An eight year old bride in Yemen died from internal injuries on her wedding night, bleeding to death after deep vaginal tearing caused by sex with her 40 year old husband.

The girl, identified only by the name Rawan, died in Hardh in the governorate of Hajjah in northwestern Yemen, according to a report issued by UPI on Sunday, Sept. 8.
Activists in the region want to put an end to the practice of marrying young girls, and have called for police to arrest the girl's husband and family.

Nevertheless, the forced marriage of child brides in Yemen remains a socially accepted custom in many rural areas.Indeed, the practice has deep cultural and religious roots, and is widespread in Yemen.
A February 2009 law set the minimum age for marriage at 17, but it was repealed after some conservative lawmakers called it un-Islamic.

In particular, a prominent Islamic cleric, Abdulmajeed al-Zindani, issued a fatwa in support of the practice, declaring supporters of a ban on child brides to be apostates, and ultimately leading a successful campaign against legislation that would prevent adult men from marrying children.

The issue of Yemen's child bride problem made headlines three years ago when an 8-year-old girl went to court, demanding a judge dissolve her marriage to a man in his 30s. The girl eventually won a divorce, and legislators began looking at ways to curb the practice. However, they have so far been unsuccessful.

Currently the law states that parents should decide when a daughter marries. Unfortunately, reports indicate more than a quarter of Yemen’s females marry before age 15.

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Hope this gets to the likes of Yerima

Another thread to nail Yerima again

It seems the lot of Muslims on Nairaland are very comfortable with this practice hence their silence in opposing it in any form. why bother.. richly propagating illiteracy in young women having mutilated their se.x organs at birth.. go figure

And mohammed (saw) married just a six yr old. Driver, take me out of here

yERIMA should be held responsible here.

signs of E.T

Mods I beg you to please unhide any post.This is not islamic section.allow others say the truth.

My question would he be prosecuted for her death.

I really don't know if he can be jailed under Yemeni law for her death conidering cause of death was through intimate activities.the customs of the land identifies them as husband and wife,therefore they have the ability and right to engage in intercourse.

Now that she died through the intimate activities defying her body cores in a gruesome and extreme manner.

Question:Can her husband be charged for he murder?
This could as well be termed 'premeditated murder' considering the fact that her husband could have known of the dangers of what he was about doing.but went ahead to defile her.

ANIMALS

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An 8 year-old bleeding to death on her supposed wedding night. There goes an innocent child's life.