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        "http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#comment" : [ "Nāmūs is the Arabic word (Greek \"νόμος\") of a concept of an ethical category, a virtue, in Middle Eastern patriarchal character. Literally translated as \"virtue\", it is now more popularly used in a strong gender-specific context of relations within a family described in terms of honor, attention, respect/respectability, and modesty.The concept of namus in respect to sexual integrity of family members is an ancient, exclusively cultural concept which predates Islam, Judaism, and Christianity."] } } }
