SANA’A, April 9 - An eight-year-old girl decided last week to go the Sana’a West Court to prosecute her father, who forced her to marry a 30-year-old man. Posted on 04/11/2008 10:07:28 AM PDT by LibWhacker
Nojoud Muhammed Nasser YT Photo by Hamed Thabet SANA’A, April 9 - An eight-year-old girl decided last week to go the Sana’a West Court to prosecute her father, who forced her to marry a 30-year-old man.
Nojoud Muhammed Nasser arrived at court by herself on Wednesday, April 2, looking for a judge to handle her case against her father, Muhammed Nasser, who forced her two months ago to marry Faez Ali Thamer, a man 22 years her senior. The child also asked for a divorce, accusing her husband of sexual and domestic abuse.
According to Yemeni law, Nojoud cannot prosecute, as she is underage. However, court judge Muhammed Al-Qathi heard her complaint and subsequently ordered the arrests of both her father and husband.
“My father beat me and told me that I must marry this man, and if I did not, I would be raped and no law and no sheikh in this country would help me. I refused but I couldn’t stop the marriage,” Nojoud Nasser told the Yemen Times. “I asked and begged my mother, father, and aunt to help me to get divorced. They answered, ‘We can do nothing. If you want you can go to court by yourself.’ So this is what I have done,” she said.
Nasser said that she was exposed to sexual abuse and domestic violence by her husband. “He used to do bad things to me, and I had no idea as to what a marriage is. I would run from one room to another in order to escape, but in the end he would catch me and beat me and then continued to do what he wanted. I cried so much but no one listened to me. One day I ran away from him and came to the court and talked to them.”
“Whenever I wanted to play in the yard he beat me and asked me to go to the bedroom with him. This lasted for two months," added Nasser. "He was too tough with me, and whenever I asked him for mercy, he beat me and slapped me and then used me. I just want to have a respectful life and divorce him.”
Nasser’s uncle, who does not want to reveal his name, is following the case now as her guardian. According to her uncle, after Muhammed Nasser, the girl's father, lost his job as a garbage truck driver in Hajjah, he became a beggar, and soon after suffered from mental problems.
Thamer is in jail now. “Yes I was intimate with her, but I have done nothing wrong, as she is my wife and I have the right and no one can stop me," he said. "But if t The husband YT Photo by Hamed Thabet he judge or other people insist that I divorce her, I will do it, it’s ok.”
So far, no accusations have been made against her father, who was later released due to health problems, or Nasser's husband, who will remain in jail for further investigation.
“So far there is no case and no charges, as Nojoud arrived by herself to court asking just for a divorce,“ said Shatha Ali Nasser, a lawyer in the Supreme Court who is following Nojoud Nasser’s story.
Shatha Ali Nasser confirmed that item number 15 in Yemeni civil law reads that “no girl or boy can get married before the age of 15." However, this item was amended in 1998 so parents could make a contract of marriage between their children even if they are under the age of 15. But the husband cannot be intimate with her until she is ready or mature,” said Nasser.“This law is highly dangerous because it brings an end to a young girl’s happiness and future fruitful life. Nojoud did not get married, but she was raped by a 30-year old man.”
Nasser confirmed that Nojoud Nasser’s case is not the first of its kind in Yemen, but it is the first time that a girl went to court by herself to ask for a divorce.
“We are not planning to return Nojoud to her family. Who knows? Maybe after a few years the same thing will happen to her again," said Shatha Ali Nasser. "We are planning to put her in Dar Al-Rahama [an non-governmental organization that works with children], where she can have a better life and education. We do not want her family to pay her expenses, as they are poor.”
Pedophile, you mean.
Savages...
I’d like to retort to this with all kinds of smart remarks and quips about how the prophet Mohammed would have approved and all that....
But this is truly sickening.
She’s a very brave little girl. May God surround her and those in similar situations with His love and protection.
What a kid! It sounds like the judicial system is responding to her. I hope that she gets her divorce and is not permanently scarred by this. Poor child—she didn’t know what marriage meant. What a way to learn.
What horror. What a beautiful little girl, what strength of character, dignity, intelligence and poise. The adults around her are the antithesis of her admirable qualities.
Sick.
Mohammed (pig balls be upon him) had a 9-year old child bride...
Amen and Amen.
In the US, how many abused children of this age actually go to the authorities to turn in their abuser?
According to Islamic law, she must wait until she reached puberty to ask for a divorce. And I think it is about the only time a woman is permitted to seek a divorce (married real young). Husband has “full rights” to his bride, after all, they follow Mohammed’s example.
What an awesome girl she is, what brave spirit. I will pray for her. She lives among beasts. (And that’s an insult to animals...sorry.)
He had a 6 year old bride. He waited a couple of years to consumate the marriage.
“Mohammed (pig balls be upon him) had a 9-year old child bride..”
I disagree..... he married her when she was 6. He waited until she was 9 to consummate the marriage.
Oh and pig feces upon him would be better.
That wasn’t marriage.
Poor little girl...just wanted to take her out of that vile ignorance and give her a childhood.
She is a brave little soul. Prayers for her.
Religion of peace......
Every story like this gives us an up close and personal glimpse into the 7th Century...
Unholyh crap. These people, that civilization, are filth.
Mohammed (pig balls be upon him)
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Reading this poor girl’s commentary I got the impression that she is wise beyond her age, and that is truly sad.
This piece of trash should be dealt with accordingly.
I haven’t been on any of those threads, but I’m sadly not surprised to hear this.
When I read of this, I thought of the correlation between these animals and the FLDS scum.
But I think its safe to assume those idiots in El Dorado don’t mutilate their girls’ reproductive parts. And I know they don’t behead them if they are raped. I’m sure there is abuse, but probably not on the same scale as is going on in Yemen.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Chainsaw correction needed here.
