I think that ANYONE who marries a 10 year old is a pedophile. Sorry if this is 'intolerant' to anyone's religious beliefs, but child marriage is not on.

Dumb and dumber.

eweooooo!!!!!!! and that poor poor child!!! 10 years old is 3rd freaking grade!!!!! i will save her :)

A 10-year old what? Goat or camel?

Further evidence religions are not (and should not be) the source of our moral code...

About the same as I would feel to anyone 80 being married to a 10 year old.

That's insane, there are many women in this world and he cannot find an adult, that's crazy.

that's fucked up

EEEEEwwwwwwwww! Gross! *vomits*

It doesn't only apply to Muslims.

Sick! I hope she kills him! How about an 80 year old woman with a 10 year old boy? Just as sick!! Are all men such perverts that they have no morals? Are all men rapists and child molestors?

I can't see any government sanctioning such an event ... This low dow pervert needs to be taken out and his penis and testicles CUT off in the public square ... Then; the SAME should be done to the officials who permitted such actions ... as well as her parents ... +5

That's just sick and disgusting. >.<

It'd be like: 'trying to thread an earthworm through a needle'! * or a 'missed connection' on a train-station of time: The oldie's sex-libido-train has left, while the girl's sexual-maturity-train is yet to arrive. So no journey, no progress; just primitive barbarism. * Bible-authors too have a fetish for incest between older men and teenage girls (buts sexually mature): e.g., Lot's 2 daughters plying him with wine and sleeping with him in turns, simply to get pregnant [Genesis:19: 31-38] Tamar seducing Judah, her lecherous father-in-law, using a veil (!), which was the uniform of prostitutes in those days, simply because Judah wouldn’t let his youngest son take her as wife [Genesis:38: 13-19]

twisted

Your reference is bigoted and always out to discredit Muslims. I presume this is false just like most of the other "stories."

The same as I think of any peodophile. He should be incarcerated for the rest of his life for sexual slavery and pedophilia, as should anyone who had anything to do with this farce they insist on calling "marriage". Against her will. For money. Sexual slavery.

height of desperation. Sorry for the girl...

any 80 year old in any country, race, religion etc. that marries a 10 year old should be considered a child molester and dealt with accordingly.

HOw sick is that..He is 80 years old...He won't be able to do anything...And if on viagra a (f) heartacke should happen immediately...This whole religion is sexual perverse.

If it's good enough for the Profit (pbuh) it must be good enough for every other pedo in Islam.

How the hell did he even manage to live up to 80? He should have blown himself up loooooooong time ago

Same thing I would think of any adult marrying a child... he's disgusting and needs to be locked up far away from children and never let out.

i find that disgusting..when it comes to pedophiles and rapist i think they should just die..i don't want to be seen as insensitive but these young people don't get to develop properly..mentally, physically, emotionally..its not fair for them to be born into such a world..it saddens me that people accept this garbage..i don't care if it is a religion..people should have their own choice and at a decent age.. its just crap..men seem to always know what is "best"..please..if the 80 year old man is a real person..he's going to suffer on the other side..no g-d he believes in will save him for what his country or religion or whatever "permits" him to do

The same thing I think about a 69 year old christian who have had sex with his own daughter for nineteen years and has seven kids from her! It's disgusting and you can find freaks between all races and religions.

The same of the many catholic priests who have consistently raped boys in church. get a grip

The point that i am making is that there are muslim homosexuals who their own faith will not accept and yet they alow paedohpilia.

Please excuse me while I spew up.

sick and perverted

ANY 80 year old marrying a 10 year old is SICK

I think it's sick and wrong... although, why is it even necessary to use the word "Muslim" in this question? It's just looking for another way to target Muslims, surely? Its not just Muslims who are guilty of paedophilia, even institutionalised paedophilia.

Ewwwwww is that legal in my country? Dont think so!

Seems more than a little absurd to me. But another example of how religious motivations are often truly f*cked up! ;-)

Institutionalized perversion.

Yet another case of religion being used to justify sexual abuse. It makes me sick to my stomach, and it also makes me sick that people will hear about sickos like this and equate them with regular muslims.

What BS to hold what is allowed by a country against the National religion of that country. It could be said that America is founded of Christian principals yet the age of consent in Pennsylvania is 14 now should that be held against Christians? A Muslim guy in a Muslim country married a young girl and it isn’t illegal the country should change its laws concerning marriage it has nothing to do with the religion. Some Hindu countries allow the same behavior and guess what. Some South American countries who have adopted Christianity as a national religion allow the same kind of behavior. Grow up and stop pushing your hate for someone’s religion behind smokescreens of unrelated actions. And no I’m not Muslim.

pimp

and what if a 10yrs old boy married to 80 years old woman? is it wrong too.

