Bill banning child marriage fails in Pakistan

[TITAN308]

Pakistani lawmakers had to withdraw a bill aimed at curbing the practice of child marriage after a prominent religious body declared the legislation un-Islamic.

The bill, which proposed raising the marriage age for females from 16 to 18, also called for harsher penalties for those who would arrange marriages involving children. Despite the laws in place, child marriages, particularly involving young female brides, are common in parts of the country. It's estimated that some 20 percent of girls in the country are married before they turn 18.

Clerics on the council object to minimum age requirements, arguing instead that an individual can marry once reaching puberty, which can be as early as the age of 9.

Original URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ed-un-islamic/

Estimates of 20%. I wonder what the real number is like. The last sentence in my quote, I'm not even sure what to say about that.

[Justpassing]

ITT: rabble rabble immigrants rabble fucking brown muslims rabble

Cue 20 pages.

[Revi]

If only western feminism could turn it's huge influential gaze towards things like this.

[Xeones]

If only western feminism could turn it's huge influential gaze towards things like this.

And do what?

[Deleted]

Is the marriage age 16 or once they hit puberty? Because I am somewhat confused by that article.

[Zandalarian Paladin]

And do what?

Do what they do best.

Protest, create a massive movement, get large-scale petition and for once actually fight against something that is truly dangerous.

[TITAN308]

Is the marriage age 16 or once they hit puberty? Because I am somewhat confused by that article.

Looks like a concession of sorts. Currently the law says 16, but clerics object to that, saying 9 is appropriate.

Now how they somehow got the age of 18 to be withdrawn, but not 16, I don't know.

[Kalis]

Is the marriage age 16 or once they hit puberty? Because I am somewhat confused by that article.

Form what I could work out, legally it is 16, but some people just ignore the law.

[s_bushido]

If only western feminism could turn it's huge influential gaze towards things like this.

But...but...manspreading!!!

[Adam Jensen]

If only western feminism could turn it's huge influential gaze towards things like this.

The Patriarchy must be defeated first!

[Deleted]

While I believe 16 is too young to be married - it's important to note this isn't exactly a low age compared to other nations

In the US certain states allow marriage at 15 for example and the vast majority allow at 16.

Massachusetts allows marriage at age 12....

[Shinra1]

What people do in other cultures is none of the West's business. America and Europe should focus on their own rampant pedophilia and sex abuse culture instead of trying to paint another culture as less progressive because they do things differently.

[Justpassing]

In the US certain states allow marriage at 15 for example and the vast majority allow at 16.

Yeah but they aren't brown so it's np.

[Belize]

Yeah but they aren't brown so it's np.

Woops quoted wrong thing. Thanks phone.

[Jonnusthegreat]

I don't really see a problem with this...

[Belize]

What people do in other cultures is none of the West's business. America and Europe should focus on their own rampant pedophilia and sex abuse culture instead of trying to paint another culture as less progressive because they do things differently.

Muh rape culture. Oh wait.

[Bushtuckrman]

Banning child marriages would be against Sharia and Pakistan has some pretty strict Islamic regions of Sharia so this wasn't going to happen.

[Revi]

What people do in other cultures is none of the West's business. America and Europe should focus on their own rampant pedophilia and sex abuse culture instead of trying to paint another culture as less progressive because they do things differently.

Pedophilia is an issue everywhere, but there's a huge difference between society universally condemning it like in the west, making it up to the authorities to stop - and parts of society openly being in favor of it like in countries where marrying girls as young as 9 is practiced in some circles.

This is a retarded level of deflection.

[Bushtuckrman]

What people do in other cultures is none of the West's business. America and Europe should focus on their own rampant pedophilia and sex abuse culture instead of trying to paint another culture as less progressive because they do things differently.

This has to be a troll post

[Justpassing]

Banning child marriages would be against Sharia and Pakistan has some pretty strict Islamic regions of Sharia so this wasn't going to happen.

>bash pedophilia (read: muslims)
>weeb girl avatar
>dat sig

This guy is like MMO-C incarnate.

Infracted for flaming