Posted on 09/09/2013 8:13:57 PM PDT by Kip Russell
An eight-year-old child bride has died in Yemen of internal bleeding sustained during her wedding night after being forced to marry a man five times her age, activists have claimed.
The girl, identified only as Rawan, died in the tribal area of Hardh in northwestern Yemen, which borders Saudi Arabia.
Activists are now calling for the groom, who is believed to be around 40 years old, and her family to be arrested so they can face justice in the courts.
They say arrests would help put a stop to the practice of marrying very young girls to older men in the impoverished region.
Angry Man, a blogger, posted that the man was 'an animal who deserved to be punished severely for his crime'.
'All those who supported such a crime should also be punished,' he added.
Another blogger, called Omar, wrote: 'Rawans family members are not humans. They do not deserve to have children.'
But another blogger, called 'Sad', appeared more sympathetic to the custom. He wrote: 'Her family and her groom could have waited for some time before having this marriage,' Sad said.
'It was not fair at all and the marriage should not have happened even if some tribes believe that it is a good custom.'
The practice of marrying young girls is widespread in Yemen and has attracted the attention of international rights groups seeking to pressure the government to outlaw child marriages.
Yemen's gripping poverty plays a role in hindering efforts to stamp out the practice, as poor families find themselves unable to say no to 'bride-prices' that can be hundreds of dollars for their daughters.
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20 years tops... if Obama does let them get Nukes first and end this whole game for us
Rape for sure, which, under sharia law, means the poor child will have to be exhumed, receive 100 lashes and be reburied.
I’d like to take the father and the groom and stake them out in a chamber after releasing those flesh-eating beetles that museums use to clean skeletons. Bet they’d need a sound-proof room for that too, eh?
No matter what the question is, Vlad is the answer.
So how much money does the US send to this country?
So—where is this child’s mother, her mother’s family, the police...........the other women in the area?
Yes, Mad Mo would be proud.
A real hell on earth for young women in that region.
Hey, if it was good enough for Muhammad (pi$$ be upon him)...
Heroic leader.
More than likely either scared to death to do much or even more fanatic than the men. Remember the Chechnyan female terrorists in Russia..?
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