Hamas sponsored a mass wedding for 450 couples. Most of the grooms were in their mid to late twenties; most of brides were under ten.
- Muslim dignitaries including Mahmud Zahar, a leader of Hamas, were on hand to congratulate the couples who took part in the carefully staged celebration.
- We are saying to the world and to America that you cannot deny us joy and happiness, Zahar told the grooms, all of whom were dressed in identical black suits and hailed from the nearby Jabalia refugee camp.
- Each groom received a gift of 500 dollars from Hamas.
- The pre-pubescent girls, dressed in white gowns and adorned with garish make-up, received bridal bouquets.
- We are presenting this wedding as a gift to our people who stood firm in the face of the siege and the war, local Hamas strongman Ibrahim Salaf said in a speech.
- The wedding photos tell the rest of the sordid tale.
- The International Center for Research on Women now estimates that there are 51 million child brides now living on planet earth and almost all in Muslim countries.
- Twenty-nine percent of these child brides are regularly beaten and molested by their husbands in Egypt; twenty six percent receive similar abuse in Jordan.
- Every year, three million Muslim girls are subjected to genital mutilation, according to UNICEF.
This 12-Year-old Girl has been Given in a Forced Marriage
Herat province - Afghanistan, Sep.2007: This 12-y-old girl has been given in a forced marriage and faces violence by her husband everyday. Family violence and child marriage is common across Afghanistan and tens of women every month commit self-immolation to get rid of their desolation.
She says: "Please help me get divorce, next time he will kill me, he injured me with a knife."
8-Year-Old Saudi Child Bride
A shocking story of a 8 year old girl being married to a Muslim man in a Islamic Country, Saudi Arabia. This happens in Islamic Countries because the prophet of Islam Muhammad himself married his second wife Aisha when she was only 6 years old. Muhammad then consummated the marriage with Aisha when she was only 9 years old, Muhammad himself was 54 years old. For this reason it is not illegal for Muslim men to marry child brides in many Islamic Countries & this routinely happens. Some Islamic Countries that still allow legal pedophilia today are; Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, Samalia & northern Nigeria where their is a large Muslim population.
Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 62, Number 64 Narrated Aisha: that the Prophet Mohammed married her when she was six years old, and he consummated the marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years.
Saudi Judge Refuses to Annul Marriage Between 8-Year-Old Girl and 47-Year-Old Man
April 13, 2009: (CNN) -- A Saudi judge has refused for a second time to annul a marriage between an 8-year-old girl and a 47-year-old man, a relative of the girl told CNN.
The most recent ruling, in which the judge upheld his original verdict, was handed down Saturday in the Saudi city of Onaiza, where late last year the same judge rejected a petition from the girl's mother, who was seeking a divorce for her daughter.
The relative said the judge, Sheikh Habib Al-Habib, "stuck by his earlier verdict and insisted that the girl could petition the court for a divorce once she reached puberty." The family member, who requested anonymity, added that the mother will continue to pursue a divorce for her daughter.
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