Just sickening. Even the Catholic priests don't go so far as to MARRY their 10-year-olds. Marriage should be outlawed.

it is allowed in shariah but the girl must not be below 6 years of age and her price ( mehr ) must be paid to her guardian or to her when she approaches puberty. hope that answers your question allah knows best

More evidence that the perverse institution of marriage should be banned.

They're following the traditions of their culture. We in the west might not like it, but it does provide economic security for the girl. +5

It makes me think that dirty old men come in all Sizes, Shapes, Cultures and Nationalities.

That's just sick.

Abomination. He should be put in prison.

First, I think "So what else is new?" He's a good Muslim, acting within the law ( shariah ), following the noble example of the prophet, and his marriage is blessed by Allah. . Islam has been in our faces for nigh 15 years. How can this be a surprise? .

that dude needs a cricket bat right between the legs until he spits out his stones.

There is nothing wrong with it whatsoever, according to this feminist: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/29/barbara-ellen-madeleine-martin-comment Oh no, hang on, I keep getting confused, her article says it's perfectly acceptable so long as it's a woman doing the abusing, I keep getting mixed up, there was me thinking feminists wanted to be treated equally, turns out I'm wrong, they want to cherry-pick their equality, like having the right to abuse children with impunity, unlike men who must be punished for such an horrendous crime. I personally think it's despicable, and utterly grotesque, but enough about feminism, this story is also very disturbing.

Depends what you mean by married. If in a society where the only employment and security available to women is as wives, he is doing the equivalent of saving her from the streets, putting a roof over her head, taking over in a fatherly , protective way, then bless him. If he's buying himself a clueless little chamber maid who will never see another day of education except for what he tells her and will believe the world is any way he says it is, then at least she gets her food and board in exchange, although its a sad, lopsided world. If he ever, ever plans to consummate a 'marriage' with her between the sheets then that is totally sick and shameful, but really, at that age, he may just have bought her the easiest life she'll ever have - widowed by 20, perhaps. Does that mean she'll come out of this with her own property and the ability to decide whether or not to remarry? That would be a gift worth more than anything, in a society that habitually strips women of all choices and dignity.

Oh well not as bad as how I feel about Guantanamo and Bagram and about this Iraqi boy who was "saved" by a Michigan soldier who hangs out with and supports the same ones who blew half of the boy's head away in the first place before converting him to this new religion called "patriotism": http://detnews.com/article/20091126/METRO/911260412/Iraqi-boy-thankful-for-Michigan-soldier-who-cared - Also, let's not forget the numerous calls to the Department of Children & Families and the enormous amount of domestic violence in this country they call the USA: "Cries for help to DCF hot line go unheeded by design" http://www.miamiherald.com/569/story/1356292.html - And maybe when you're that concerned with it, tell your government to stop buying oil from them? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8385845.stm

This is a confused question. Are we supposed to think different if it was an 80 yo Hindu, say, marrying a 10 yo? Take the word Muslim out and you get a good question for discussing social, cultural values and traditions around marriage. However, with the word Muslim left in, it becomes one of those questions that act like powerful homing devices for the Islamophobes and the antireligion secularists. Look at some of the answers and comments and see how they help one another in exposing more of their prejudices.

I think we frequently forget that the intent of old clauses in religions is substantialy different than what we think of today. . Like circumcission, abstaining from pork etc. In the poor hygiene conditions of a largely waterless desert, these on a paractical level make sense. For most most of today, these points are moot, but we would not condemn anyone who upholds the traditions. . Some cultures put responsibility on the brother of a man to marry his wife if the brother dies. The intent was clearly to make sure that the wife, in a patriarchal society where she was not allowed to work, did nto starve to death. . Perhaps the rules on taking a child bride had a similar logic behind them? Remember, this would have been before foster homes etc. If a girl were left parentless and without close relatives, is it not possible whe would be better off married? Remember also that maried doesn't necessarily mean having sex as we seem to be assuming. I don't wish to sound niave, but it is quite possibel the husband is waiting (at 80 waiting is likely the wrong word...). . In the world we live in today, there are better alternatives for ensuring our children can live, but in some countries, even today, it may be the best alternative for the girl.

I really dont care. How is this going to affect you?

First of All There is no evidence on this crime I don't truest this site Second Why you said "Muslim" ?? while this crime is so forbidden in Islam Third Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is deferent case ! see these links :http://www.islamictube.net/watch/a6b1d28115a1f92ab8bb/Why-did-the-prophet-Muhammad-PUH-marry-many-wives http://www.themodernreligion.com/prophet/prophet_aisha.htm Forth wherever that happen or whoever did that (if actually happened) this is a very awful crime in the name of humanity ! and I'm against it I feel disgusted from it

that is an appalling predicament for a little girl to find herself in, there is no greater crime in the whole of the universe, but supposed sacred scripture written by men along time ago, permits this ungodly act. for this reason and many more, i no longer believe in any religion, but in god i do believe.

Muslim or not the very idea is sick..