Iraq to lower the ‘age of consent’ for girls to nine

I believe that it is possible to be spiritual without religious belief.

And recognised by many Muslims as being unacceptable. That's why there are Muslim politicians and Muslim activists leading the (largely unpublicised) efforts to prevent this bill from becoming law, among the other things being done to advocate for progress on women's rights in the face of extremely conservative (mostly) men pushing a hardline agenda to meet their own wants rather than women's needs.

Fair enough but for me faith helps me believe in something better to come. Its a very personal spiritual thing.

I don't look at the actions of humans who are weak, despicable and disgusting predators and judge the entire community because of it.

Not even disguised. Excused.

Abhorrent rape disguised as religious belief

I agree.

I don't pick any religion over Islam. But Islam seems particularly dictatorial and cruel to women. I don't like the creep of it in this country and being afraid of being called racist is allowing a lot of women and girls to be treated appallingly. I'm not OK with that.

Pedophiles.

I feel very similar about christianity, look at Selby who thinks its his right to support rapists and abusers, Selby who is still fawned over.

Not in my name thanks.

Why is it that to people like you, Muslims are accountable for the actions of EVERY Muslim but nobody else is. Am I to blame for this now ? Is it my fault just because i am a muslim?

@Batmanisaplaceinturkey , your comment shocks me it really does but I suppose it is to be expected from a certain type of person. Do you really hate everything that the right of politics represents so much or perhaps have such a determination to see no wrong in a particular special group that you can’t set aside any bigotry you may have to see the inhumanity and horrors in this ‘proposal’?
For your information it has been proposed before and rejected. The reason it warrants reporting now is that politically everything is now aligned to allow this to pass into law. Those poor little girls. 😢

I don’t think that any religion, other than Judaism, has the legacy diaspora that conflates any criticism of its tenets with racism @MissyB1
It is possible to be horrified at misogynistic diktats from a minority of disgusting, entitled MEN, without being racist, you know, and the disguise of these rulings under the mantle of a religion by some MEN has been common (and rightly condemned by many people) in recent times, without the condemnation being jumped on as “racist” (see Roman Catholic Church as a recent example).
The fact that most Muslims don’t agree with the excesses of some branches of Islam is comforting, but not helpful, if this belief isn’t used to oust the more extremist and backward regimes that seek to control women, and children, as though they are a sub-species of humankind…

That is VERY different to reduce img the age of ‘consent’ to 9. Name one Christan led country that doesn’t allow women to speak, drive, or leave the country without a man

Its not just muslim countries. There are child marriages in the US with girls as young as 10 .

Oh yes, let's give support to Israel who are killing tens of thousands of people in Palestine. 70% of whom are women and children. Or do those women and children not matter?

I'm not a Muslim and I found your statement very racist, and not at all "innocent".

As @MissyB1 said, not all Muslims are the same. Similar to Christians really, there are various sects and divisions who interpret the "laws" very differently; they pick & choose the interpretations and writings that suit them. An example of this is that nobody as yet has managed to show me the place in the Bible that says women can never be priests, yet many Christian sects still ban women from this.

How is the world allowing this to happen

Oh for goodness sake, we all know that it was implied that the poster was racist. Islam is NOT a race for a start. Islamist dominated countries ARE appalling for women’s rights. That is a fact.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to turn the history clock back 1000 years.

It’s disgraceful and appalling. I read yesterday that Libya is introducing mandatory burka as well.

rights of women and girls, never great under those regimes, are hurtling backwards.

you can’t blame Trump or Israel for what these vile theocracies are doing to women and girls. And the comment about immigration increasing is also a red herring as its not women and girls who are fleeing those countries, it’s men who are bringing their misogyny with them.

She didn't call anyone a racist idiot, she said that they sounded like one.

You, on the other hand, clearly insulted Muslims with your post. Nasty.

The west should never have meddled in the Middle East.

What do you think of the consent law in the op? Age 9