JenT
God lead our troops
(edited) or not.
Doesn't look like this story panned out, so they didn't follow Muhammad's lead of marrying 9 year old girls after all.
[t previously said, "if marrying childbrides is against Islam.
It's so odd, though, they don't look scared."]
Thanks to a good messageboard vetting, it does look like these are not the brides.
Even though the Al-Jazeera video about it sure spotlights a young girl dressed up as the bride and never shows anyone else.
Doesn't look like this story panned out, so they didn't follow Muhammad's lead of marrying 9 year old girls after all.
[t previously said, "if marrying childbrides is against Islam.
It's so odd, though, they don't look scared."]
Thanks to a good messageboard vetting, it does look like these are not the brides.
Even though the Al-Jazeera video about it sure spotlights a young girl dressed up as the bride and never shows anyone else.
Mass Muslim Marriage
450 Grooms Wed GIRLS Under Ten In Gaza
by Paul L. Williams, Ph.D.
Hamas sponsored a mass wedding for four hundred and fifty couples. Most of the grooms were in their mid to late twenties; most of brides were under ten.
Muslim dignitaries including Mahmud Zahar, a leader of Hamas, were on hand to congratulate the couples who took part in the carefully staged celebration.
“We are saying to the world and to America that you cannot deny us joy and happiness,” Zahar told the grooms, all of whom were dressed in identical black suits and hailed from the nearby Jabalia refugee camp.
Each groom received a gift of 500 dollars from Hamas.
The pre-pubescent girls, dressed in white gowns and adorned with garish make-up, received bridal bouquets.
“We are presenting this wedding as a gift to our people who stood firm in the face of the siege and the war,” local Hamas strongman Ibrahim Salaf said in a speech.
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