freediver wrote on Mar 1
st, 2014 at 1:53pm:
Gandalf, can you explain how the Islamic community of Sydney should take responsibility and tackle this issue head on at the same time as insisting it is nothing to do with Islam and they share no responsibility for it?
Has anyone actually come forward to defend the people involved? If they have no one has posted here
meanwhile, Muslims groups are quick to condemn it.
Quote:Muslim leaders have expressed their concern at the so-called marriage and the Grand Mufti of Australia, Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, said it should be ''rejected and condemned from a legal and ethical perspective''.
Quote:Muslim Women's Association executive officer Maha Abdo said ''there is no religious leader, imam or scholar in Australia that we work with that would conduct an Islamic wedding ceremony that involved an under-age child.''
Quote:''There is nothing to hide here. This sort of behaviour is against Australian law and the Muslim community does not encourage or condone such a union,'' she said.
''We, as Australian Muslim women, like the rest of Australia are deeply concerned for the welfare of the young girl.''
Quote:''Communities across all faiths should collaborate alongside the government to ensure such incidents do not occur in Australia.''
Seems like a pretty widespread condemnation.