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Sudan court annuls marriage of five-year-old girl

Khartoum - A court in the Sudanese capital's twin city of Omdurman has annulled the marriage of a girl wed at the age of five to a man in his 40s, a rights group said on Friday.

"The Omdurman north court, presided over by judge Nizar Ahmed Abdullah, on Thursday annulled the marriage of the girl, Ashjan Yousef," who is now eight, said Nahed Jabrallah, director of the Sima centre for women's and children's rights, who brought the case to trial.

The marriage was scrapped because Sudanese law does not allow the marriage of girls under the age of 10.

Jabrallah said the two families had agreed the union would not be consummated until the girl turned 15 but the man wanted it brought forward, at which point the centre was asked to intervene and take legal action.

Sudan often comes under strong criticism from human rights groups over its legislation allowing child marriages.

AFP 2014-10-04 12:13

Nahid Gabr Allah, head of the Seema Center for Women and Child Protection, which has taken up the girl's case, said that a personal affairs court in western Khartoum's Karary municipality on Thursday annulled a marriage contract – drawn up three years ago – between the eight-year-old and the older man.

The Seema Center took on the case of the girl – named Ashgan Youssef – at the request of her mother, who took her and fled last month after her husband had come to claim her, according to Gabr Allah.

The Sudanese government has not commented on Youssef's case. Her mother, however, is expected to hold a press conference in Khartoum later on Thursday to issue a statement.

Article 40 of Sudan's personal status law, which has been criticized by local rights groups, limits the minimum marriage age for women to ten.

By Mohamed al-Khatem

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Would you imagine that there are many fathers in the modern Arabian/Islamic world who would allow their six year old daughters to marry 50 year old men? If you had a six year old daughter, would you allow such a thing or would you apply the "double standard"?

Detail the horrors content:

"Muhammad's marriage to six year old Aishah, which he consummated when she was 9 years old."

"Here is a man in his 50's having an erotic dream about a 4 or 5 year old girl! All of the "double standards of misguided hypocrites from other religions" combined DO NOT dismiss the fact that these fantasies are ABNORMAL!"

"The portion of the Bible that we want to look at begins with the Book of Numbers, Chapter 31, verses 17 and 18. Here, Moses(P), following the Lord's command, orders the Israelites to kill all the Midianite male children. The order continues with the following:

". . . kill every woman who has known man by lying with him, but all the female children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves."

"Moral relativism? Muhammad practiced it on a daily basis! Muhammad often received "revelations" which suited his needs of the moment - making him the father of "situational ethics". Read Sura 33 - it is a study in situational ethics. When Muhammad lusted after the wife of his adopted son, God granted the "Prophet's" wishes. When his wives asked for more jewelry, God threatened them that Muhammad would divorce them and find prettier wives. God allowed men to marry only 4 wives but Muhammad had as many as 13! All widows were permitted to re-marry EXCEPT the widows of Muhammad. Muhammad certainly preached a faith suited to man's "natural disposition" and he personally exceeded many of the limits that he set."

by Andrew Vargo

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