Delroy Chuck, the Labour Party's justice spokesman, says that the law has no place in private morality.

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Christians are often pilloried for imposing private morality on the public.

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But there is another, simpler explanation: as a devout Muslim, Mr Erdogan may sincerely believe that the behaviour of straying spouses should be a matter for the law, and not simply for private morality.

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