Too Young to Say I Do
MEMRI (The Middle East Media Research Institute) is an incredibly important resource. They translate Middle East media, bridging the language gap between the Middle East and the West. I was rummaging around at MEMRI this morning, when I came across a recent Lebanon TV interview with a Saudi marriage official, Dr. Ahmad Al-Mu'bi. According to Dr. Al-Mu'bi:
"There is no minimal age for entering marriage. You can have a marriage contract even with a one-year-old girl, not to mention a girl of nine, seven, or eight. This is merely a contract [indicating] consent. The guardian in such a case must be the father, because the father's opinion is obligatory. Thus, the girl becomes a wife... But is the girl ready for sex or not? What is the appropriate age for having sex for the first time? This varies according to environment and traditions. In Yemen, girls are married off at nine, ten, 11, eight, or 13, while in other countries, they are married off at 16. Some countries have legislated laws forbidding having sex before the girl is 18....The Prophet Muhammad is the model we follow. He took 'Aisha to be his wife when she was six, but he had sex with her only when she was nine."You can see the TV interview yourself by clicking on MEMRI TV clip.Your thoughts?
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11 Comments:
you need to post "barf bag" warnings for things like this.
So this guy comes home from work, and finds his live-in girlfriend packing her bags. The guy says, "Hey, what're you doing?"
She says, "I'm leaving."
The boyfriend says, "Why's that?" and the girlfriend replies, "Because I just found out that you're a pedophile!"
"Pedophile?!" he says, "that's a mighty big word for an eight-year-old!"
This is disgusting! No wonder the Islamic extremists are so nuts...it is perversion and abhorent in every sense of the words. When I was young and read the Scriptures and the laws, I thought why put these icky things in? Who would ever think of such horrific things to consider doing? Now, I see that G-d knew the deepest heart of man was so sinful and so disgusting, that even we did not know. I am so thankful He provided a way of Repentance and Salvation for those of us who desire to follow Him and do His will.
OK, TRILCAT, BARFBAG WARNING.
I'll just give you a hint...
Q - How old does a boy have to be?
EXTRA CREDIT - ...a goat?
I wish I could say that such as this never happens here but I'd be lieing as the case in point the Texas Mormon group where they were marring young girls to older men too.
Don't thrown stones at others unless you can be certain that you to won't be hit, by your own rocks.
Judge not that you're not being judged by Hashem of the same crime.
I'm not condoning such I think it's as sick as one can become, to force your intentions on another who hasn't the maturity or the age to understand that this wrong, that any one ever the childs parents who advocate such as this are just as wrong.
Joseph, I can assure you that Judaism does not condone sex with girls who are nine years old. Moreover, if someone lives in a country with a law protecting minors, Jewish law requires that he obey it.
Now it becomes clear.This practice explains the reason for their unrestrained hatred of anything non-Muslim.Penis envy!They MUST possess such small penises that they simply HAVE TO have their mates/slaves that young in order to "size up".
and how old was mohammed when he married a 6 year old? maybe the parents of the 6 year old was forced to give consent since mohammed's remedy for his opponents is to behead and amputate each finger, or to amputate an arm and a leg on the opposite sides of the body F U mohammed!!!!
Rebecca is absolutely correct
Come on all of you. You can't agree that they blow themselves up still virgins surely???!!!
I will point out that this cartoon, meant to cast aspersions on radical Islam, is actually portraying a viewpoint completely in line with Jewish Rabbinic law.
In Jewish law (if anybody wants the exact citations, I can provide, but generally see Mishnah Ketuboth) the LAW IS EXACTLY THE SAME with regard to child marriage. A father has an unqualified right to marry off his infant daughter for whatever "price" he sees fit. Let's not forget Rashi, who claims Isaac took Rebecca for a wife at AGE 4!!! Although, he did not sleep with her until she was 11 or so....
So before we go bashing others, lets look in the mirror first. After all, it is only in the synagogue that one could find a grown man sucking blood with his lips from a babies penis. But at least WE aren't as crazy as those Muslims....
well,, it's soooo disgusting to even think about that,, how could a man marry a one years old girl,, may be the one who says so is mistaken,, nowadays many ppl say many strange things, not only in Islam, but also in Catholic beliefs,, but their sayings doesn't mean that they are true,, or that can really happen,,,
p.s. concerning Prophet Mohammed marring Aisha,, In desert and hot countries where they live in,, environment reflects on people,, I live in a hot country and I got my first menstrual in the age of nine,, but not married yet although i am now 24,, and I am still a virgin.
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