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According to the newspaper, the reporter was told by Imam Mohamed Kassamali that 'under sharia [Islamic law] there is no problem' in marrying a 12-year-old.
But while he declared Islamic Law dictated a girl should see 'her first sign of puberty at the house of her husband', he admitted they would all get in to trouble if she went to police saying she was forced into the marriage.
Daily Mail
'In Islam, once the girl reaches puberty the father has the right, the parents have the right, but under the laws of this country (the UK) if the girl complains and says her marriage has been arranged and she wasn't of marriageable age, then the person who performed the marriage will be jailed as well as the mother and father.'
Daily Mail
Originally posted by icepack
reply to post by ollncasino
this is illegal anyway in britain.
The current British law allows for Imans to carry out religious marriage ceremonies of consenting brides and grooms aged under 16 so long as they don't have sex until they are 16.
Daily Mail
Originally posted by detachedindividual
As for what is right, my personal view is that it isn't. Regardless of the legality or criminality in other countries, all of those living in the UK are governed by the same laws.
No religious group deserves any special treatment. If these people want to give their children to people, they should leave the UK and live in a country where such a thing is acceptable.
Originally posted by ollncasino
Originally posted by icepack
reply to post by ollncasino
this is illegal anyway in britain.
Actually its not...
The current British law allows for Imans to carry out religious marriage ceremonies of consenting brides and grooms aged under 16 so long as they don't have sex until they are 16.
Daily Mail
But I think it should be illegal.
edit on 9-9-2012 by ollncasino because: (no reason given)
The forced marriage of under-age girls is prevalent in many countries, with an estimated 25,000 young girls forced into marriage each day. The issue is becoming an increasing concern in the U.K., and in the London Borough of Islington.
Girls as young as nine-years-old are being forced into marriage in the London Borough of Islington, with marriages carried out by back street Imans. Although child marriage is illegal in Britain, families circumvent the law by conducting marriages in shariah courts attached to mosques.
Dianna Nammi, director of IKWRO, described the ordeal of child brides. She noted they are forced to sleep with their husbands, which would be a crime under British law, and said
"They have to cook for them, wash their clothes, everything. They are still attending schools in Islington, struggling to do their primary school homework, and at the same time being practically raped by a middle-aged man regularly and being abused by their families. So they are a wife, but in a primary school uniform."
Link
Originally posted by wascurious
Where are all the "freedom of religion" right wing types? You have them over there too, right?