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What a bunch of animals.
And they call us NONBELIEVERS!
She still doesn't, and will never learn in that culture.
Everyone wonders where American society is going with its rampant permissiveness. But I think we may already have a good model: namely, the Middle East.
Whether those pushing the gay agenda ultimately "take over" the country, or those pushing pedophilia take over, in time only that particular perversion is allowed. All other forms will get you stoned to death.
And perversion doesn't admit of productive pursuits in one's life either. Everything is subjugated to it and society regresses. It becomes a sexual tyranny, the most stagnant form of tyranny. </libwhacker shooting from the hip, lol>
As Paul Harvey likes to say, “it’s NOT One World”. What a bunch of sick f@*#s.
Agreed. I wonder how she escaped being stoned?
Now now. “Who are we to judge”. “To each his own”.
And my personal favorite “We Celebrate Diversity.”
That man and the girl’s father deserve a good, old-school, Sicilian street beating.
How do you know it is not on the same scale, until all comes out.
Remember the unusual number of unmarked and marked children’s graves in Colo, that another poster posted about, related to these cults in the USA?
Sadly, it gives me a glimpse into where we will be in the not so distant future (as the Ghost of Christmas Present says in “A Christmas Carol”), “if these events remain unaltered.” If my existence as a woman under Sharia law would be anything close to this child’s experience, I’d gladly arm myself and die to save others similarly situated.
It’s so strange to me that what one culture believes is a pure and heavenly existence is the very picture of hell to mine. I truly can’t bear to face these stories anymore. The older I get, the softer my heart becomes and the more I grieve.
Is this why muslim countrys keep zero records for child abuse.. Take this one case and multiply it by billions over many centurys and you can approach the scope of the problem.. its also true that South American countrys also keep very sloppy records of at all on child abuse.. same with Europe mostly.. Don’t even talk of Asia or Africa,, In most of the world they are zero laws against child abuse..
No, she was not nine. She was still being wet nursed, was dragged into her parents house, which was in Mecca, so it was before Mohammad was kicked out of Mecca. She was placed on his lap, and her parents left the house, letting Mohammad rape their baby.
Islam is a evil disease.
Six.
At least she has an uncle who appears to be willing to step up and help her. A lot of those poor little girls have no one at all to help them.
She lives among beasts who sold her - ‘bride price’. It will be returned to her rapist after the divorce. If the family has another girl, she will then be married.
Sure, what the hell, plenty of other beggars with defenseless little girls out there.
Yes, that’s what we are told. This child’s experience is unique. I have said a silent prayer for the rest who are bewildered and alone without recourse. They don’t even know God is there to protect them. They were never taught of his love. It’s just the way things are. Gray and bleak, grateful for any respite, much less kindness. It is then that I realize how silly we are, how lucky most of us have been (though it seems there were fewer like me than I ever thought possible). How blessed I was in parents, in birth place, in opportunities, in medical advances. I have truly been (even with all the bad times) the luckiest of women.
Ishaq:281 "When the Apostle came to Medina he was fifty-three." [ This means he was 50 when he married her, taking Tabariv11:7 into account]
Tabari IX:128 "When the Prophet married Aisha she very young and not yet ready for consummation." [6 year old babies still nursing never are]
Bukhari:V9B87N139-40 "Allah's Apostle told Aisha, 'You were shown to me twice in my dreams [a.k.a. a pedophiles sexual fantasies]. I beheld a man or angel {how about Satan?] carrying you in a silken cloth. He said to me, "She is yours, so uncover her." And behold, it was you. I would then say to myself, "If this is from Allah [Satan], then it must happen."'"
The clincher:
Tabari IX:131 "My mother came to me while I was being swung on a swing between two branches and got me down. My[wet] nurse wiped my face with some water and started leading me. When I was at the door she stopped so I could catch my breath. [A nine year old wouldn't be out of breath from being lead by a woman nursing her] I was then brought in while the Messenger was sitting on a bed in our house. My mother made me sit on his lap. Then the men and women got up and left. The Prophet consummated his marriage with me in my house when I was nine six years old."
The lying pen of the Scribe is obvious. Her parents house was always in Mecca. Her parents never moved to medina with them 3 years later.
We must have open dialog and seek to understand these people. Their culture and religion is just as good as any western culture and religion we have. I am about to gag here.
She died a few days later. I cannot recall if she ever received any medical treatment after that atrocity.
To their credit , the fellow villagers of the thing were outraged, and they went in a body to see the village imam. He stated that the husband could not be prosecuted because his actions were within islamic marriage guidelines.
I do not know if a higher authority intervened.
I read this one morning in the Omaha Public library, main branch. It upset me so much I had to go to the restroom and lock myself in a stall till I regained composure-and after all these years, my eyes are stinging and my throat swelling, thinking about that child.
At least this story isn't *quite* so grim.:-(
Some people say that with all seriousness. Not some, a lot, including our brainless politicians.
RELIGION OF PEACE at it again.
I served during the Muslim uprizing in east Timor, 1980.
Recalling some of the horrible things these animals did to young Christian girls, and even older woman as they were forced to convert to Islam still gives me nightmares.Men accused of being priest were decapitated and hung by their feet in the streets. That’s where I first bean to learn what Islam really was. Before that I thought it was just some silly religion like Buddhism.
This is what the little girls were feeling when the pedophile Mohammed the Prophet raped them back in the 7th century.
“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy.
The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.
A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.
Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the infence of the religion paralyzes the social development of those who follow it.
No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith.
It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome.”
Sir Winston Churchill (The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pages 248-50, London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1899).
Next she’ll be the victim of an honor killing.
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