Meanwhile, Freddie doesn't want us to know that in many Muslim countries the men do marry very, very young girls who should be at home playing with their dolls. .
Actually, I do want the world to know about this and help eliminate the causes of it.
I would love to see an end to child marriage, in all communities, Including Muslims, Jews and in supposed civilised countries such as America.
Women: We were child brides in U.S. - CNN.com
You can toss in cultures such as the Mosuo where girls are considered sexual partners at puberty, regardless of age. No one ever condemns them.
Personally, I have no objection to the way they run their society.
Back to child brides in other places.
There are many causes of this, including extremist religious stuff and madmen who claim to have been told to do it by God.
Poverty is also a major cause and the most common problem in Indonesia.
Many families are so poor, they can't afford to educate their kids and can't afford to keep them at home unless they work and assist the family financially.
There aren't the jobs to employ all so they end up getting married.
When we first moved to Indonesia, my wife informed me out maid would be a 15 year old girl.
Frankly, I was a bit shocked but I was informed she had a choice of working or marriage.
I accepted her because of this but she never turned up - marriage was forced upon her by poverty.
The next was 13, same situation.
Employing her saved her from the same fate.
I've been to several similar weddings but, unlike the stereotype we are force fed on this forum, the husbands were of similar age so kiddie fiddling wasn't the problem - poverty was.
This same poverty and lack of education allows indoctrination by extremists - the major cause of terrorism.
America is bombing in an attempt to get rid of the world's problems but could spend far less and get rid of so many more evils by building schools.
I'm also fully aware of older men marrying children in places like Pakistan (Mostly tribal areas) and Yemen. This, in my opinion, is pretty ******* evil so the men should have their bollocks chopped off.
As with my post above, I would ask you to state your position regarding child brides in Israel.
Do you condemn this?