Posted on 01/15/2016 1:26:43 PM PST by nickcarraway
Pakistani lawmakers have withdrawn a proposal to impose harsher penalties on those who arrange child marriages after it was scuttled by a religious body who branded it "blasphemous" and against Islam, sources told AFP Friday.
The proposal, which would also have raised the legal age of marriages for females from 16 to 18, called for "rigorous" punishment up to two years in prison for those who organize child marriages, still common in some parts of Pakistan.
Marvi Memon, a member of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), had moved to amend existing child marriage legislation in the lower house but was forced to withdraw her bid after it was rejected by a parliamentary committee on religious affairs, a source familiar with the development told AFP.
A representative from the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) had dubbed the amendment to the Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill 2014 as "anti-Islamic" and "blasphemous" during the committee meeting, the source said.
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Un-Islamic as in making it harder for 40 year old horned toads to boink 13 year old girls?
I realize there are several Islamic schools on Sharia law and they may not always agree on the law, but since Muhammed consummated his marriage to Aisha when she was 9 years old , I am surprised any Islamic state would have a marriage threshold higher than 9 years old. - Tom
She’ll be lucky to make it to the end of the month
without being tied to a stake and burned.
Of course, this has nothing at all to do with Islam.
Ping
What’s the big deal? Jerry Lee Lewis married his cousin, Myra, when she was only 13.
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