“As a wife you have a duty to obey your husband,” imam tells 14-year old bride

This mosque should be shut down at once.
Forced child marriage is not acceptable on our shores.

 Video shows 14yo child bride marry man as mother watches
Moment Imam seals marriage between girl and man she met days earlier.

The 14-year-old, dressed in a light blue head scarf, can be seen in the a tiny room at the back of a suburban mosque preparing to wed a man she’s allegedly only known for only a few days.

“Sign here,” a man tells the groom as he looks at a document and the mother watches on and gives her full blessing.

The man had allegedly handed over $1480 gold necklace in exchange for his new bride.

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It’s alleged the girl’s mother had given her blessing for the wedding. Photo: 7 News.
A court viewed footage of a wedding between a 34-year-old man and a child bride. Photo: 7 News.
A mother of a child bride had allegedly given her blessing for the wedding. Photo: 7 News.

“… do you take… to be your wife?” a man asks.

The groom responds.

“Do you take… to live together and live according to Islam?” the teen is asked.

“Yes,” she responds.

The deal is done in minutes.

“As a wife you have a duty to obey your husband,” the man tells the newly wed bride.

The video highlights the startling reality surrounding child brides and their existence in Australia.

Family and Community Services minister Pru Goward said it was “deeply disturbing” to think of children in arranged marriages to grown men.

Video played in court showed a wedding between a 34-year-old man and a 14-year-old child. Photo: 7 News.
Video shows a wedding involving a child bride. Photo: 7 News.

3 thoughts on ““As a wife you have a duty to obey your husband,” imam tells 14-year old bride”

  1. All mosques should be shut down, not only that one. Islam should be reclassified as a cult not a religion as well.

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