Manama: Kuwaitis have called for
stringent action against a family in
Yemen after their eight-year-old
daughter died of internal injuries on
the first night of her arranged
marriage to a man more than five
times her age.
Rawan died in city of Hardh in the
Governorate of Hajjah in
northwestern Yemen, Kuwaiti daily
Al Watan reported on Sunday,
quoting Yemeni media.
She is believed to have suffered a
tear to her Cores and severe
bleeding.
Yemeni activists urged the local
police to arrest the �beastly groom�
and the girl�s family and transfer
them to a court where justice
would be served and the case
would be used to help put an end
to the practice of marrying very
young girls in the impoverished
country, the daily said.
In Kuwait, bloggers offered their
prayers for the �bride�, but lashed
out at the �groom�, saying that he
was a beast who should be severely
punished.
Angry Man, a blogger, posted that
the man was �an animal who
deserved to be punished severely
for his crime.�
�All those who supported such a
crime should also be punished,� he
said.
Under the moniker �Sad�, another
blogger said that everybody should
have realised that Rawan was too
young to get married.
�Her family and her groom could
have waited for some time before
having this marriage,� Sad said. �It
was not fair at all and the marriage
should not have happened even if
some tribes believe that it is a good
custom.�
Bu Omar said that he was disturbed
by the death report.
�Rawan�s family members are not
humans. They do not deserve to
have children,� he said.
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/
yemen/bride-8-dies-of-injuries-on-
wedding-night-in-yemen-1.1228706
My Take
I get really upset when I hear stories
of older men taking these children as
brides. I mean, how low can you
stoop? I cannot but think about the
#ChildNotBride saga in Nigeria and
how many young children have been
given away under such circumstances
and yet, we have some people in our
society who are absolutely okay with
such pediophilic practices?
Some might say 8 years is too young
but 13 is okay. There are numerous
stories of young girls (13 year-old
included) that have suffered similar
fate as Rawan. Unfortunately, for every
story that is reported, there are
several hundreds that are untold.
As a society we should frown against
such practices and we should do all
that we can to protect these young
girls.
What's Your Take?
Let's hear your take on the
story...Looking forward to it!

I post stories like this and many say it's their culture.

No, raping children is not okay.

Yes, all involved need the same fate the child suffered.

A pain filled death.

Speechless..they're so evil..they don't deserve to live

GRRRRRRRRRR....

SICK BASTARDS !

I agree. This practice needs to be stopped! Girls are going through puberty earlier now, but it does not mean they are ready to have babies. It means the hormones have been disrupted in some sort of fashion causing her ovaries to release the eggs and thus start her cycle. Her ligaments and her pelvis/hips have not matured to be strong enough to support her body for intercourse or worse, pregnancy. We need to stand strong for these girls and do what we can!

People don't understand just how these animals view women... they think anything female is below them, to treat, trade and do whatever they want to with...

I'm bettin they were muslims. Just a guess.

yes i agree they should be killed,
i am surprised what the law is doing there. its so sad to hear that
a girl who is not matured.

I look at this from many angles.

My personal belief is that no child should ever have to worry of such things, but that is my upbringing, my acquired principles, and the morality I have learned. It is not my right to condemn the actions, beliefs, religion or laws of other nations, no matter how badly my moral fiber screams against what I see as cruel, sadistic or inhumane.

I may protest, blog, join or support an organization promoting change, or any one of many options, but until the people of that country wish it to change and stand against it, it will never change. Even in countries where it is not allowed, it has gone underground creating an even more tragic reality.... profit from human trafficing and slave trade.

It is a hard call of how best to deal with such injustice. Do we give a world body like the UN the power to control nations? Give up tradition, sovereignty and independence for what amounts to nothing short of a dictatorship of world nations? Who will control that body? Will the people really have a voice? Will independent nations be turned to communal property? Do we turn the world into the battlefield our US leaders, bankers, and for profit corporations are trying to convince us already exists?

Who truly stands to profit from such an action? In a word.....BANKS!

You will never remove money or greed from the world, therefore you will never solve the problems or injustice it creates, the inequality of power and privilege, the suffering of the masses.

Until we can control greed and human desire (which will never happen in this day and age) there is no good answer to "fix" what we may view as the ills of the world.

Hate or despise it all you want, but it is not our right to condemn the laws, cultures or religions of other nations when we can't even seem to agree and deal with the problems in our own country!

Excuse my ignorance..but..wuoda da fax it does?????
what are you trying to say???

Who are we to judge?

Christian believers might say "Let he among you without sin cast the first stone.", perhaps talk the "golden rule".

Others might say "People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."

But the basic reality is, it's simply not our business unless it applies to our nation how others might choose to live!

Goodbye little angel, I do not know if there is a paradise.. as well.. as how we perceive it, but I think you're definitely in place better than this