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Subject: and still it goes on...
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recurv11 7.10.13 - 08:31am
Clerics at 18 mosques are caught agreeing to marry off girls of 14: Four imams investigated after undercover operationImams at 18 British mosques agreed to marry a 14-year-old girlThey were told by undercover reporters that the 'bride' did not consentThe legal age for marriage in the UK is 16 - the same for sexual consent - but under Islamic sharia law, girls can marry once they reach p*berty... * +

recurv11 7.10.13 - 08:32am
Undercover reporters, posing as the mother and brother of a 14-year-old, visited 56 mosques across the country and asked clerics to perform an Islamic marriage ceremony, known as a nika.Imams at 18 mosques agreed including one who has advised the police.The preacher was prepared to arrange the nika despite being told that the bride was being forced to move in with a man against her wishes... * +

recurv11 7.10.13 - 08:33am
The revelations will raise questions about how prevalent underage marriage is in Britain.Campaigners claim thousands of girls are forced into the illegal ceremonies every year, in a boom fuelled by the moral blindness of cultural sensitivity.Such weddings are not recognised by UK law.Marriages can only be officially registered if both parties are over 16, which is also the age of sexual consent... * +

recurv11 7.10.13 - 08:35am
One imam openly mocked English laws while speaking to reporters fromITVs Exposure programme.When told the girl did not want to get married, Mohammed Shahid Akhtar, of the Central Jamia Mosque Ghamkol Sharif in Birmingham, replied: Shes 14. By sharia, grace of God, shes legal to get married.Obviously Islam has made it easy for us. There is nothing against that. Were doing it because its OK through Islam... * +

recurv11 7.10.13 - 08:36am
He then revealed his contempt for English laws on marriage, referring to sharia law which allows men to have up to four wives.Youve got the kaffirs (non-believers), the law, the English people that ... you know, you cant get married twice but, by the grace of god, we can get married four times, he said... * +

recurv11 7.10.13 - 08:38am
Akhtars Birmingham mosque one of the UKs largest with a capacity of 6,000 has suspended him pending an investigation. It denies that any underage marriages have been carried out there.Another cleric, Shams-ul-Huda Khan Misbahi, who preaches in Heckmondwike near Leeds, assured reporters that the marriage would be real. Despite being told that the girl had only met her future husband once, the cleric condoned making her move in with the man against her wishes... * +

recurv11 7.10.13 - 08:39am
Misbahi, who has previously spoken out against forced marriage and advised West Yorkshire police on community outreach, admitted that he would not be able to attain a UK wedding certificate, but added: Well make everything OK by Islam. Well write their names down and put it in our records.The Jamia Masjid Kanzul Iman mosque said it had launched a thorough investigation into his comments... * +

recurv11 7.10.13 - 08:46am
so an imam who's spoken out against this stuff in the past and has even advised a police force yet is willin to do it anyway is gonna be investigated BY HIS OWN MOSQUE.... nothin to worry about there then * +

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