8-year-old Bride Dies After Sex With 40years old Hubby On Wedding Night

An eight year old bride in Yemen died from
internal injuries on her wedding night, bleeding
to death after deep vaginal tearing caused by
sex with her 40 year old husband.
The girl, identified only by the name Rawan, died
in Hardh in the governorate of Hajjah in
northwestern Yemen, according to a report
issued by UPI on Sunday, Sept. 8.
Activists in the region want to put an end to the
practice of marrying young girls, and
have called for police to arrest the girl's
husband and family.
Nevertheless, the forced marriage of child brides
in Yemen remains a socially accepted custom in
many rural areas.Indeed, the practice has deep
cultural and religious roots, and is widespread in
Yemen.
A February 2009 law set the minimum age for
marriage at 17, but it was repealed after some
conservative lawmakers called it un-Islamic.
In particular, a prominent Islamic cleric,
Abdulmajeed al-Zindani, issued a fatwa in
support of the practice, declaring supporters of a
ban on child brides to be apostates, and
ultimately leading a successful campaign against
legislation that would prevent adult men from
marrying children.
The issue of Yemen's child bride problem made
headlines three years ago when an 8-year-old
girl went to court, demanding a judge dissolve
her marriage to a man in his 30s. The girl
eventually won a divorce, and legislators began
looking at ways to curb the practice. However,
they have so far been unsuccessful.
Currently the law states that parents should
decide when a daughter marries.
Unfortunately, reports indicate more than a
quarter of Yemen's females marry before age 15.