“A Quebec youth court judge has removed a 16-year-old girl in Victoriaville from her family after she was forced into a marriage with an older man who insisted she wear a hijab, rifled through her cellphone and controlled who she could see. The girl was so afraid in the weeks before the ceremony was to happen last spring that she ran to a neighbour’s house and locked herself in a bedroom.”
This is one rare story that ended well, as opposed to myriads of others that ended in honor murder.
Unfortunately, not every girl living in the West under the strictures of the Sharia is brave enough to run for help. The neighbors are also to be congratulated for risking their own safety to help her, and finally, the judge did his job by removing here from an abusive home despite the politics involved.
“This teenager has the right to emancipate herself, and aspire to more legitimate personal achievements such as marrying someone she loves, wanting to practise a profession and deciding herself what she wears and who she sees,” youth court Judge Bruno Langelier said in his decision.”
Sadly, this is where a clash of civilizations is evident. The Sharia is not compatible with the rights and freedoms that people take for granted in free societies; it is regarded as divine law, and under it, women are inferior.
“Judge removes teenager from family home after she flees forced marriage,” by Steve Rukavina, CBC, September 9, 2019:
A Quebec youth court judge has removed a 16-year-old girl in Victoriaville from her family after she was forced into a marriage with an older man who insisted she wear a hijab, rifled through her cellphone and controlled who she could see.
The girl was so afraid in the weeks before the ceremony was to happen last spring that she ran to a neighbour’s house and locked herself in a bedroom.
After a noisy and violent confrontation between the neighbours and the girl’s family, police escorted the girl to safety.
In July, a youth court judge granted the girl’s request to be placed in hiding with a foster family until she turns 18.
“This teenager has the right to emancipate herself, and aspire to more legitimate personal achievements such as marrying someone she loves, wanting to practise a profession and deciding herself what she wears and who she sees,” youth court Judge Bruno Langelier said in his decision.
“She has the right to freedom of conscience and religion, to be free to decide her future and not to be subjected to a fiancé who controls everything and who obliges her to wear the hijab. She wants to be free, and free from the dictates of the men around her,” Langelier continued.
Youth protection laws forbid CBC News from naming the girl or any details that might identify her.
Marriage ‘contract’
The girl and her family came to Canada in 2016 as refugee claimants.A copy of a marriage contract dated May 2018 between the girl’s family and her fiancé’s family was entered into evidence in court.
The girl was 15 years old at the time and the fiancé was in his 20s.
The contract shows the fiancé’s family agreed to pay a dowry of $3,000 to the girl’s family, and that the marriage ceremony would take place in May 2019.
The contract was signed by the girl’s father, the fiancé, some witnesses and an imam, but not by the girl herself….
Girl forced to wear hijab, kept from friends
The girl told the youth protection workers she didn’t want to go home because her parents and fiancé were controlling every aspect of her life.She said in the months since the marriage was planned, the fiancé controlled what she could wear and her choice of friends.
She said he refused to allow her to wear makeup and forced her to wear a hijab….
Wellington says
Shame, long-lasting shame, on ALL adult non-Muslim females who EVER wear an hijab to show “solidarity” with their “Muslim sisters.”
Donning such sartorial attire only gives further life to the most extensively damaging evil religion of all time.
Oh yeah, Islam is bad enough, God knows it is, but to be a non-Muslim and support Islam in any way is actually worse than the “original sin.” A non-Muslim woman donning an hijab serves as a case in point.
gravenimage says
Yes–these women are useful idiots.
J D S says
Things like this are happening in CANADAISTAN, our next door neighbor…Creeping SHARIA yep it’s happening and not only just next door it’s right in our own neighborhoods ….and our governments just won’t see it.
The Political Oracle says
The frog that gets boiled to death!
Terry Gain says
Religion?
Wellington says
I fear, Terry, you’re doomed to never getting it.
gravenimage says
The idea that an evil religion cannot have ugly marriage customs and abuse women is quite mistaken.
Giacomo Latta says
If you think that a giant rabbit is the creator of the universe because all the stars and planets look like rabbit berries to you, then that is your religion. Or that some sort of god desires you to practise pedophilia, seize and kill Jews, Christians, etc.
Aussie Infidel says
Did any Western feminists object?
gravenimage says
I believe in equal rights for women and I find this Muslim misogyny appalling.
mortimer says
It’s too bad that Canadian politicians are chasing the Muslim vote and so they won’t protect Muslim women while loudly claiming to support ‘women’. So, not all women are protected.
