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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 369

underage marriage

Julia Haart and her family compete on 'Celebrity Family Feud,' hosted by comedian Steve Harvey, August 14, 2022. (ABC/Christopher Willard via JTA)
August 16, 2022, 9:29 am
‘My Unorthodox Life’ family donates game show prize to anti-child marriage cause
Citing Orthodox Jewish community norms, celebrity Jewish family gives $25,000 to VOW for Girls, a nonprofit that aims to eliminate marriages involving girls under 18
By PHILISSA CRAMER
A groom smashes the glass in a Jewish wedding, under the huppah (Mor Seban; iStock by Getty Images)
December 17, 2020, 7:43 pm
Police prevent ultra-Orthodox marriage of 14-year-old bride in Jerusalem
Parents of girl who was set to marry 24-year-old man arrested, daughter transferred to custody of welfare authorities; mother insists child was mature enough
By ToI Staff
Teenager Romina Ashrafi was murdered by her father after she eloped with an older man, causing widespread anger in Iran. (Courtesy)
May 27, 2020, 11:02 pm
Iranians outraged by father who decapitated teen daughter
Murder of Romina Ashrafi, who was killed after she eloped with an older man, has sparked discussion about the lenient punishments given to fathers who kill their children
By AFP
Illustrative: Two women and four minors are seen at a police station after being detained in a raid on an underage wedding in the ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, on November 29, 2018. (Israel Police)
November 30, 2018, 1:15 pm
Police prevent underage ultra-Orthodox wedding in Jerusalem; bride-to-be is 13
Authorities say girl had been reported missing by her father 2 months ago, may have been hidden by her mother; 6 detained in raid, including 4 minors
By ToI Staff
The apartment where 8 children were found living after women in 'Taliban-style" Jewish sect arrested in Jerusalem on suspicion of child kidnapping, neglect, September 4, 2018 (Police Spokesman's Unit)
September 5, 2018, 3:15 pm
2 ‘Jewish Taliban’ moms remanded on suspicion of child abduction, neglect
Two 13-year-old girls still unaccounted for; women to be held until Sunday
By ToI Staff
The apartment where 8 children were found living after women in 'Taliban-style" Jewish sect arrested in Jerusalem on suspicion of child kidnapping, neglect, September 4, 2018 (Police Spokesman's Unit)
September 4, 2018, 12:06 pm
2 women from ‘Taliban’ Jewish cult held on suspicion of child abduction, neglect
Police say 8 kids are living in rundown Jerusalem apartment; 15-year-old daughter is married and mother is said to be trying to marry off 15-year-old son
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Jewish couple getting married. (Justin Oberman/Creative Commons)
June 5, 2018, 9:23 am
Why New Jersey’s Orthodox stalled a bill banning child marriages
Bid to prevent the possibility of forced marriage looks set to pass, despite concerns in Haredi community that it could disrupt traditional Sephardi practice of marrying young
By Ben Sales
Turkish women protest in Ankara against a proposal that critics said would have allowed men accused of sexually abusing underage girls to go free if they were married to their victims, November 26, 2016. (AP Photo)
January 4, 2018, 7:44 pm
Outrage in Turkey after state agency says girls can marry from age 9
Opposition party, women’s rights groups force religious affairs directorate to remove post on Islamic law apparently giving green light to child marriage
By Raziye AKKOC
Illustrative: An Iraqi woman walks with her daughter in Baghdad on March 18, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
November 23, 2017, 8:55 am
Iraqi bill scrapping minimum age for marriage stirs outrage
Proposed legislation ‘is worthy of the Islamic State’ and ‘provides legal cover to the rape of children,’ says one critic
By Salam Faraj
A view of the Bedouin town of Segev Shalom, with the city of Beersheba in the background (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 5, 2017, 3:13 pm
Bedouin man suspected of forcibly marrying, raping Palestinian girl
14-year-old in protective custody in Israel after reportedly walking up to Border Police in Hebron and asking for their help
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Young Muslim girls (US Armed Forces/Wikimedia Commons/File)
October 2, 2017, 9:28 pm
Egypt imam accused of marrying off underage girls
Cleric, implicated in the marriages of nearly 27 minors, banned from the pulpit
By AFP
Illustrative: In this photograph taken on July 28, 2016, an Afghan girl stands in the Hari Rud river on the outskirts of Herat. (AFP/Aref Karim)
July 30, 2016, 4:47 am
Afghan cleric arrested for marrying six-year-old girl
Arrest comes just days after a 14-year-old pregnant girl was burned to death in Ghor, in a case that sparked shock waves in Afghanistan
By AFP
Wedding rings. (Photo credit: Ernst Vikne, via Flickr, CC BY-SA )
July 24, 2016, 9:12 am
12-year-old boy ‘marries’ girl, 10, in Egypt
Father reportedly arranges ceremony to try and raise cash; no marriage documents filed to avoid legal restrictions
By Stuart Winer
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