#Lebanon: ‘On-Demand’ Clerics Officiate Child Marriage
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lebanon-%E2%80%98-demand%E2%80%99-clerics-officiate-child-marriag
(Photo: Douaa El-Adel, Egypt) (Photo: Douaa El-Adel, Egypt)
What do Eva, Fatima, Linda, and Zainab – 14, 11, 13, and 15 years of age, respectively – have in common? They are all #Child_Brides and expectant mothers, with clerics involved in legitimizing their #rape. But most importantly, the Lebanese government is sitting idly by, even condoning what is being done under religious cover. The government sees these cases as mere technical violations, doing nothing more than occasionally fining the clerics 50,000 Lebanese lira ($33), the equivalent of a traffic ticket.
Rajana Hamyeh
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