Maryam Namazie

Maryam Namazie is a political activist, campaigner and blogger

Tag: child marriage

  • The Islamists are lulling society into acquiescence

    Though there is increasing evidence that thousands of British children are being forced into marriage, there has yet to be one criminal prosecution. Part of the problem is Islamist double-speak. All the Sharia judges and imams who are exposed during various investigations immediately condemn forced marriages and even under-age marriages. But they say it only…

  • Child ‘marriages’ and Sharia courts: It must end now

    Dear Friend, We are writing to you today to ask for your urgent and immediate support. As you may have seen in the papers recently, there is growing evidence that young children – some as young at 5 years old – are being “married” to older men in Sharia courts across Britain. This is increasingly…

  • Religiously Sanctioned Paedophilia

    The Director General of the Census Bureau in Hormozgan announced that there had been five marriages of girls under the age of 10 in the Iranian province. Latest national statistics for children ‘married’ under the age of 14 in Iran is 24,506 girls and 5, 519 boys. The total number of marriages from 10-18 years…