My regular readers will know that I do have a soft spot for Malaysia a country and people which is largely Muslim and highly educated.
Given my view of Malaysia LM is however, very disappointed that the Malaysian Government and specifically its Law Minister Nazri Aziz has rejected calls to ban child marriage despite the recent shocking case of a Malaysian child bride of 14 marrying an older man.
I've already highlighted the fatwa from leading Saudi Scholar Sheikh Abdullah Al Maine who condemned this practice and while some claim Islam allows child marriage after puberty the Quran also talks clearly about a "maturity of mind" which is clearly not the case in some of these "marriages".
Lets be honest this is about some dirty old Muslim men who disgrace themselves and our faith by attempting to simply have sex with underage girls using religion as their justification. Child marriage is on the increase leading to devastating consequences for the girl and as I've already highlighted this practice in this day and age can only be described as child rape while those found guilty should be locked up as sex perverts.
Sticky Date Pudding
6 hours ago
Lets think for a moment about those young girls and what they have to go through, how scared, vulnerable, helpless and abused they are - that a grown man is going to sleep with them at such a young age, how awful that will be for them and how scary, painful and terrifying that is - to be ousted from your home and put in a house with a man you don't know who is telling you to take off your clothes, who is getting on top of you and how you have no choice: that's your life now.
ReplyDelete:0( I am so upset right now.
This is a tragic and sad day for our daughters and sisters. A very sad day indeed.
okeeey!! :0 im shocked!!!!!! i nvr knw malysian minister is so lame like this!!! this is just ewww. im so embarrass to call myself malaysian.
ReplyDeleteSilla
Shocked ? I am not.
ReplyDeleteMy late father married my mother when she was 11 and his wives had died when giving birth. He was in his 20+ in 1949.
My mother is now 80+.
FYI, the girl is 14 and the husband is 23.
Nani, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
There needs to be serious debate within the ulamas,sociologists,medical experts etc. about this issue in order to find important solutions.
ReplyDeleteObviously fatwa from "scholars for dollars" and saudi-controlled fatwa factories are sand dust.