The paedophilic zealots of the Prophet can breathe more easily now. Islam consitently resists modern trends and holds fast to the tradition of marrying little girls. Islamic clergy declared lately that a ban on child marriage is un-Islamic and an endorsement for apostates.

TT com. reports:

A few years ago an eight-year-old girl caused great furor by bravely marching into court and demanding a divorce from her husband, a man in his 30s.

The attempts at getting a ban on child marriage in Yemen has suffered a harsh setback lately; a few of the most influential Islamic scholars have declared endorsers of the ban as apostates. With this religious decree, a law that forbids girls under the age of 17 from getting married is hanging in the balance.

The marrying of girls still in childhood is common custom in Yemen. Abolishing it will not be easy because of the bitter poverty in the country. It is only difficult for poor families to forego a bridal price worth 100 Euros (about 140 US dollars at this time).

An important thing to consider. Bitter poverty is to blame. And custom. And right. But there was something else:

Following a report from the Social Ministry, over a quarter of Yemenis marry before their 15th birthday. Also, tribal customs play a role in this, as well the view that a young bride can be cultivated into an amenable wife that brings more children into the world, and no attempt is excluded for doing this.

In February of the previous year, the minimum age for matrimony was legally set at 17 years. However, the law was criticized by a few politicians as “un-Islamic,” attacked and handed back to the Parliament’s constitutional committee for further examination. A decision by the panel is expected in the coming month. Also part of this committee are a few of the clergy that signed the decree on Saturday.

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The clergy organized a protest demonstration of women against the law on Sunday. Completely veiled from head to toe, they carried posters with the slogan: “Yes to the Islamic Rights of the Women.”

“I was married at 15, and today I have many children,” declares demonstrator Umm Abdul Rahman. “And I will marry of my daugther at the same age, if I conclude that she’s ready for it.”

And no left-wing or Green human rights person is interested in the right of children to self-determination. Human rights play absolutely no role when Islam comes into play.

Of course, this whole thing has nothing to do with paedophilia — and even less with Islam. And whoever says otherwise is lying. We know about this from Susanne Winter.

(Contributor: ComebAck / Translator: Anders Denken)

The paedophilic zealots of the Prophet can breathe more easily now. Islam consitently resists modern trends and holds fast to the tradition of marrying little girls. Islamic clergy declared lately that a ban on child marriage is un-Islamic and an endorsement for apostates. TT com. reports: A few years ago an eight-year-old girl caused great furor ...

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