Underage marriage - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 17 Feb 2020 04:20:01 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Underage marriage - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pakistan court rules men can marry underage girls after first period https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/02/17/pakistan-court-marry-underage-girls/ Mon, 17 Feb 2020 06:55:41 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=124252 A high court in Pakistan has ruled that men can marry underage girls, under Sharia law, after they have experienced their first menstrual cycle. Sharia law is the religious law of Islam derived from the teachings of the Quran, which acts as a divine code or guide for living. The ruling was made by the Read more

Pakistan court rules men can marry underage girls after first period... Read more]]> A high court in Pakistan has ruled that men can marry underage girls, under Sharia law, after they have experienced their first menstrual cycle.

Sharia law is the religious law of Islam derived from the teachings of the Quran, which acts as a divine code or guide for living.

The ruling was made by the Sindh High Court on Feb. 3 during the hearing of Huma Younus, a 14-year-old Catholic girl who was abducted, pressured to convert to Islam, and forced into child marriage. Read more

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