Editing Virginity (section)

====Islam====
{{See also|Zina}}
[[Islam]] considers extramarital sex to be sinful and forbidden.<ref name="Bennett"/> [[Shari'a|Islamic law]] prescribes punishments for Muslim men and women for the act of zinā. Though in Western cultures premarital sex and loss of virginity may be considered shameful to the individual, in some Muslim societies an act of premarital sex, even if not falling within the legal standards of proof, may result in personal shame and loss of [[family honor]].<ref name="Bennett"/>

In some modern-day largely Muslim societies such as [[Turkey]], vaginal examinations for verifying a woman's virginity are a clinical practice which are at times state-enforced. These types of examinations are typically ordered for women who go against traditional societal notions of "public morality and rules of modesty", though in 1999 the Turkish penal code was altered to require a woman's consent prior to performing such an examination.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Parla|first=Ayse|date=Spring 2001|title=The "Honor" of the State: Virginity Examinations in Turkey|journal=Feminist Studies|volume=27|issue=1|page=66|doi=10.2307/3178449|jstor=3178449|pmid=17663094|hdl=2027/spo.0499697.0027.106|hdl-access=free}}</ref>