Posted on 04/08/2026 5:09:37 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie
Italy has expelled an imam of Pakistani origin who sparked massive outrage after he was filmed in an undercover investigation citing the Qur’an as an endorsement for marrying girls at the age of nine.
On April 2, the Italian daily Il Giornale reported that Paolo Sartori, the police commissioner of Brescia, known as Italy’s Islamic “capital,” ordered the deportation of Ali Kashif, who told a reporter for the TV program Fuori dal Coro that girls can be married after their first period.
[T]he authorities are right to repatriate those who fail to comply with the law and fundamental human rights.
Sartori examined footage filmed by Francesco Leone, a reporter from Channel 4, who posed as an Italian wanting to convert to Islam and seeking to know if the Muslim religion permits older men to marry child brides.
Based on evidence from the undercover investigation, the police commissioner determined that Kashif could be immediately expelled under Article 4, paragraph 3, of Italy’s Consolidated Law on Immigration. The law gives police the power to remove a foreigner who “is considered a threat to public order or the security of the State” or has been involved in sex-related crimes.
Brescia police also discovered that Kashif did not possess a valid residence permit to live in Italy and refused to issue him a new residence permit when the imam applied for the document.
Instead, Sartori ordered that Kashif be immediately escorted to Milan Malpensa Airport, where he was put on board the flight to Islamabad, with a stopover in Bangkok, accompanied by immigration officers.
Italy Gears Up to Introduce Legislation Against Islamist Separatism
The channel published its report on January 25, two days before the First Committee of the Chamber of Deputies in Italy’s bicameral parliament began examining Bill AC2562, which enforces stricter penalties for forced marriages and prohibits the issuance of certificates of virginity (except for health reasons).
The proposed legislation, introduced by Fratelli d’Italia (FD), the party headed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, seeks to combat Islamist separatism by targeting foreign funding for mosques and seeking authority to close mosques preaching Islamist supremacy and hatred.
Focus on Western Islamism (FWI) reported in March that Kashif was caught on camera telling the reporter, “On the first (menstrual) cycle of life, (a woman) is an adult. After nine years, after 10 years, after 13 years, she is an adult. You can marry her. It is a tradition.” The camera crew filmed Kashif and other Muslims at two Islamic centers in Brescia: the Minhaj Ul Quran Islamic Center Cultural Association and the Al Noor Cultural Association.
“Even science tells us that a nine-year-old girl can get married. In Islam, a girl becomes an adult at age nine. The Qur’an says that it [the marriage] can be done,” he said. When asked if the child bride can marry a man who is 30 to 40 years old, the imam responds: “Yes, 30 to 40 years old.”
The imam, speaking in Urdu, insists that the girl must have begun her period. “The religion of Islam says if the parents are happy, the father and mother are happy and agree, then the marriage can take place.” When the interpreter says he has married a 13-year-old, a Muslim in the mosque commends him for it. “God doesn’t tell you that you cannot marry them. You can marry them. Here, the state prevents you,” he adds.
When asked for his opinion, another Muslim tells Leone, “If our Prophet married a 12-year-old girl, why can’t others do the same?”
Expert Explains How Islamic Texts Justify Child Brides
Speaking to FWI, Giovanni Giacalone, an Italian expert in terrorism and counterterrorism at the David Institute for Security Policy, commended “the excellent work of the Italian authorities, who acted swiftly to remove the individual in question from the country.”
“Such individuals legitimize horrendous practices because ‘Allah said so,’” Giacalone, a senior advisor for the Monitoring Jihadism Italy Project, warned. “They see women as objects, not only opposing our laws, but also human rights. It is their vision of ‘God’ against the State, which consequently makes their presence in Europe incompatible.”
The Islamic centers later clarified that the views endorsing child brides were not representative of the Muslim community in Brescia. “The Quran neither provides for nor legitimizes marriages with minors, nor does it force one to marry against one’s will,” they stated.
