Re: Gay couple sexually abused boys they were fostering
[BANGLADESH
The Hanafi school is the predominant madhhab in Bangladesh.
]The Constitution was adopted on 4 November 1972. An amendment to the Constitution under President Ziaur Rahman in 1977 removed the principle of secularism that had been enshrined in Part II: Fundamental State Policy, replacing it with "absolute trust and faith in Almighty Allah." The Eighth Amendment of 1988 inserted Article 2A, affirming that "[t]he state religion of the Republic is Islam, but other religions may be practised in peace and harmony in the republic." Some women’s groups challenged this move on the grounds that it risked exposing women to discriminatory laws.
As elsewhere in South Asia, much of the Muslim personal law is unlegislated, the basis for the law being classical Hanafi fiqh except where this has been amended by legislation. The minimum ages of marriage are 21 for men and 18 for women. The legislation provides penal sanctions for those who knowingly participate in the contracting of an under-age marriage, but does not invalidate such marriages.
INDONESIA
, SCHOOL OF FIGH:
The majority of the population is Shafi’i Muslim. There are also Ahmadi minorities. The other recognised religious minorities are Roman Catholic, Protestant, Hindu and Buddhist. There are also significant minorities following tribal religions; they are not afforded any official recognition
The Constitution was promulgated in August 1945. It does not adopt any official religion, but Article 29(1) provides that "the State is based upon the belief in the One, Supreme God", also embodied in the Pancasila. Article 29(2) guarantees freedom of religion
The minimum marriage age is 19 for males and 16 for females, with provision for marriage below the minimum age, subject to judicial discretion and parental consent.
PAKISTAN
The predominant madhhab is the Hanafi, and there are sizeable Ja’fari and Isma’ili minorities. In 1974, then-Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto finally conceded to a long-standing campaign waged by conservative religious elements agitating for the official designation of Ahmadis as non-Muslims.
The third Constitution was adopted on 10th April 1973, suspended in 1977, and re-instituted in 1985; it has undergone numerous amendments over time. It was suspended again in 1999 and remained suspended at the time of writing.
]Article 1 of the Constitution declares that Pakistan shall be known as "the Islamic Republic of Pakistan" and Article 2 declares Islam the state religion. In 1985, the Objectives Resolution contained in the preamble of the Constitution was made a substantive provision by the insertion of Article 2A, thereby requiring all laws to be brought into consonance with the Qur’an and sunnah
The minimum marriage age as the Act currently stands is 18 for males and 16 for females. Despite the provision of penalties for contracting under-age marriages, such unions are not rendered invalid.
HAREEM01 CARE TO EXPRESS WHAT THE ABOVE IN RED MEANS ?????? I guess I am proven right again.
Just so it is not confusing, if parents go ahead and marry off their little GIRL , well thats bad, but what is done is done and the MARRIAGE STAYS. Therefore HAREEM01 on behalf of those little girls what is a little girl to do against all those ADULTS who state her marriage in not invalid? I guess she remains obedient, covered from head to toe, told to walk softly, breed a child every year, forget about her education for she will remain obedient and subordinate to her man for she has been told GOD will find her favorable. So much for piety and parochial establishments.