Quote:Pakistan court rules men can marry underage girls as long as they have had their first menstrual cycle
Underage girls can be married as long as they have had their first menstrual cycle, a High Court in Pakistan has ruled, in accordance with Shari'a law.
The Sindh High Court in Karachi passed down the ruling in a hearing on Monday (3rd February) about the alleged abduction, forced conversion and marriage of Huma Younus, a Catholic girl taken from her home on 10th October 2019.
Huma's parents produced evidence - including a baptismal certificate and testimony from her school - purporting to show she is 14 years old, born on 22nd May 2005.
The judges, Muhammad Iqbal Kalhoro and Irshad Ali Shah, ruled that, as per Shari'a law, even if Huma was a minor, the marriage between her and her alleged abductor, Abdul Jabbar, would be valid as she had already had her first menstrual cycle.
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