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

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/women-and-girls/iraq-poised-to-lower-the-age-of-consent-for-girls-to-nine/

Posted here as it gets the most traffic. This is by far the worst news I’ve heard all year. Imagine at the age you were meant to start secondary school instead being forced to marry and have sex with an older man. Completely disgusting!!!

It's been shown that Hezbollah have infiltrated aid workers so it's hard to know which aid workers are genuine. Same as they hide in nurseries and schools.

This is not a fact. It is disputed. Some religious sects spread this for their own interests (patriarchy). Some spread this to defame Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) and demonise Islam. Which one are you?

This is untrue. There is no evidence to support that at all. Please stop spreading misinformation. Why don’t you try checking your facts - or is the goal to spread lies? Why is that I wonder? You know there is so much information out there that people cannot spread lies anymore without it being fact checked.

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/aid-work-hamas-gaza-postwar-challeng/

Did you read the article before you posted it? No? 😂 Keep trying to find the facts and evidence to support your post earlier.

I’m not sure where you get your information, but it’s common knowledge among all Muslims that the Hadith — a collection of the teachings, deeds, and sayings of Muhammad — and the Tafsir — a commentary on the Qur’an — are respected writings in Islam.

This leaves us with two possibilities: either Aisha, the young bride of Muhammad, is lying, or you are.

I encourage you to seek the truth, regardless of whether it aligns with your worldview or agenda.

Peace be with you.

Any Hadith that contradicts the Quran should be discounted. Sex is only permissible if it causes no harm to either party. Some critical thinking from all parties is expected. Blind faith is not something I believe in. I believe in Prophet Mohammed and his teachings. Not the people who propagate untruths for their own ends. Islam encourages to you to expand your knowledge. As mentioned to a previous poster, all the information is out there if you look for it.
Peace be with you too. I hope you have the courage to seek the truth too.

You make a valid point, sister.

I gathered the courage, all glory to God, to explore Islam before delving into Christianity, as I was living in a Muslim country at the time. However, I ultimately found the truth in Christ Jesus, who tells us that He is the way, the truth, and the life.

I pray that He will visit you in dreams and visions.

Yeah, because that isn't creepy at all.

Western countries overthrew a dictator. What came next was up to Iraqs and Iranians!

everything bad that happens to Iraq from now on isn’t the fault of the west.

try this

news.sky.com/story/amp/hamas-leader-in-lebanon-killed-by-israel-was-un-employee-unwra-confirms-13225258

Why did the prophet marry a 6 year old? Please anybody?

If you’re gonna comment, please read the whole thread.

Meant for this post: Keep trying. It has been proven multiple times that Israel and IDF have lied. They are not a reliable source.

How is this going to help women and children in Iraq?

In the USA, between 2010 - 2015, 6 girls aged 12 were married. Obviously that is 6 too many. And if you look at 14 - 16 year olds, that number goes up to 985, which is shocking. But I don't see how helping these particular children does anything for children in Iraq, in a completely different legal and cultural context where the problem is way more pervasive and religiously supported. Why do we have to move the discussion to the USA - just so we can say how bad the West is?

Think about what you're doing, if every time someone raises the evils perpetrated against women and children in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt etc etc you say, but what about the USA? Makes it seem like you think only Western children matter. Why can't we care about people in other places?

Mohammed married a six year old and raped her when she was nine.

Jesus wept. Don’t know where to start with this.

But this whole thread is about proving Iraq and therefore muslims are all bad and therefore Israel has to be supported to destroy them, no? When the poster living in Iraq has mentioned several times, the law was not passed. Why are we still discussing that? Explain it to me like I’m a child: why are we discussing something that was protested against and not passed as law.

Sorry but this is utter bullshit. There was no excuse for what Israel did. The intelligence was wrong. They don’t care. What do you think is going to happen to the land that is now Gaza now that Israel has the excuse to lay waste to it. Truthfully, what do you think Israel will do once it’s rendered uninhabitable ?

To quote a previous poster ‘Jesus wept’ . I know it has worked before but repeating something over and over again doesn’t make it the truth. Why are you so invested in propagating this?

Utter bollocks. Where is the proof and where is the justification for the attack based on unreliable intelligence ? And where is your empathy for innocent little children blown to pieces as a result, given how heartbroken you were about 9 year olds being raped in Iraq ? Or is your empathy based on race and circumstance ?

Have it out with Wikipedia then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha. Or maybe pop over to 'ask a Muslim' and tell them they've got it wrong. https://www.ask-a-muslim.com/en/did-prophet-muhammad-marry-a-child/

lol Must be nice to live in a world where you dismiss anything because ‘the Jews can’t be trusted’

Maybe with an argument? At the moment you have nothing.