This judge has set a precedent that Muslim girls can use to gain their freedom in future. Good for you, Your Honour.
Jap says
All I can hear is crickets!
mortimer says
AI writes: “Did any Western feminists object?” Pseudo-feminist JUSTIN TRUDEAU wouldn’t think of criticizing his viciously misogynistic Muslim allies in the Muslim Brotherhood … especially before an election.
The Lib-Jihad Party doesn’t believe in calling such practices ‘barbaric’.
So … it isn’t ‘barbaric’ when MUSLIMS DO IT. (official doctrine of Lib-Jihad Party of Canada)
mortimer says
Judge Bruno Langelier is the true ‘feminist’ in this story.
Lydia Church says
And sharia law has NO place in the civilized world, it doesn’t belong anywhere, but it definitely should not spread to Western nations that already HAVE their own laws and Constitution! That is traitorous betrayal by those governments to even allow that to invade. And this also just goes to show that…. you can’t force anyone to do anything against their will! If they go along with it, then they consented, no amount of pressure can force us otherwise if we are resolute… like I am!
gravenimage says
I take your point, Lydia–but a 16-year-old girl pressured and likely threatened by both families, it is hard to say no. Many girls are beaten and even “Honor Killed” for resisting.
Wellington says
Yes, gravenimage sheer survival so very often understandably takes precedence over principle. And it is definitely made easier for a person to pursue principle in a free society, respecting which there are none to be found in the Islamic sphere of mankind.
Jeff Gonez says
Fear of death id the engine that powers Islam.
gravenimage says
+1
gravenimage says
Canada: Muslim teen forced to wear hijab, marry much older man
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Glad to see Canada protecting this girl.
More:
The contract was signed by the girl’s father, the fiancé, some witnesses and an imam, but not by the girl herself….
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The story does not make it clear that this is standard with the Muslim Nikah contract–the girl is being sold to the husband and his family by her family.
Did they pull her out of school? This would be the most common thing. Glad she was able to contact the Infidel authorities.
Will her family, the husband, and his family–all of those involved–be deported? Grimly, probably not.
Keys says
Yes, gi, glad Canadian law protects her, because sharia law would not.
This muslim family was forced to submit to non-sharia law. This will really upset Allah, so this is a matter of family honor now, making these 2016 immigrants very dangerous.
Hope they weren’t Pakistanis, who seem obsessed with “honor”.
Deportation would be best, especially for the safety of the good samaritan neighbor.
gravenimage says
Bless this neighbor! I hope they stay safe.
rubiconcrest says
Luckily she lived where there were non-Muslim neighbors who could give her safe harbour. No mention by the judge that this is normative behavior for sharia compliant Muslims.
gravenimage says
So true, rubiconcrest.
Dusty says
Hopefully they have adequate defensive tools within close range.
Keys says
If the girl had signed the “marriage contract”, would this judge have ruled the same ?
Even if these young women sign under duress, they probably will not admit it for fear of what might happen to them.
“Oh, yeah, I signed, your honor. I love being free in Islam and doing Allah’s will, which is always the same as the will of the men in my life.”
Beverly says
The girl’s wishes were never considered, much less even thought about. Women are like pets under Islam.
Ned Kelly says
Muslims dont have pets, not allowed them, or photos in homes, or dancing, or drinking, or smoking (yes, many break these rules)
Jean (old) says
Ned Kelly
To be fair, Muhammed actually liked cats (one of his only redeeming qualities), and proclaimed that a woman who had tied up a cat and left it to thirst and starve to death would go to Hell for this.
But in general, the abuse of animals (including cats) in muslim countries is so horrific that
one cannot bear to think about it. Here is another hadith illustrating the rotten attitude. One of Muhammed’s men (obviously mentally ill in his cultish way) narrates:
“During the pre-lslamic period of ignorance I saw a she-monkey surrounded by a number of monkeys. They were all stoning it, because it had committed illegal sexual intercourse. I too, stoned it along with them.” (Bukhari, vol. 5, bk. 58, no. 188)
Jeff Gonez says
Yup, as the Ayatollah said, “There is no fun in Islam”. A life of misery, waiting to die. Nice Allah, you are sure merciful!
gravenimage says
The most famous anecdote about “the Prophet” loving his cat and cutting off the sleeve of his garment rather than disturb his sleeping pet was actually invented by Infidels. It showed up in a compendium of cat stories called the Cat Catalog in 1977. It cannot be traced back further than this.
gravenimage says
Keys and Beverly, it is very rare that any Muslim bride ever signs the marriage contract. Traditionally, the Nikah Contract is between the groom and the girl’s family. Essentially, the girl’s family sells the right to use the girl’s vagina to the groom.
