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Wow...14?
Child marriage is common in Nigeria and especially in the mainly Muslim north.
Way to go, Islam.
Anything to keep floating their mythical boogeyman.
Don't think Christianity is above such a thing.
You know...Christians often are urged to get married as soon as possible. The only reason they can't get married at 14 is because we have the separation of church and state. These super young marriages are often in countries that are theocracies. Don't think Christianity is above such a thing.
You can't wait to 25 to get married when the life expectancy is 30 lol.
Umm source? I don't know any mainstream denomination Christian who believe people should be getting married at 14 or in high school.
You'll get lunatics at the fringe of any religion, but the above is just biased. Culturally hundreds/thousands of years ago, marriage happened much younger but that was societal.
No age limits have been fixed by Islam for marriage according to Reuben Levy,[32] and "quite young children may be legally married". The girl may not live with the husband however until she is fit for marital sexual relations.[32] The Hanafi madhhab of Islamic fiqh maintains that a wife must not be taken to her husband's house until she reaches the condition of fitness for sexual relations. Levy adds
That's because you can't get married in our society until you're an adult.
You know...Christians often are urged to get married as soon as possible. The only reason they can't get married at 14 is because we have the separation of church and state. These super young marriages are often in countries that are theocracies. Don't think Christianity is above such a thing.
From your link
Seems to me like Islam is totally down with marrying 14 year old girls.
Which shouldn't be really surprising since essentially all religions date from a time where marrying 14 year old girls would not have been illogical.