"In a year or 18 months I will marry her off to my youngest son," he said. "He is 19 years old...
Arranged marriage? This girl will be 12 years old max when she is married off to a then 21 year old. That is not marriage it's child molestation. You think that is win win? Not a bad deal? Does the idea of slavery bother you?
As opposed to starving to death ? Yes. When given a choice between death and child marriage I would choose marriage for my daughter. At least she would be cared for by her new husband and her future children. Her other option is to beg on the streets and possibly be raped and then get a death sentence for having sex outside of marriage ?
" Does the idea of slavery bother you?"
It bothers me, but all Muslim women are slaves.
It is commonly thought that Mary the mother of Jesus was young - in her teens - and Jospeh was much older - in his 30s.
During famines in China, children have been sold in the public market to be eaten.