The Prophet said, “The stipulation most entitled to be abided by are those which are given the right to enjoy the (woman’s) private parts (i.e., the stipulation of the marriage contract, in other words, the most important thing a woman brings to marriage is between her legs)
–Sahih Bukhari
As for the girl choosing, the “Prophet” also said that “a girl’s silence means her consent”–that is, if she is too terrified to say anything, that’s good enough.
God, I hate Islam.
Jeff Gonez says
I am sure that there are a lot of muslims that hate Islam. That poor girl is doomed. They will eventually find and kill her.
gravenimage says
If she leaves the area and ignores overtures from her family–which often lead to “Honor Killings”–she may stay safe.
revereridesagain says
I hope she will be given shelter in a safe house, concealed and protected from those savages who comprise her “family” until she can establish a new identity and a life of her own. She is obviously brave and strong-willed to have found the courage to defy her family and flee that situation.
PRCS says
There is MUCH more to this story.
Does anyone know if THE FAMILY suffered legal consequences?
Quebec judge removes teenager from family home after she flees forced marriage
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Girl’s fiancé forced her to wear hijab, controlled her friendships, clothes, cellphone
The girl locked herself inside a bedroom in her neighbour’s house, fearing reprisals from her family and fiancé.
A Quebec youth court judge has removed a 16-year-old girl in Victoriaville from her family after she was forced into a marriage with an older man who insisted she wear a hijab, rifled through her cellphone and controlled who she could see.
The girl was so afraid in the weeks before the ceremony was to happen last spring that she ran to a neighbour’s house and locked herself in a bedroom.
After a noisy and violent confrontation between the neighbours and the girl’s family, police escorted the girl to safety.
In July, a youth court judge granted the girl’s request to be placed in hiding with a foster family until she turns 18.
“This teenager has the right to emancipate herself, and aspire to more legitimate personal achievements such as marrying someone she loves, wanting to practise a profession and deciding herself what she wears and who she sees,” youth court Judge Bruno Langelier said in his decision.
“She has the right to freedom of conscience and religion, to be free to decide her future and not to be subjected to a fiancé who controls everything and who obliges her to wear the hijab. She wants to be free, and free from the dictates of the men around her,” Langelier continued.
Youth protection laws forbid CBC News from naming the girl or any details that might identify her.
Marriage ‘contract’
The girl and her family came to Canada in 2016 as refugee claimants.
A copy of a marriage contract dated May 2018 between the girl’s family and her fiancé’s family was entered into evidence in court.
The girl was 15 years old at the time and the fiancé was in his 20s.
The contract shows the fiancé’s family agreed to pay a dowry of $3,000 to the girl’s family, and that the marriage ceremony would take place in May 2019.
The contract was signed by the girl’s father, the fiancé, some witnesses and an imam, but not by the girl herself.
Neighbours protect girl
Last April, just weeks before the marriage was to take place, the girl ran to a neighbour’s house, begging for help.
According to the court decision, the girl’s mother, brother and her fiancé showed up at the neighbour’s house demanding she be turned over.
Soon other members of the community showed up to support the girl’s family and things degenerated.
“People were aggressive and there was jostling. The fiancé tried to enter the neighbour’s home. He insisted and found his hand crushed by the door, suffering an injury,” the decision said.
The neighbours protected the girl and prevented her family from bringing her home until police arrived, along with youth protection workers, who took the girl into custody.
Girl forced to wear hijab, kept from friends
The girl told the youth protection workers she didn’t want to go home because her parents and fiancé were controlling every aspect of her life.
She said in the months since the marriage was planned, the fiancé controlled what she could wear and her choice of friends.
She said he refused to allow her to wear makeup and forced her to wear a hijab.
And she said he prevented her from talking to people, and decided when and where she could go out.
She told the workers she didn’t love her fiancé, and that her refusal to marry him would mean her parents would be forced to reimburse the dowry.
