High Court in Pakistan Rules in Favor of Underage Marriages
(International Christian Concern) – On Monday, Feb. 3, the Sindh High Court in Karachi ruled that men in Pakistan can marry underage girls as long as they have had their first period. This ruling, which the two-member bench based on their interpretation of Sharia law, flies directly in the face of the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act which forbids marriage below the age of 18.
The ruling was made during the latest court hearing into the kidnapping, forced conversion and marriage of Huma Younus, a 14-year-old Christian girl.
According to local reports, Huma was kidnapped by Abdul Jabbar from her family’s home on October 10, 2019. Following the kidnapping Huma’s parents were informed via text message that their daughter had converted to Islam and had married Jabbar.
In an effort to rescue their daughter, the family argued that the marriage to Jabbar was invalid under the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act. The Christian couple supplied the court with baptismal and school documents proving Huma is 14.
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