The kidnapping, rape and slavery of child brides is an issue that once again involves Muslims. This time it’s Nigerian men who purchase little girls as easily as one might buy a cow only cheaper. Even though the child in question is typically between 9 and 12 and it’s done for their deviant sexual pleasure and for forced servitude it doesn’t seem to matter. See, it’s billed as honorable and legal according to Sharia law and that’s what really counts to the devout Muslim.
The Nigerian Constitution forbids it, but that doesn’t stop this evil practice. In Nigeria one does not challenge Sharia law or any teaching of Islam without facing serious consequences, so the practice is spreading and threatening the very sovereignty of Nigeria.
I just finished reading a CBS online article that opened with, “By the time she ran away, Maimuna bore the scars of a short but brutal marriage.
Her face swelled so much from her husband’s beating that doctors feared he had dislocated her jaw. Her back and arms bristled with angry welts where her father had whipped her for fleeing to him. She was gaunt from hunger, dressed in filthy rags. And barely a year after her wedding, she was divorced.
It would be a tragic story for a woman of any age. But for Maimuna Abdullahi, it all happened by the time she was 14.”
Divorce Made Easy: Sharia Law only requires the married man to say three time out loud these words, “I divorce you” and provide a letter to his former bride saying he has divorced her and it’s done. The woman is left to fend for herself. Worse, she is often shunned by her family who sold her into slavery in the first place.
Abandoned to die: Nigeria has tens of thousands of child brides, all divorced, homeless and starving, often forced to sell their bodies at truck stops to survive.
This barbaric and immoral practice is so wide spread that it’s not shocking to Nigerian Muslims. They defend this practice and endorse Sharia Law as the law of the land.
Muslim Child Molesters: The Nigerian Constitution says the age of consent is 18, but 1 in 5 females are married before they are 15. Often times the men marrying these young girls are in their 40’s or 50’s. They keep them around for a few years until they begin to grow up and then these child molesters divorce them and the process is repeated.
Boko Haram – Kidnappers: Nigeria is home to the terrorist organization Boko Haram. They are trying to impose their extremist version of Islam on the locals and with some success it seems since the recruitment of converts to Islam is often done at the point of a gun. This has been rapidly changing the face of the region in this country but it’s slide into moral depravity. Children as young as five now hide their heads and shoulders in hijabs, a rare sight just a few years ago.
It is feared that many of the 200 kidnapped school girls back in April are being sold off as brides. The girls were abducted by the militant Boko Haram that wants to form an Islamic State under Sharia Law. Many leading experts in global security say we can’t afford to let Nigeria become a radical Islamic state that is determined to spread Sharia Law across the entire Africa continent.
Obama to the Rescue: President Obama responded to this dire crisis by dispatching well over 10 unarmed advisers to assist the Nigerian Military.
Nigeria is a country of about 168 million and their population is growing much faster than the US population of 350 million.
Recent atrocities in Nigeria:
Jun 5 – Boko Haram militants dressed as soldiers slaughtered at least 200 civilians in three villages in northeastern Nigeria and the military failed to intervene even though it was warned that an attack was imminent, witnesses said on Thursday.
Jun 18 – The Boko Harm claimed credit for a suicide attack using a tricycle taxi at an outdoor World Cup viewing site in northeast Nigerian, police said the death toll was 14 with 26 people wounded.
Jun 24 – MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Islamic extremists have abducted 60 more girls and women and 31 boys from villages in northeast Nigeria, witnesses said Tuesday.
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Makes the current complaint about birth control by American feminists seem silly.
The Bible admonishes Jews and Christians to care for orphans and widows…these poor girls are fundamentally both before they reach the age of consent (in our country)!
How can anyone imagine that such treatment is commanded or condoned by God? It’s pure evil.
“How can anyone imagine that such treatment is commanded or condoned by God? It’s pure evil.” Tina
Only monstrous people without morals, compassion or any shred of respect for the rights of children could do something that horrific.
I believe there have been several times in human history where it was absolutely necessary to use extreme force to protect the rights of innocents, especially women and children. Nigeria should have a death penalty for those who sell humans into slavery or those who violate little children. What they are doing to children is outrageous. Other than death by torture, what could be worse?
Would Blame The Victim make a good child bride? She may be a bit wrinkled and dowdy, but she is still a child.