.... Child, or underage, marriage is very much a part of British society. And the inconvenient truth is that it is Muslims - not Christians, Jews or Hindus - who are responsible for much of it. There is no point pretending otherwise.
Nor is it morally tenable to stand idly by as young girls in the UK are forced into marriages before they are physically or psychologically ready, against their will and against the law.
.... The influence of Saudi Arabia, and its decades-long export of a reactionary, retrograde brand of Islam, cannot be ignored. The damage that has been done to a nascent British Islam by pre-modern, Saudi- inspired, literalist dogma is incalculable.
[A COMMENT] .... a large faction (perhaps not the majority... but you never know...) of his fellow believers sweep grossly unjust and inhumane practices under the carpet - and then pull the race/colour/freedom of religion card out whenever the rest of us object! [The Huffington Post UK] Read more
