If you hadn’t noticed, Child marriages has come back into the limelight recently. For the past few days, pictures have been circulating on Social media of a young girl no older than 10 getting married to a much older man. This started a whirlwind of arguments, with Islamic figures stating it is allowed in Islam. It’s 2019, and this is actually still a debate.
I know reading this must make you upset, because it did make me. And places like social media are filled with views defending such an act. However, we noticed a much bigger group of people have decided to say no more and the #endcildmarriage has gone viral. Here are a couple of tweets so you know you aren’t the only one raging right now.
First one’s by one of the only politicians to speak up about this.
UAE marriage age is 18, Indonesia is 18 & Turkey is also 18. Are they not Muslim countries? In Sindh where marriage age is 18, we saw how law stopped an adult marrying a 10 year old! Every 20 minutes a girl dies in Pakistan as a result of underage pregnancy. #EndChildMarriage
— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) May 4, 2019
Then there was guy, who’s had enough
Getting married to a girl as same age of ur daughter Dont u feel shame by only thinking about doing this kind of shit seriously???#EndChildMarriage #Sindh #Pak
— Rehan Mushtaq #KehKarLunga (@rehanmushtaq1) May 4, 2019
And this woman.
Mature girls faced difficulties in susral !
Inko kitna bardasht krna parta hoga pic.twitter.com/L3WxXaqdrf— Dr Hira Zuberi Chishti (@NisaTalks) May 4, 2019
This guy, who brought up Naya Pakistan too.
This so called *Naya Pakistan* needs to have *Nayi Soch* as well.
I am a Muslim and I don't think Islam allows this bullshit.
We need to understand circumstances of different era.#Islamic_state#Pakistan#EndChildMarriage pic.twitter.com/7rfCT4DMru— Salman Hafeez (@msalman_hafeez) May 4, 2019
A journalist, who also gave us some good news
This is absolutely horrific. Police arrested this man in Kandhkot, Kashmore district of Sindh for marrying a child. How can some lawmakers oppose the anti-child marriage bill? pic.twitter.com/yuVw14BrAz
— Bilal Farooqi (@bilalfqi) May 3, 2019
This person, pointing out the grime realities of child marriages
Every 20 minutes a girl dies in Pakistan as a result of underage pregnancy. #EndChildMarriage
— noumanazam (@noommiii) May 4, 2019
Here’s one to show you we are not alone
Did you know children can legally marry in Massachusetts? Help #endchildmarriage now! https://t.co/CpPAC399Pj pic.twitter.com/QIuP5QlQBj
— Edward Herbert (@ed_herbert) April 26, 2019
And finally this one, that shows you how strong a picture can be
Don't weigh down their lives with henna, let them paint their own canvas. #SayNoToChildMarriage #generalelections2019 #EndChildMarriage @sneweyy @MasalaBai @nivedita_Him @madhukishwar @anniebanerji pic.twitter.com/3UgEg6Nqvd
— The Invisible Voter (@InvisibleVoter_) April 29, 2019
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