A

    woman can be beaten for talking to men who are not her relatives and flogged for not wearing a

    headdress. Daughters, sisters, and wives can be legally killed by the men in their family. Non-

    Muslims can be beheaded, and their Muslim killers will not receive the death penalty. Certain

    kinds of child molestation are allowed. Also that husband of a "rebellious" wife can deny her

    medical care or place her under house arrest.

    The main point of Cruel and Usual Punishment is to show how messed up the Islamic

    Laws are. You have women and children being beat to death. There is a right for a person to kill

    someone as an act of Revenge. Nonie Darwish grew up living in this environment, she's trying
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    to show what she had to go through and she wants to put a stop in these ruthless laws. She is

    trying to call for help or maybe get people's attention on what is happening in certain areas.

    My reaction to this book is very shocking. There is a part of the book that says a women

    got raped by 3 or 4 men and the women was accused because she did not have her Veil on her.

    The men walked free but the women who got raped was punished. I did enjoy reading this book

    because it showed me what is happening in different places. You learn stuff every day.

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