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The Siyaj Organization for Child Protection renews its call to the Yemeni Parliament to pass a law setting a safe age for girls to marry. Siyaj calls for adopting the principle of a gradual approach to the age of marriage, allowing the judge or legally authorized body to properly assess the best interests of theContinue reading “Siyaj renews the Yemeni parliament’s call to pass a law that sets a safe age for girls to marry.”
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In the program “Sharia and Life” on Al Jazeera, in the episode broadcast on Sunday evening, April 4, 2010, Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi, in response to a question regarding the ongoing controversy in Yemen concerning the legal age of marriage for young girls, stated that Islamic legislation aims to achieve the best interests of people inContinue reading “Sheikh Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi advises Yemenis to set the age of marriage for girls at 16.”
