Child marriage is sanctioned in Islam. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad consummated his marriage with (i.e., raped) Aisha when she was nine, and the resultant fact that child marriage is accepted in wide swaths of the Islamic world. Child marriage has abundant attestation in Islamic tradition and law. Turkey’s directorate of religious affairs (Diyanet) said […]
France: 30-year-old Islamic convert brandishing machete demands to marry 11-year-old girl
“A 30-year-old Islamic convert who was arrested after brandishing a machete over the weekend is said to have quarrelled with a neighbouring family whose 11-year-old daughter he wanted to marry….The family called the police and officers arrived at the address of the Islamic convert who had locked himself in his mother’s home. When the officers […]
UK: Muslim who was “respected Blackburn community figure” sexually assaulted 8-year-old girl
This is reminiscent of the many, many sickening cases in which Roman Catholic priests sexually assaulted young girls and boys. The difference is that while sexual assault, even of young children, occurs in all cultures, only in Islam does it have divine sanction. In this case, victim was eight years old. This may have been […]
Muslim cleric: “Allah permitted the Prophet Muhammad to marry Aisha when she was 9 years old”
Islamic apologists in the West routinely deny that Aisha was nine. Will they accuse this cleric of “Islamophobia”? Child marriage is sanctioned in Islam. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad consummated his marriage with (i.e., raped) Aisha when she was nine, and the resultant fact that child marriage is accepted in wide swaths of the Islamic […]
“Child marriage is not regarded as forced marriage in Switzerland and is therefore not prohibited”
This means that Switzerland will only see more child marriage, because as Muslim migrants stream into the country, many of them will bring with them certain attitudes. Child marriage is sanctioned in Islam. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad consummated his marriage with (i.e., raped) Aisha when she was nine, and the resultant fact that child […]
India: Islamic girls’ schools are “finishing schools for child brides”
Imagine the embarrassment Indian authorities will feel when they discover that child marriage is sanctioned in Islam. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad consummated his marriage with (i.e., raped) Aisha when she was nine, and the resultant fact that child marriage is accepted in wide swaths of the Islamic world. Child marriage has abundant attestation in […]
Canada: Muslim teen forced to wear hijab, marry much older man
“A Quebec youth court judge has removed a 16-year-old girl in Victoriaville from her family after she was forced into a marriage with an older man who insisted she wear a hijab, rifled through her cellphone and controlled who she could see. The girl was so afraid in the weeks before the ceremony was to […]
Pakistan: Muslims defend practice of child marriage as one of the “tenets of Islam”
While the world continues to ignore human rights abuses committed in the name of Islam, mainstream Islamic clerics in countries that implement Sharia certainly do not. With reference to the practice of child marriage, the Washington Times reports: The problems are not just cultural. The U.N. World Health Organization notes that the leading causes of […]
Yemen: Girls as young as three being married off to much older men
Why is this even considered an option? Because child marriage is sanctioned in Islam. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad consummated his marriage with (i.e., raped) Aisha when she was nine, and the resultant fact that child marriage is accepted in wide swaths of the Islamic world. Child marriage has abundant attestation in Islamic tradition and […]
Bangladesh: Teacher and imam tortured for trying to stop a child marriage
A madrassa teacher and a local mosque imam were “tied to trees and beaten up” for trying to prevent a child marriage in the Noakhali District of Hatia Upazila in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. As the title below indicates, they were “tortured for a good deed,” and that good deed was trying to protect […]