She said she feared reprisals from her parents, her fiancé and other members of the community.
The girls’ parents initially told youth protection workers the girl’s refusal to get married would dishonour the family
They changed their story later when they testified in youth court, saying the girl’s refusal wouldn’t dishonour the family and that she wasn’t being forced into the marriage.
Family, fiancé try to explain
The girl’s father and her fiancé both testified at the youth court hearing.
The father tried to downplay the significance of the marriage contract, calling it a “small agreement between parents” that was more like a promise to get married.
He also testified about his reasons for wanting his daughter to get married to someone he approved of.
“Here (in Canada) all the girls from my country have changed. Families are afraid. Our daughters come here, they talk back to their mothers, they want to leave. All my friends are afraid that their daughters will leave the house,” the father testified.
In his testimony, the fiancé admitted to controlling some elements of the girl’s life, saying that she now had a responsibility to him and to their household.
“Everything must be within certain limits. It is forbidden that she speaks with a man, or that she speaks with a stranger or even greets one with her hand,” he testified.
Judge believes girl
“The court believes the teenager about the fears she feels. Certainly she is under pressure and control to marry the fiancé,” Langelier said in his decision.
He noted that the girl was so afraid of her family and fiancé that she didn’t want to be present at the hearing.
He also noted that the marriage contract entered into evidence appeared to be illegal, and that the marriage was never properly registered with the government.
He said the imam who signed the contract should have known the marriage was illegal.
DOES ANYONE THINK HE DIDN’T
“The planned marriage certainly was in line with the customs of the family’s home country. However, these customs cannot prevail in the province of Quebec. There is only one rule of law, and it applies to all residents of the province,” Langelier said.
“The court acknowledges the existence of overwhelming evidence that the safety and development of the adolescent girl is compromised as a result of psychological abuse,” he continued.
Langelier ordered that the girl be placed in custody of a foster family until she’s 18.
The ruling stipulated that her new address must remain confidential, and that she wasn’t obliged to have contact with her parents unless she wished to.
Youth protection officials refused to comment on the case, citing confidentiality.
gravenimage says
Thanks for the additional information.
AleX says
The father’s honour was tarnished.
He has to return the 3,000 dollars in dowry, as the selling of daughter didn’t go as planned.
Also, the tragedy extends to the girl too: she lost her freedom to wear the mighty hijab.
Feminists should be foaming at the mouth.
Giacomo Latta says
”refugee claimants”
yes, they must have been fleeing Australia where the tyrannical government does not allow parents to dictate to their children who their friends shall be and what kind of life they shall leave. Well, time to move on people. Try getting refugee status in Sweden or Germany. In the meantime, judges in Canada are so far left they are past the foul pole. What luck that a youth court judge could be so sane.
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
The narration of this news report, seen in full at
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/judge-removes-teenager-from-family-home-after-she-flees-forced-marriage-1.5275963
is vague and hard to follow.
– “A Quebec youth court judge has removed a 16-year-old girl in Victoriaville from her family after she was forced into a marriage with an older man”
The wording “she was force into a marriage” means that a marriage took place, right? After a marriage takes place, the “her family” of the bride is her husband, right? So the judge (one Bruno Langelier) ordered her removed from her (new) family, i.e., from her husband. Where did the new wife then go to?
– No dates are given in this report. What happened to the journalist’s Who, What, Where, Why, When, How?
– Do any of the people in this account have a religion? A search of this report’s text for “Muslim” and “Islam” turns up nothing. The word “community” occurs twice, but the community is not identified. Who are these people? Renegade Dukhobors? Prairie Mennonites? Cosplaying Scientologists (they seem to like hijabs)?
– The fiance says of his fiancee, “It is forbidden that she speaks with a man, or that she speaks with a stranger or even greets one with her hand.” What hand-greeting is he referring to? A wave of the hand? A salute? A handshake?
– “The girl and her family came to Canada in 2016 as refugee claimants.” From where?
– The report speaks of a marriage contract, but the headline writer editorializes by putting the word “contract” in scare quotes, as if it is not really a contract.
– The judge says, “The planned marriage certainly was in line with the customs of the family’s home country.” Well, what *is* the family’s home country? And which family? The fiance’s, or the finacee’s?
Jeff Gonez says
99.9% chance it is Syria
Carolyne says
I’d guess Pakistan.
gravenimage says
Could be *any* part of the Muslim world. This is what Islam teaches.
