Fedr, all those things are illegal according to Islamic law. What are you smoking may I ask? Faux news?
Yes, Really?
March 8, 2009 No. 502
Rising Criticism of Child Bride Marriages in Saudi Arabia
By: Y. Admon *
Introduction
The Saudi press has lately been discussing the custom of child bride marriage, especially cases of middle-aged or elderly men taking prepubescent girls for their wives. The religious justification for this custom, which has been prevalent in Saudi Arabia and in many Muslim societies since the early Islamic era, is that the Prophet Muhammad married his wife 'Aisha when she was only six years old.
Recent press reports on child bride marriage in Saudi Arabia sparked a wave of criticism among columnists and social activists, who called for abolishing the custom and for setting a minimum age for marriage in Saudi law. In response, on November 24, 2008, the Saudi Shura Council passed a resolution setting the legal age of majority at 18. However, the council refrained from explicitly defining this as the minimum age for marriage, reflecting the difficulty it faces in confronting this well-entrenched practice.
At the same time, the council's resolution leaves room for hope that the religious law permitting child marriages may be amended.
Saudi Clerics: Child-Bride Marriages Are Permitted
The Saudi religious establishment is generally supportive of child bride marriages. Some clerics who addressed this issue cited the example of the Prophet's marriage to 'Aisha. For example,
Jeddah marriage and divorce official Ahmad Al-Ma'abi said on a June 2008 program on Lebanon's LBC TV that a girl may marry and have sexual intercourse from the age of nine, arguing that the Prophet Muhammad had married 'Aisha when she was six and had consummated the marriage when she was nine. Al-Ma'abi added that, in Yemen, girls often married at the age of nine or 10. He concluded that as long as the father of the bride consents to the marriage and is present at the ceremony, as required by religious law, "the marriage is obviously legal." [9]
A similar opinion was posted on the website
www.islamtoday.net, which is supervised by well-known Saudi Wahhabi sheikh Salman Al-'Oda. The article stated that Islam attributes no importance to the age of the bride, and that intercourse is permitted as long as the girl is able to cope with the act and its implications. The article also criticized the opponents of child marriage and those who deny that the Prophet married 'Aisha when she was six. [10]
Saudi Mufti Sheikh 'Abd Al-'Aziz Aal-Sheikh has been inconsistent in his position on child marriage. On August 23, 2008, he advised parents to refrain from marrying their daughters to men who are their seniors by 50 years or more. Such a marriage, he stated, reflects a lack of conscience on the part of the parents, violates the girl's chastity, and may lead her to sin. He added that girls in such marriages suffer while their parents live in comfort on the dowries they receive from the groom. [11]
Conversely, on January 14, 2009, the Mufti issued a fatwa permitting the marriage of girls under 10, stating that those who oppose this are mistaken and are causing harm to women. [12]
http://www.crin.org/violence/search/closeup.asp?infoID=19073
INDONESIA: Clerics take child brides, yet back anti porn bill
11/26/2008 | AFP - Agence France Presse
Further information:
[JAKARTA, 26 November 2008] - Indonesian Muslim clerics who claim to be protecting vulnerable women by backing a new anti-pornography law have come out in defence of a fellow preacher who has married a 12-year-old village girl.
The issue of child brides for religious men in the mainly Muslim country has became a subject of national debate since little-known cleric Pujianto Cahyo Widiyanto, 43, married junior high school student Lutfiana Ulfa in August.
Nujood Ali, 10, divorces husband in Yemen | The Courier-Mail
Nov 16, 2008 ... Her father has promised none of his daughters will be sold into marriage again. ... Several child brides came forward with their cases, some seeking divorces as well. ... of the iceberg for young girls all over the whole Muslim world. ... consumated his marriage with his child bride Aishah (Ayesha). ...
www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24656103-954,00.... -
Struggling with pedophilia in Islam | EuropeNews
Apr 20, 2008 ... Sold into marriage to twisted men ... The case thus includes an element of purchasing child brides, which would then rationally be ...
http://europenews.dk/en/node/9417
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