Posted on 11/09/2011 10:30:17 AM PST by Cardhu
A new study has revealed that thousands of young women and girls in forced marriages seek help every year in Germany. The vast majority of victims come from Muslim families, and many have been threatened with violence or even death. The numbers involved are much higher than previously suspected.
More women and girls living in Germany are being forced into marriage under the threat of violence than previously thought, according to a new study released by the German government on Wednesday.
In 2008, the most recent year for which statistics are available, 3,443 people sought help at counseling and information centers because they had already been, or were being, forced into marriage. The vast majority of those victims were women or girls, but 6 percent were young men, who, like many of the women, sought help because they were threatened with violence if they did not go through with the marriage.
The new study was presented Wednesday in Berlin by Family Minister Kristina Schröder and the federal integration commissioner, Maria Böhmer, both members of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union. "Those who force their children against their will to marry someone they don't love, or who is a complete stranger, are committing brutal violence against them," Schröder said in a statement.
The German human rights organization Terre des Femmes had previously estimated that in Germany more than a thousand women and girls from immigrant families seek help from counseling centers each year. Schröder has called for the issue of forced marriage to be discussed more in German schools.
Some Threatened with Death
For the current study, 1,445 different counseling centers and other institutions were asked to participate in the survey. A total of 830 responded...
(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...
Why is it a new law? did they intentionally lower it for Islam?
Attempted murder is attemped murder - they only needed a new law about forced marriages because it was not a problem before the Islamists arrived.
They’re prevalent in the US too. I knew a middle-aged Arab who flew home, married a 13 year old and brought her back. (She was of age when I met her.) He said he interviewed several candidates and picked the one in the poorest circumstances so she’d be grateful. On age he said, “She’s expected to bear 12-15 sons.”
This is exactly what I thought of when Rolf was setting Leisel straight in the Sound of Music. “I’ll take care of you.” Who knew it was a threat.
This is exactly what I thought of when Rolf was setting Leisel straight in the Sound of Music. “I’ll take care of you.” Who knew it was a threat.
Vee haf vays....
I think Rolf’d be singing “You are 13, going on 14,” in this current situation. /sarc???
More like you are 6 going on 7.
PBUH! :)
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