A book by a 30 year old Muslim woman named Karima may be told and sold according to a decision by a judge in Verviers. The parents and sisters of the women took legal action to prevent the book from being sold, afraid that it would infringe on their privacy. In the book, Karima tells of how she turned away from her family, alleging beatings from them, humiliation, and a forced marriage in the name of religion. The judge’s ruling was based on the right for Karima to tell a life story, and there was no justification for deleting passages that her family wanted to delete, citing the importance of freedom of expression.