But Giacalone noted that the issue has been addressed by academics such as Professor Mashood Baderin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, who explained in a 2018 article: “The majority classical view, held by the Hanafī, Mālikī, Shāfi’ī, Hanbalī, and Ithnā Asharī schools of Islamic jurisprudence, is that marriage of minors is permissible and may be contracted by the father or guardian acting in the minor’s best interest. This is based on their interpretation of the three Qur’anic verses earlier cited (56:4; 24:32; 4:6).”
Baderin adds: “The nucleus of the classical majority view is that while marriage of minors is not the general norm under the Shari’ah, it may be necessary in the minor’s own interest and thus its permissibility under Islamic law. … There is a minority view held by classical jurists such as Abdullah Ibn Shubrumah al-Kūfī, and Abū Bakr Al-Asamm, that the marriage of minors is not lawful until majority (bulūgh).”
“This shows that the problem is serious, inherent to Islamic doctrine, and cannot be hastily reduced to individual ignorance and political exploitation,” Giacalone commented. “Meanwhile, the authorities are right to repatriate those who fail to comply with the law and fundamental human rights.”
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Arriverderci A-hole!
Is the West waking up finally? Yay!
Paki XYs are freaks. They love raping little girls and pushing them around. Real “King” wannabes.
Mohamhead married a 6 year old. Consummated the marriage at 9. Pedophilia is a part of the Islamic religion
Mentally ill Mohammedans marry minors.
FYI, anal sex is permitted in children and infants in islam.
“A man can marry a girl younger than nine years of age, even if the girl is still a baby being breastfed. A man, however is prohibited from having intercourse with a girl younger than nine, other sexual acts such as foreplay, rubbing, kissing and sodomy is allowed. A man having intercourse with a girl younger than nine years of age has not committed a crime, but only an infraction, if the girl is not permanently damaged. If the girl, however, is permanently damaged, the man must provide for her all her life. But this girl will not count as one of the man’s four permanent wives. He also is not permitted to marry the girl’s sister.”
https://smsaif.me/islam-poses-a-threat-to-children/
Get a load of this...
https://italylawfirms.com/en/family-law-italy-foreigners-marriage-immigration-inheritance/
The important bit to my mind...
“...At the same time, a common fear among people in a fragile immigration situation is that they cannot marry in Italy without a valid residence permit. That fear is not legally accurate. The Constitutional Court struck down the rule that made lawful residence status a condition for marriage. This means that the lack of a valid permit is not, by itself, a legal bar to getting married in Italy, even though all the other documentary and identity checks still apply....”
How long until Judge Boasberg issues a stay on Italy’s court ruling?
Deports? Should have air dropped him into the Med.
He’s not the only Imam there
Italy grew a backbone. Kind of a surprise. What France next?
You’re supposed to send them to Epstein’s replacement, not marry them.
Who is the youngest bride?
Rukhmabai (age 11) was married in India to Dadaji Bhikaji (age 19), a cousin of her stepfather, in about 1875.
https://www.calendar-canada.ca/frequently-asked-questions/who-is-the-youngest-bride
Correct. And the hadiths record that Muhammad "thighed" her before she was 9. Thus the rule for no intercourse until she has her first period.
Thus Muhammad was an example of pedophilia before he was an example of hebophilia.
We need this law in the US.
We also need to ban Islamic states from contributing to colleges and universities.
If you were wondering why some many young people are Jew haters, look no further than college professors who owe their livelihood to the Muslims that fund their professorship.
Very short, but highly instructive video, about how Islam began
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrNQBOX_rGc
Mohamed and Joe Biden both.
Meloni ended up being a huge disappointment:
How Meloni quietly flooded Italy with migrants
"Ageing population and declining birth rate behind policy to allow entry to 500,000 non-EU immigrants"
-- The Guardian
(rest of article behind paywell)
"In 2024, Italy's total fertility rate was 1.18, well below the EU average (1.38) and one of the lowest in the world...Moroccan women in Italy have maintained a Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 2.51.
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