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"Marry Me Off And I'll Kill Myself" : Child Bride by Chinwem(f): 2:50pm On Jul 22, 2013 |
A harrowing video has been posted on online of an 11-year-old Yemeni girl who ran away to escape an arranged marriage. Nada al-Ahdal says she was only saved from the forced engagement after her uncle intervened. 'Go ahead and marry me off - I'll kill myself,' she warns in the video, dated July 8, and posted on YouTube. 'Don't they have any compassion?' I'm better off dead. I'd rather die.' She continues: 'It’s not [the kids'] fault. I’m not the only one. It can happen to any child.' 'Some children decided to throw themselves into the sea, they’re dead now. They have killed our dreams, they have killed everything inside us. There’s nothing left. There is no upbringing. This is criminal, this is simply criminal.' In the video filmed in a car, she explains why she does not want to leave her family home saying: 'I would have had no life, no education,' she says in the video The video finishes with her stating: 'I'm done with you, you ruined my dreams.' The schoolgirl. one of eight children, was taken in by her uncle Abdel Salam al-Ahdal, when she was aged three. But when a Yemeni expatriate living in Saudi Arabia asked her parents if he could marry her, they readily agreed. In an interview with National Yemen, Nada accuses her mother of arranging the marriage for profit. 'But I'm not an item for sale,' she says. 'I'm a human being and I would rather die than get married at this age.' Nada, has an 18-year-old sister who has already been engaged many times. Her parents accepted each new proposal and took a partial down payment for a bride price. They would then postpone the marriage until the groom had accumulated enough money before ending the engagement and keeping the down payment. Her uncle was horrified his young niece who lived with him, his son and his elderly mother was being married off. He told NOW: 'When I heard about the groom, I panicked. Nada was not even 11 years old; she was exactly 10 years and 3 months. I could not allow her to be married off and have her future destroyed, especially since her aunt was forced to marry at 13 and burnt herself. 'I did all I could to prevent that marriage. I called the groom and told him Nada was no good for him. I told him she did not wear the veil and he asked if things were going to remain like that. I said ‘yes, and I agree because she chose it. I also told him that she liked singing and asked if he would remain engaged to her.' Her parents were not happy the engagement was called off and demanded that Nada be returned home to them. But following her return home, Nada disappeared after her parents tried to marry her off again against her will. When her uncle found her again, he informed authorities and Nada was eventually allowed to return to live with her uncle, her father's brother - she then posted the horrifying video online. The practice of marrying young girls is widespread in Yemen and has drawn the attention of international rights groups seeking to pressure the government to outlaw child marriages. Yemen's gripping poverty plays a role in hindering efforts to stamp out the practice, as poor families find themselves unable to say no to bride-prices in the hundreds of dollars for their daughters. More than a quarter of Yemen's females marry before age 15, according to a report in 2010 by the Social Affairs Ministry. Tribal custom also plays a role, including the belief that a young bride can be shaped into an obedient wife, bear more children and be kept away from temptation. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2373151/Nada-Al-Ahdal-Escaped-Yemeni-child-bride-11-explains-ran-away-home.html#ixzz2ZmDiCZQg Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook (Modify) (Quote) (Report) 1 Like
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Re: "Marry Me Off And I'll Kill Myself" : Child Bride by Emperor4God(m): 1:26pm On Aug 14, 2013 |
No worry my dear Chinwem, as a female freemason you have nothing to fear but the wrath of God! As freemasonry is satanic http://www.exposingsatanism.org/masons.htm |
Re: "Marry Me Off And I'll Kill Myself" : Child Bride by Nobody: 12:40am On Aug 17, 2013 |
Islam = Satan 2 Likes |
Re: "Marry Me Off And I'll Kill Myself" : Child Bride by Chinwem(f): 10:37pm On Aug 20, 2013 |
Emperor4God: No worry my dear Chinwem, as a female freemason you have nothing to fear but the wrath of God! You are a mental case.........stop following me around. I ain't no Freemason you slowpoke. 1 Like |
Re: "Marry Me Off And I'll Kill Myself" : Child Bride by Emperor4God(m): 5:04pm On Aug 22, 2013 |
Chinwem: See what freemasonry does to you, it makes u venerate sex! Look at your masonic symbol, the Sqaure & Compass is actually people sleeping with each other! That's All that's on your mind is sex! You need Jesus |
Re: "Marry Me Off And I'll Kill Myself" : Child Bride by Emperor4God(m): 3:09am On Sep 30, 2013 |
Chinwem: [size=18pt]My Dear Female Freemason, I go soon publish evidence to show another musican na freemason. [/size] |
Re: "Marry Me Off And I'll Kill Myself" : Child Bride by Emperor4God(m): 2:38am On Oct 07, 2013 |
Hey Chinwe remember I said I'd write another article about your freemason friends. Well here it is. http://emperorundertheking..co.uk/2013/09/fred-hammond-is-freemason-this-will.html |
Re: "Marry Me Off And I'll Kill Myself" : Child Bride by TruthHurts1(m): 11:40pm On Feb 20, 2016 |
Brave girl |
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