LagosShia:

false.please check the post below for the facts,and also the other posts that follow in the below:

https://www.nairaland.com/1366430/muslims-reject-child-marriage-absolve#16919801

tpia@:
i still dont get the connection.

how many girls are trying to renounce their citizenship, which citizenship, what's wrong with dual citizenship which nigeria allows, and last but not least, what's the correlation between renouncing citizenship and underage marriage?


how many underage girls are trying to renounce their citizenship?

why is the senate prioritizing renunciation of citizenship for underage girls? Is this a human trafficking issue?

baba dey:

Its a lie sey!!. Did not or did he (saw) marry aisha @ 6 years old?

baba dey: I hope this not offensive ooo. Prophet mohammed (SAW) married aisha @ the age of 6 and did sometin when she was 9 while he was 54 as it is written in the quran. What do you call this?

bntY:
^God bless you.The uproar that greeted the bill didn't suprise me going by d unpopularity of Yerima among nigerians but d magnitude of folly even among d learned baffles me.The new law has nothing to do with promotion or endorsement of childmarriage as claimed. As you rightly pointed out,d new law seeks to secure d rights of women rather than trample it.Chapter 3,section 29,subsection 4b,states that a married woman can renounce her citizenship irrespective of her age unlike before when she has to be 18years to take that decision.To d lawmaker that ratified d bill,being 'old enough' for marriage also places d responsibility of your citizenship on your shoulders.Isn't that a laudable Idea?
I have heard of prejudice, but i hav never seen it patently displayed with imprudence and grandeur like this!

vire: I wonder why we have to break our necks over someone's ideology .........their religion gives them the right to have the girl child as wives...whats your own with it....they southern part of this nation should understand that even our culture supports underage marriages and because we don't explore that part of our culture doesn't mean its not there...Britain forced two different cultures together like they did in India,Pakistan and Nepal until they went their individual ways.....At least they are not asking for your daughters hands in marriage and even if they do you have a right to say no......Lets live and let them live....When they introduced Sharia Law it was as if we should all die but right now we can live with it....so we will also live with this Law.

LagosShia:

its a lie Aisha herself concocted to look innocent and vulnerable.check the posts in the link I posted.historical records convincingly show that Aisha was not below 16,and she could have been as old as 21 year old when the Prophet (sa) married her.

LagosShia:

its a lie Aisha herself concocted to look innocent and vulnerable.check the posts in the link I posted.historical records convincingly show that Aisha was not below 16,and she could have been as old as 21 year old when the Prophet (sa) married her.

baba dey:

Which of the historical record is now valued more than the holy Quran ??. I can bring out the verse in the holy Quran where it is stated that she was 6 or so.

abdulkayus: The "Under-age" Marriage with consummation (I.e. carnal knowledge, sexual intercourse) is not permitted in Islam, a girl has to reach the age of puberty before marriage can be consummated (I.e. carnal knowledge, sexual intercourse) .

But Islam permits the betrothal, engagement and marriage of a girl even at birth and of-course this has always been the practice of many cultures in Africa and the world over.
However , the girl might grow up and refused to be married to the man she is betrothed, engaged or married to at birth - either due to religion or lack of love.
Her permission must be sought before the marriage could be consummated. There is no forced marriage in Islam.

The Prophet (Peace and blessings of God be upon him) did not approve of forced marriage.
He [the best of mankind] (saw) is the best example for us to follow. Allahu Allam....Allah knows best.

baba dey: I hope this not offensive ooo. [/b]Prophet mohammed (SAW) married aisha @ the age of 6 and did sometin when she was 9 while he was 54 as it is written in the quran. What do you call this?

vedaxcool:

Joseph was ninety years when he married Mary who was 12 - 14

When forty years of age, Joseph married a woman called Melcha or Escha by some, Salome by others; they lived forty-nine years together and had six children, two daughters and four sons, the youngest of whom was James (the Less, "the Lord's brother". A year after his wife's death, as the priests announced through Judea that they wished to find in the tribe of Juda a respectable man to espouse Mary, then twelve to fourteen years of age. Joseph, who was at the time ninety years old, went up to Jerusalem among the candidates; a miracle manifested the choice God had made of Joseph, and two years later the


http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08504a.htm

kolado: I was watching Tv yesterday when i saw a good many Nigerians carrying placards with bold inscriptions like "Say no to child bride"and "Child not bride". I waited with sick feeling of suspense to listen to the news and immediately i did i started laughing at the warped knowlege of able-minded Nigerians interpretation of statute,most especially the controversial Section 29(4)(b)CFRN 1999 as amended. Albeit the bevy of Nigerian senators don't even know the true import or meaning of the very section. It is pertinent at this crucial juncture to apprise us of the fact that Section 29(4)(b) has absolutely nothing to do with underage marriage in Nigeria let alone under the Nigerian Constitution. It merely borders on RENUNCIATION OF CITIZENSHIP which falls purely under CHAPTER 3 OF THE CONSTITUTION. The section 29(4)(b)provides thus:Any woman who married shall be deemed to be of full age. As such,the section invests on any woman though not of full age(18yrs and above)as much as she's married automatically has the right to renounce her citizenship. For instance,if she is 13yrs and she got married to a 70 year old man she will automatically be deemed to be of full age to renounce her ci tizenship by virtue of Section 29(1). How ever does this section liken to underage marriage in Nigeria? Stop whipping up religious sentiment which had been at its sadistic worst since passing of the senate resolution on the issue.

vedaxcool: more Joseph old age

http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?p=4364719

baba dey:

Which of the historical record is now valued more than the holy Quran ??. I can bring out the verse in the holy Quran where it is stated that she was 6 or so.

baba dey:

Where are you from?.. The world's oldest book didn't tell me so. Continue bro. It is allowed

ommo:


Look man, as much as i don't like unnecessary argument, i am forced ask you, where did you get your inform from? don't talk if you nothing sensible to say and don't write if you have no proof to back what you are to write. Let us learn to see not only with eyes but, also with our mind. Thank you

LagosShia:

[b]so if 2000 years ago Joseph,a man of 90 years of age,was engaged to Mary (as),a girl of 12 years,does that mean in our age and time we should continue to follow that? are we progressing or digressing?

what are the motives behind an old man marrying a small girl? is it famine? is it for procreation? is it to have children to farm? is it because of high mortality rate which required early marriage? is it because of morality,that can be maintained even by a virgin of over 60 year old? then what is the excuse or reasons behind marrying little girls in 2013?

in my view Islam says a girl can marry once she attains puberty,and she is physically and mentally mature.Islam does not compel old men to parade little girls when the motives that existed in ancient days no longer exist.we should stop giving Islam a bad image,and make others look down upon muslims because we are refusing to progress and instead we want to live in ancient times.at what age would a girl who is married at 12 graduate from secondary school? and she would still be expected to raise children and take care of the home.i don't think this is possible or even Islamic in 2013.muslims who promote marriage to little girls should grow up.this is no attack on Islam,as many of us muslims would misunderstand it to be.[/b]

ommo:


Look man, as much as i don't like unnecessary argument, i am forced ask you, where did you get your inform from? don't talk if you nothing sensible to say and don't write if you have no proof to back what you are to write. Let us learn to see not only with eyes but, also with our mind. Thank you

vedaxcool:

lol unfortunately for u, u r not more knowledgeable than the Catholic church. Joseph 90 married Mary 12-14yr old.