The latest case of Arab child sex slavery, that of a 12-year-old girl sold to an 80-year-old man for $23,000, has led to renewed criticism of Saudi Arabia’s fundamentalist regime, but a Saudi ministry dismisses the notion that a ban is required, saying that it would be detrimental to society.
Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Teraifi, an official with Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs, stresses that banning child marriage would be damaging, as it would result in girls being forced into the hijab at a later age, potentially allowing them to mix with unrelated men in a sinful manner:
“Outlawing the marriage of young girls to elderly men will have a negative effect on Saudi society as it will lead to mixing of the sexes which is impermissible in Islam.”
A series of internationally publicised “marriages” of girls as young as 8 being sold to (frequently elderly) men has seen international pressure mount on the kingdom to do something.
Even within a barbarous medieval kingdom like Saudi Arabia, calls for laws against child marriage are growing. The official warns these domestic calls for restraint are mere mass media froth:
“Much of the public discussion of the issue is based upon a few reports that have appeared in newspapers, which is insufficient reason to start campaigns to restrict such marriages.”
Saudi law is based on medieval Sharia Islamic codes, which set no lower age limit on marriage and allow marital practices considered abhorrent in the developed world.
No less a figure than Mohammed himself is said to have married a 6-year-old, though he graciously waited until she was 9 before consummating the marriage.
The ministry official affirms this, saying men should only have sex with pubescent girls:
“Age has nothing to do with the validity of the marriage contract, but consummation of marriage should be only when the bride reaches the age of puberty.”
Bad for society? Dude have you not been paying attention to whats going on in the world lately. Why don’t these morons worry about things that actually matter. Besides you take away a mans favorite porn prepare to get your ass kicked across the effin globe.
Um I hate to say this and will proberbly get flamed but the age of sexual consent in vaticant city (the centre of the most powerful branch of the most powerful religion in the world) was 12 up until a year ago
Pheh… I feel sorry for these girls
“OH yes how could I ever forget that one girl who died during child birth I always keep forgetting that no mature women ever died during that!”
What a surprise, another pedophile on Sankaku trying to justify his urges.
Puberty is a process, just starting puberty doesn’t make you ready to give birth. Deaths are a lot more prevelant with children.
“Whichever way you look at it, “childhood” is a relatively modern invention that was made possible by the Industrial Revolution – before then, children were usually just treated as small adults. It was the Victorians who developed childhood into what it is today in the West, shrouding it in mawkish sentimentality and idolizing the “innocence” of children. Whilst at the same time still visiting the child brothels that were commonplace in London and other cities.”
So what are you saying, children should be given the freedom to work in brothels? The reason why we now give children a child hood, is because we have become civilised. We don’t force girls into marriage against their will and we give them the time to think about who they are going to marry. Your a monster if you think children should be forced into the reality of the adult world so fast.
I have seen interviews with these girls, who have been married young and they say that they want to finish their studies. They have been forced to grow up fast by entering marriage and all say they would have commited SUICIDE, if they had to continue that life.
Oh yes we all forgot how utterly marvelous freedom is. 60% of adults aged 18-24 in the US have some form of STD. Yes clearly feminism has benefited US society. Women are subservient by nature. What Saudi Arabia is doing is in accordance with natural law.
Also women given to much freedom is a bad thing. Women are retarded and will pick the worst possible mate.The decision should be left up to the father.
Also seriously people.Rights dont exist.they’re fucking made up. If alien overlords show up tomorrow we’re all goanna be slaves.
I hope that was sarcasm, otherwise you are a worthless piece of s♥♥t.
That is a made up statistic, and you are an awful human being. I hope you hang yourself you backwards, sexist privileged bastard.
I agree on most things… also, the spread of STDs is only a small part of all the problems that feminism has brought.
On the last part… moralists don’t understand this. They think they are right, others are wrong. They might justify this with logical fallacies (e.g. everyone says so, it has to be right), for they aren’t intelligent or wise enough to realize they are wrong. They would be closer to the truth if they simply accepted that there is no right or wrong.
Middle East could really use a successful crusade against it. Like, now.
I never thought Mohammed himself is a LOLICON