Posted on 06/23/2002 6:25:42 PM PDT by shrinkermd
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's arbitrating body has approved a reformist law increasing the minimum marriage age from 9 to 13 for girls and from 14 to 15 for boys. The new law stipulates that marriage of girls under 13 and boys under 15 will require court permission, the government-run daily Iran reported on Sunday. It gave no further details.
The law's approval is seen as a victory for Iran's reformists, who have sought to promote women's rights.
The elected legislature passed a similar bill in August 2000, but the hard-line Guardian Council rejected it as contradicting Islamic sharia law. Iran's ruling clerics had permitted girls to be married at the age of 9 and boys at 14.
The Expediency Council, which arbitrates between parliament and the Guardian Council, passed the measure into law. Officials were unavailable for comment.
"This is yet another fulfillment of promises of reformists, especially female lawmakers, who had promised to protect women's rights," said lawmaker Fatemah Khatami. "Still, we have a long way to go to provide adequate legal protection for women."
I could have squeezed in a marriage at that age.
I think I had some spare time between blowing up my brothers model cars and hoping for that purple Schwin bike with the big "sissy" bar.
Those poor little kids
13 years old is hardly a women. How about reforming childrens rights???
And, now...as my dear friend says, "Lookahere, what have we found???"
How intolerant you are! We must be understanding of all religions, except of course Christianity.
We must understand why a grown man would want to marry and have sex with a nine year old girl child, unless of course it is a Catholic priest bonking altar boys.
< / deep sarcasm >
I don't know about that anymore. Seems to be a lot of that going around and being covered up. I don't see very many priests going to jail.
But, I agree with your point, though.
Actually, Aisha was six when the 50+ year-old Mohammad married her (after lusting over her for two years). The marriage was consummated when she was nine.
DITTO !!!!
This is because the older men in the Islamic society were not done with them yet....seriously...this is part of it as well. Men would rather boink a boy child than their wives. Women are lowest on the totem pole....
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have approved a law to raise the age at which girls can get married without their parents' consent to 13 from nine and for boys to 15 from 14, newspapers said Sunday.
That bill was vetoed by the Guardian Council, a 12-man body dominated by conservative clerics whose job it is to ensure legislation conforms to Islamic Sharia law.
Iran's clerical establishment has promoted marriage as a means to combat what it calls immorality among youth.
The Expediency Council is charged with arbitrating in disputes between parliament and the Guardian Council.
The arbitration body ruling does not change the age at which children can get married -- nine for girls and 14 boys -- but says girls below the age of 13 and boys younger than 15 need their parents' permission and the approval of a "righteous court."
Reformists said the new law did not protect children since most of those who married at a young age did so under pressure from their parents.
European Union ( news - web sites) countries have pointed to the low legal age of marriage in Iran as an example of its poor human rights.
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