Agha Ali Arkhan says
Good for Judge Bruno Langelier..
The girl suffered an emotional shock which will remain with her for the rest of her life.
The adults should face a criminal court.
And it is not so much the customs of their home country as it is the dictates of the Muslim cult.
Cheerio and God bless
Mark says
Glad to hear the girl out of it typically backward brainwashed Islamic filth thinking they can force there way into a neighbor house disgusting but won’t be surprised if that cancer Trudeau over rides the judge in family favour that’s the way shit is heading. But sold there daughter for 3000 and they would killed her as well giving half a chance hope she leaves islam the religion of death.
Mary C. says
A young girl cannot date a boy her own age…but can be married to an older man.
A Muslim man can marry a non-Muslim woman, but a Muslim woman cannot marry a non-Muslim man because the kids automatically (and must) follow their father’s religion…but Islam is a “religion of peace and love.”
None of it makes any sense!
Jeff Gonez says
They are roughly 1000 years behind our civilization.
gravenimage says
Of you hate women and girls–as Muslims are taught to do–this makes perfect sense.
gravenimage says
If you
SamB says
Send this judgment to Justin Trudeau. Let this girl claim compensation from this government for injury and protection as well as future expenses, viz. studies , rent, etc. If jihadis can get sizeable claims, surely she can!
Giacomo Latta says
Trudeau states that he reserves the right to challenge Quebec’s Bill 21 (laicity law) should he be re-elected. He says the human right to practise a religion is unassailable. So we should expect that he soon tells us that the right to sell your kids is a human right.
Michael Copeland says
“She has the right to freedom of conscience and religion” – Judge Bruno Langelier.
Contrast this with Sharia:
Q. “For example, is it the right of the Muslim to convert to Christianity or another religion?”
A. “Of course this is not a right” – Egyptian sheikh Yassir al-Burhani
So far, Western law has prevailed. The girl is, and will remain, in great danger, much as Rifqa Bary was. The ownership rights (misnamed “honor”) of the muslim male have been infringed by filthy kaffirs. Blood is required to be spilt – the girl’s blood.
Claudio says
Here is my 2 cents . This happened in quebec not in canada !dont start whinning about this comment .the reality is that quebecers do not see eye to eye with canadians on many subjects and islam is one of them …we have a controversial law that limits religious garments for people in power, something that the rest of canada cannot mention because of pc hogwash …
Kay says
Good to know
gravenimage says
Muslims elsewhere in Canada would not be any better.
Nic says
Why isn’t the “Imam” who signed the contract being questioned by the Police ?
mortimer says
The police are worried about being seen as discriminating against Muslims, so they would most likely wait for a judge’s decision. The police get tired of picking up repeat runaways and if the child is safe with another family, they might not repeatedly remove them.
Obviously, some friend of this girl has hired a lawyer to ensure no one can force her to return to her family. This girl will now receive the full help of the social system and every resource to finish her education in a foster home.
Congratulations to the lawyer! Such lawyers are the champions of the down-trodden. Thank you, lawyers.
Greg evans says
Thank goodness for the integrity of the Nextdoor neighbor, the emotional maturity of a 16 year old. I agree with previous posters. This child will be at risk for a long time. I would love to be her foster parent. She has been abused and deserves a chance at life and liberty. The first thing I would do would be to educate her in personal safety, her individual rights and how to protect herself from her parents and their “agents”. She needs adoption by a family that understands individual rights, respect for this and love. Her journey will not be easy.
Angemon says
Clearly their beliefs and costums clash with Canadian core values, and clearly they picked a side. The girl should be allowed to emancipate and remain in Canada, her family should be sent back to a place where their backward culture would be right at home…
arnolddenton says
Why don’t we ask Trudeau for his opinion on this
arnolddenton says
Love to know Trudeaus take on this
Kenek says
Where is the advertised hot-line that can be used by ANY moslem girl or boy or adult who wants to leave the cult. Apostasy should be encouraged and normalised in Canada and every other western country. When Scheer or Maxime win the election this should be one of the first initiatives. Doing this is the OPPOSITE of racism and division. islamic supremacy has no place on EARTH. it can be exterminated in Canada first.
NO COMPROMISE!
gravenimage says
I know that Pamela Geller had such a hot line at one time–not sure if this is still extant.
Greg says
Great use of public funds. It would save lives.