Iran moves to legalize marriage for girls under 10 years old

I am advocating that children do not get married at age 9. Apparently you have a problem with that. If you could explain why you are more concerned about my posting than about children getting married and raped at age 9, I would be much obliged.

 

It was posted by Izzak David. I had forgotten about it having been posted already. My mistake.

 

Do a search. I have explained my position multiple times.

Also - with regard to "It goes without saying that children shouldn't be forced into marriage. You're not going to find a poster here who didn't already believe that" - read this:

LCAhmed is a nice poster who doesn't post disingenuously like people like Mathloom or Hydhypedplaya, but clearly, we are not talking about completely isolated cases here. That post alone shows that even among people who live in the USA, some of the attitudes from that region carried over, including the practice of marrying relatives and approving of marrying children.

Just because you think it goes without saying that these practices are crazy doesn't mean that this isn't a widespread problem in the Middle East.

 

And to expand on my answer to the question why I posted this:

1) Why not? It is happening and it is a serious issue. Just because some leftists align themselves with Islamists and therefore try to shout down and keep under the rug anything that might portray Islamists in a bad light (like arguing that decapitating a guy with butcher knives while shouting Allahu Akbar is not a terrorist attack) doesn't mean that one should not keep pointing out these atrocities.

2) As I said, it was in my newsfeed and I consider it a current problem that is worthy of discussion.

3) Finally, I probably posted it because I am annoyed that someone like Mathloom, who works for a dictatorial and inhumane government comes onto this site and disingenuously posts about being concerned about freedom of speech in Western societies. At the same time, he lies about this being an issue. It is an issue in many Muslim countries. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Men from Saudi Arabia actually buy women and underage war orphans and refugees from the Syrian war - now - not 10 months ago.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9107165532

It is a much more current problem than you guys think.

And Mathloom saying that the problem doesn't exist? Hmm. Yeah, well, these women/girls are bought by men from richer countries...like the UAE...

 

Aside from the guy's proposal - do you deny that there is a significant number of underage marriages (and by that, I mean, going down to age 9 or 10) in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, to name a few? And I am talking about marriages that are consummated, which is basically statutory rape.

Are you actually denying that this is a problem in these countries?

The articles posted do not only deal with a legislative proposal. They also deal with actual facts of what has been happening, as reported by NGOs.

Didn't the guy who must not be drawn have underage wives? Don't some of the people who follow this "practice" nowadays argue that it's ok under Sharia law because of that? Are you denying these facts?

 

Why don't you ask Mathloom the same questions about why he started his thread?

And no, I am not angry, I am in a very good mood because my team just won the Champions League. That doesn't mean I can't still give idiots the smackdown they deserve.

If you want to know about my position, do a search.

 

When she stopped beating me.

 

Well, I don't know about you guys and your productivity in your job, but if that is your idea of what your output in a full-time job should be, then

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