Five year old Muslim girl forced to marry

[LeftishBritInPA]

Girl of five forced into marriage

She was one of 400 children to receive assistance from the government's Forced Marriage Unit in the last year.

The figures have emerged as the public consultation into criminalising forced marriage in England, Wales and Northern Ireland comes to an end.

Amy Cumming, joint head of the Forced Marriage Unit, said 29% of the cases it dealt with last year involved minors.

"The youngest of these was actually five years old, so there are children involved in the practice across the school age range," she said.

To protect the child, the authorities have not disclosed details of the case or where the marriage took place.

But the case comes as no surprise to the Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation (IKWRO), which deals with more than 100 cases of forced marriage a year.

[Konjim]

This not Good, this is unfair according to any Religion , or how this type of Rule gov can follow

[seeking4truth]

Forced marriage is perhaps the most abhorent of all forms of force. You would think that in this day and age no-one should be forced to do anything against their will.

Unfortunately, in some countries and cultures force is used, whether in the form of forced marriages, confessions or the extraction of information it exists even in so called civilised places.

[trot-trot]

How atrocious. I cannot imagine how people can cling to a backwards, intolerant mindset like this.