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Child Marriage in Islam
Assam CM expresses concern over teenage pregnancy in state
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Assam has recorded a much higher teenage pregnancy compared to the rest of the country, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said. Sharing data...
Muslim child marriage reported from Kerala
The Nedumangadu Police detained three accused in Thiruvanathapuram district after a child marriage of a 16-year-old rape victim came to light. Those arrested include...
Turkish ‘Progress’: Prominent Islamic cleric, from Sufi order close to Erdogan, marries off his 6-year-old daughter
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No doubt, Turkey is more secular and modern than Afghanistan and Iran. But that is not good enough news for Turkish girls and women.
A...
Afghans marrying off young daughters to avoid forced marriages with Taliban
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Since Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, there has been a dramatic increase in early marriages of Afghan girls -- a trend...
Child marriages in Afghanistan – Girls as young as 2 being sold
Underage girls sold off to much older men in exchange for money have remained common and widespread across Afghanistan for centuries. Child marriage is...
Child marriage menace among Muslims of Malappuram, TNIE slanders Hindus
Another child marriage case has been reported from Malappuram district in Kerala, where a 25-year old Muslim ‘married’ a minor. The groom, his parents...
PCMA made ineffective by not superseding Personal Laws – Part 2
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Part I of this series discussed discrepancies and absence of consistency among different laws addressing crimes relating to children including laws against child marriage.
It...
Child Marriage and related laws in Bharat – Part 1
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Child marriage is a favourite subject for activists who like to label Bharat as misogynistic, regressive, backward, and patriarchal. Generally, the Hindu society is...