Pakistan: Protecting Children From Pedophiles is “Western Agenda”

by sheikyermami on January 22, 2013

“Traditions like vani and swara that cannot be eradicated overnight”

Pak Tribune/thanks to halalporkshop

Bill to ban child marriage rejected as “western propaganda”

“You can have a marriage contract even with a 1-year-old girl, not to mention a girl of 9, 7 or 8,”–Dr. Ahmad al-Mu’bi

In what can only be described as a missed opportunity, the Child Marriage Restraint Amendment Bill 2013, presented in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly last week, was rejected by most lawmakers. What makes this particularly telling is that ANP MPA Munawar Sultana, who was presenting the bill, was unable to get the support of her party members, especially parliamentary party leader Mian Iftikhar Hussain who in 2010 had said he supported imposing restrictions on child marriages. Mr Hussain appeared to have reneged, saying that there was no age limit in other Islamic countries for marriages. Ms Sultana should be commended for recognising just how child marriage stunts a child’s growth on a personal, health, social and educational level and how this impacts society but sure enough, she was slammed for promoting a Western agenda.

At the heart of the matter lies the reality of traditions like vani and swara that cannot be eradicated overnight, especially if they are not backed with a steely political will of lawmakers, religious leaders and tribal clan leaders. And they have not ever been as we have seen time and again, as powerful chieftains who are also parliamentarians attend jirgas and give young girls away — as if they are spoils of war — to settle a dispute. In the backdrop, law enforcers watch, knowing they cannot do anything, though they are armed with a plethora of laws they can enforce, including, for example, the K-P Child Protection and Welfare Act which was passed in 2010 to protect children against early marriages.

Let us drop the pretense about other countries not having a minimum age, or conspiracies out to ‘get us’. Child marriage is a scourge plain and simple. It is also against the law, both on an international level, as Pakistan is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of Children, which refers to early marriage as the marriage of people less than 18 years of age, and on a national level, where we have prohibited it under the Child Marriages Restraint Act of 1929.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 21^st, 2013.

Tagged as: child marriage

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Pray Hard January 22, 2013 at 2:12 pm: We doan gotta ‘bey no whites peepuls lawz!
Oh, sorry, got carried away for a moment.
Seriously, let’s look at this from the perspective of the Muslim male. They rarely develop emotionally beyond the toddler level. A few rare cases might reach a pubescent emotional age. So, you see, child brides are the perfect thing for these crybabies in big bodies. I mean, what on Earth would you expect them to do with a grown woman? Huh?! Huh?!
Dennis Hopper did the Muslim male best: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_5sQyHnbY4
Stephanie January 22, 2013 at 6:14 pm: Thighing of children: Mohammed (51) married Ayesha when she was SIX, but as she was TOO SMALL TO CONSUMATE, he practised the sacred rite of Mufa’ Khathat (otherwise known as ‘thighing’) whereby he rubbed himself between the tops of her thighs, but did not enter, until she was nine (lunar years). …”

http://schnellmann.org/the-child-bride-of-muhammad.html
Colin February 1, 2013 at 6:32 am: [Greets, Sheik...Enjoy this tidbit which I came upon while webbing. Also Google "Control Hollywood, Not Guns." Colin]

when DIVERSITY becomes PERVERSITY

The typical UNIVERSITY now prides itself on DIVERSITY. But watch out when DIVERSITY becomes PERVERSITY. That’s when God will put His CURSE-ITY on the whole world (see Malachi 4:6 – NIV)!
For dessert Google “Separation of Raunch and State,” “God to Same-Sexers: Hurry Up” and “Dangerous Radicals of the Religious Right.”