Motif
Abolition of female infanticide by religious law
abolition_of_female_infanticide_by_religious_law
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION III / SECTION IV. / SECTION V. / OF CERTAIN NEGATIVE PRECEPTS IN THE KORN.; lines 6279-6346 confidence: high
The law of Mohammed is said to have stopped the Pagan Arab custom of burying daughters alive because of poverty fears, captivity, disgrace, or scandal; daughters' births are described as misfortune and deaths as happiness.
The passage explicitly says Mohammed's law stopped the custom of burying daughters alive.
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