...for thosewho know,after marrying these children,do the husbands wait until they mature or they just start right away? It is so worrying!

@ magigi,this has more to do with poverty and low education levels than with religion. I believe the maasai or some other pastorolist communities also do the same. It's a real shame

R

...@Kacheshi;....poverty in Saudi Arabia??? Tell me another lie.... Have those people in poverty stricken areas in Kenya sold their daughters? No,Their high moral standing can not allow them to do this.

@Real: ...whether this is their culture or not,it is only a psycho who can sleep with a 6 year old in the name of wife!!!

wote* magigi*...

someni vijana..... mwisho wakusoma......etc...

Islam and Arabic culture are two distinct phenomena......

however,in the past 1400 years...

the two have gelled......

in the Arabic peninsula....

'marrying' 6 to 9 year olds was and is cultural..... not ISLAMIC....

and when we say 'marrying'....

it does not mean....

that there shall be consumation of that marriage......

it means becoming betrothed to.... the man...

meaning the man who wishes to marry the 6 year old...

will take care of her... health... education.... etc

until she attains the age of majority..

which is 18 to 21years... when she can really get MARRIED.....
sio kama huko..... it is a miracle to find a 21 year old virgin....

the Arabic world represents women more than you do........


I'm the real Massey F.....shut your mouth

robinhood*..

it is the classic misunderstanding...... misadvice...... misconstruction....

of the terro buru ceremony...

even those who claim to belong to the communities that practise it.....

they do not know half the meaning...

they see it a chance to inherit other people's property (OPP)....

and then the myopic fellows such as yours truly.....

sees what these opportunistic fellows are up to...

and we confirm that terro buru is a ceremony...

to develop a harem....

there is always more to it than meets the 'eye'....or is it the 'I'

I'm the real Massey F.....shut your mouth

What about the girls right to choose!

Sad that it boils down to money,the West will not even bat an eyelid about this yet they continue to preach their way of life to the rest of the world. Because of the oil.

But that does not excuse Saudi Arabia and Islam,they are wholy responsible.

Shame.


I guess if you can't win with facts,you can always pen bile-laced,xenophobic rants to distract everyone.

@Real
I do not think that culture and religion in this part of the world are two and mutually exclusive entities otherwise the discordance and disharmony would be clear. Religion plays a very central rolein this case.The fact that the prophet Mohammed married and underage girl in itself means that it is condoned.I not familiar with Saudia's justice system but think that they operate under Sharia law which has its basis from the Koran. Islam itself has extensively borrowed from the bedouin culture.My point is the two are irredeemably intertwined.

Patience Pays in Guaranteed Checks

Mr. Tea*,

thanks for bringing some intellectualism to the discourse.....

however...

i stand to differ...

look at the relationship between the African cultures and religion....

monogamy vis-a-vis polygamy and polyandry...

look at the Christian Maasai marrying off their thirteen year old daughters....

would someone be correct in saying that the Christianity practised by the Maa people..

allows paedophilic tendancies...???

remember the cause and effect logic doesnt apply in cultural and religious morality...

I'm the real Massey F.....shut your mouth

In Kenya,a Maa (Christian & Traditional) can be taken to court - and punished - for marrying off his underage daughter. Even the bridegrrom could be in trouble. In saudi arabia,the judge probably has an underage wife/concubine/sex-slave!

Greedy when others are fearful,Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase WB

Where are the muslim brothers and sisters to shed some light on this from Islam's point of view.

Things arent always the way they look like