Islam itu barbar.. Agama yang sungguh tidak layak untuk manusia.
--- In [email protected], Gabriella Rantau <gkrantau@...> wrote: > > Si imam dungu itu berkata: "The important thing is that the girl is ready > and can tolerate marriage!" > > Sedang dia dan semua Muslim tahu bhw perempuan apalagi yg masih di bawah umur > tidak mungkin berani menyangkal, menolak kehendak orang tuanya. Jadi spt > halnya Aisha dia mau tidak mau ketika baru umur 9 tahun ditiduri oleh orang > yg sudah 50 tahun. [Dan mnrt hadist sebelum consumating the marriage, sang > calon suami sering ngejepitin torpedonya di antara paha si anak imut2 tsb.] > > Ini jelas praktik yg tidak bisa diterima civilized society di abad ke-21 ini. > > Gabriella > > > > ________________________________ > From: Bukan Pedanda <bukan.pedanda@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, 19 November 2012 9:12 PM > Subject: [proletar] IPS:Radical Clerics Seek to Legalise Child Brides > > >  > > Islam itu, dan bukan hanya Salafi, sungguh nista dan menjijikkan... > > Radical Clerics Seek to Legalise Child Brides > By Cam McGrath > > CAIRO, Nov 14 2012 (IPS) - An ultraconservative Salafi cleric recently > sparked outrage among Egypt's liberal circles when he attempted to justify > his opposition to a proposed constitutional article that would outlaw the > trafficking of women for sex. > > Speaking on privately-owned Al-Nas satellite channel, Sheikh Mohamed Saad > El-Azhary said he feared the proposed article could conflict with the local > practice of child marriage. He explained that in Egypt, particularly in rural > areas, there is a culture of marrying off girls as soon as they hit puberty. > > "The important thing is that the girl is ready and can tolerate marriage," > El-Azhary declared. > > He went on to protest proposed laws protecting women from violence, warning > that if allowed to pass husbands could be prosecuted for beating their child > brides or forcing themselves upon them. > > "If you have intercourse with your wife against her will, she will be able to > file a complaint against you," he said. "That's where things are headed." > > Followers of the Salafi trend believe in a literal reading of the Quran and > hadith (traditions of Prophet Muhammad) and aspire to emulate the lifestyle > of the Prophet and his companions. Their puritanical approach to Islam has > put them at odds with secular Muslims and minority groups, who denounce their > intolerant worldview. > > For Salafis, the fundamental justification for child marriage is passages in > the hadith that state Prophet Muhammad married his third wife when she was > six years old, and consummated the marriage after her first menses at nine. > > Sheikh Yasser Borhamy, spokesman for the Salafi Dawah, outlined his > interpretation of the Quranic texts during an interview with TV presenter > Wael El-Ebrashy. He argued that Egypt's marriage laws contradict the > provisions of Sharia (Islamic law), as girls should be married off once they > reach puberty, or before "if she can". > > "If Islam allowed it during the Prophet's time, it will be permissible until > the End of Days," Borhamy asserted. > > While Salafis represent just a small but vocal minority of Egyptians, the > recent election of an Islamist parliament and president has extended their > political clout. > > But what deeply concerns child rights advocates is that El-Azhary and Borhamy > are members of the committee tasked with drafting Egypt's new constitution. > And they are not alone. Other members of the Islamist-stacked panel are known > to share their views on child marriage and may be attempting to enshrine them > in the constitution. > > "We fought for years to raise the minimum age of marriage for girls (from 16) > to 18, and now the Islamists want to lower it," says women's rights activist > Azza Kamel. "There are Salafis arguing it should be as low as nine." > Some battles may have already been lost. > > When a copy of the constitution's first draft circulated last month, rights > advocates were shocked to find that a proposed clause banning the trafficking > of women had been omitted. Salafi members of the drafting committee had > argued to have it removed on the grounds that human trafficking "does not > exist in Egypt" and its mere mention "tarnishes Egypt's image." > > International agencies strongly disagree. According to a 2010 report by the > U.S. State Department, human trafficking exists at many levels in Egypt. The > country is a transit point and destination for trafficked African and Asian > women and children, who are subjected to forced labour and prostitution. > > It is also a source of trafficked women, including young girls exploited > under the guise of marriage. > > Local NGO Memphis Foundation for Development says the phenomenon of child > marriage is widespread in Egypt, particularly in rural areas where parents > often marry off their daughters early to escape grinding poverty. Research > conducted in 2008 found that nearly a quarter of all marriages involved girls > under 16. > > Afaf Marei, director of the Egyptian Association for Community Participation > Enhancement (EACPE), says many of these underage girls are sold by their > parents to wealthy Gulf Arabs who come to Egypt in search of "summer brides". > > The marriages are arranged by lawyers who act as brokers, and may last from > hours to months according to the "dowry" paid to the parents. Often the > transaction is made without the girl's knowledge or consent. > > "These marriages are a form of trafficking women (under the pretence of) > Islamic law," says Marei. > > The Muslim Brotherhood, the conservative Islamic group that dominated this > year's parliamentary and presidential polls, has kept a low profile in the > discourse on child marriage. While some reformists in the group reject the > practice, its hardline leaders were the principal opponents of the 2008 law > that raised the minimum marriage age of girls to 18. > > Now, as pressure mounts on the constitutional drafting body to have the > document ready by a Dec. 12 deadline, the Brotherhood's weight could prove > decisive both on the panel and at the polls. If the constitution goes to a > referendum without a clause explicitly banning the trafficking of women, it > is likely to pass given the Brotherhood's ability to rally public support, > say liberal activists. > > "We're fighting to win, but rationally I don't think we can," concedes Amal > Abdel Hadi, head of the New Women Foundation. "This is just one battle and > we're fighting the Islamists on even greater issues such as (to guarantee) > the equality of citizenship." (END) > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! 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