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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.
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SC notice on plea for raising women’s ‘marriageable age’ under Muslim personal law
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The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a plea by the National Commission for Women seeking a direction to make...
Multiple child sex abuse cases involving madrassa clerics, PFI functionary and others: Kerala
Several cases of the POCSO (Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences) Act have been reported from different districts in Kerala over the past few...
Sohail converted, ‘married’, raped and impregnated a minor; now on the run in Indore, MP
Sharif Sohail from Indore in Madhya Pradesh groomed a minor girl from another community, converted her to Islam, ‘married’ her, raped and impregnated her...
15-year-old gives birth in Mumbai, ‘husband’ arrested, search on for cleric – authorities hiding identity of accused?
A 27-year-old man from Mumbai has been arrested for 'marrying' and raping a minor girl. Local Agripada police station officials have not name the...
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...
In 46 out of 50 states of USA, child marriage remains legal – Part 3
Anuradha -
In Bharat, even the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955 has set the age at marriage to be 18 for girls and 21 for boys....
PCMA made ineffective by not superseding Personal Laws – Part 2
Anuradha -
Part I of this series discussed discrepancies and absence of consistency among different laws addressing crimes relating to children including laws against child marriage.
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Child Marriage and related laws in Bharat – Part 1
Anuradha -
Child marriage is a favourite subject for activists who like to label Bharat as misogynistic, regressive, backward, and patriarchal. Generally, the Hindu society is...
Muslim teacher takes Hindu minor as 4th wife, crematorium occupied, newspaper office attacked: Bangladesh
Bangladeshi Hindus continue to face almost daily attacks from Islamists. The Sheikh Hasina led Bangladeshi government might be cracking down on Hefazat-e-Islam for their...