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  2. Human trafficking in the Middle East - Wikipedia

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    The UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons defines trafficking comprehensively: its focus is on coercion for the purpose of exploitation, and it precludes the possibility of legal consent by the victims of traffickers. In the Middle East, some of the most prevalent forms of human trafficking are forced labor of ...

  3. Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and ...

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    The convention [4] requires state parties to punish any person who "procures, entices, or leads away, for purposes of prostitution, another person, even with the consent of that person", "exploits the prostitution of another person, even with the consent of that person" (Article 1), or runs a brothel or rents accommodations for prostitution purposes (Article 2).

  4. United Nations Security Council Resolution 2388 - Wikipedia

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    Countries that received refugees were asked to look out for victims of human trafficking. They were also asked not to keep children in connection with their immigration legislation, or as short as possible. The Security Council itself would look at how peace operations and political missions could help in the fight against human trafficking.

  5. Problem of evil - Wikipedia

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    The problem of evil is generally formulated in two forms: the logical problem of evil and the evidential problem of evil. The logical form of the argument tries to show a logical impossibility in the coexistence of a god and evil, [2] [10] while the evidential form tries to show that given the evil in the world, it is improbable that there is ...

  6. Forced prostitution - Wikipedia

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    Human trafficking, especially of girls and women, often leads to forced prostitution and sexual slavery. [citation needed] According to a 2007 report by the UNODC, internationally, the most common destinations for victims of human trafficking are Thailand, Japan, Israel, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Turkey and the United States. [14]

  7. Religious responses to the problem of evil - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Egyptian religion, according to Roland Enmarch, potentially absolved their gods from any blame for evil, and used a negative cosmology and the negative concept of human nature to explain evil. [114] Further, the Pharaoh was seen as an agent of the gods and his actions as a king were aimed to prevent evil and curb evilness in human ...

  8. Islam and violence - Wikipedia

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    Many observers—both Muslim [33] and non-Muslim [34] —as well as the Dictionary of Islam, [24] talk of jihad having two meanings: an inner spiritual struggle (the "greater jihad"), and an outer physical struggle against the enemies of Islam (the "lesser jihad") [24] [35] which may take a violent or non-violent form.

  9. Human trafficking - Wikipedia

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    Trafficking in organs is a form of human trafficking. It can take different forms. In some cases, the victim is compelled into giving up an organ. In other cases, the victim agrees to sell an organ in exchange of money/goods, but is not paid (or paid less). Finally, the victim may have the organ removed without the victim's knowledge (usually ...