Did you know that a 14-year-old child can legally marry in New York State?
Child marriages are happening all over the West because of numerous loopholes. Child brides are a norm in many Muslim states, and when appalling incidents such as the one reported below leak out, they serve as a reminder of how much Islamic doctrine has spread and taken root in the West, where women should be safe and protected by universally accepted principles of human rights. Women and young girls suffer the most under sharia — a fact that Western feminists pretend doesn’t exist.
“Melbourne man pleads guilty to marrying 14yo bride in wedding at Noble Park”, ABC News Australia, April 18, 2017:
A 34-year-old Melbourne man has cried in court while pleading guilty to illegally marrying a 14-year-old bride in an Islamic wedding last year.
Mohammad Shakir pleaded guilty to going through a formal ceremony of marriage with a person not of marriageable age at Noble Park last September.
The “wedding” was conducted by former imam Ibrahim Omerdic.
As part of Shakir’s plea, two charges were withdrawn by prosecutors in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
They included allegations Shakir had sex with the girl between September 30 and October 1, following their wedding.
Shakir, who has been in custody for six months, shed tears after entering his plea during what was to be a pre-trial committal hearing.
He was helped in court by a Burmese interpreter.
The complainant, who was in court, also wiped tears from her eyes.
Imam charged over child marriage
Omerdic, 61, is charged with conduct that caused a minor to enter into a forced marriage.The Muslim cleric, who was Imam of the Bosnian Islamic Society and Noble Park Mosque, has since been sacked.
At the time, the Board of Imams Victoria issued a statement against forced and child marriages.
“Underage marriages are illegal in Australia. As Australian Muslims we are required to observe and respect the laws of Australia,” the statement said.
The board said imams should meet both the bride and groom in person before the marriage ceremony to ensure they are of marriageable age and both consented……