Pakistan: police stop wedding of 7 year-old-boy to 5 year-old-girl...

THE Muslim wedding of a seven-year-old boy and a five-year-old girl has been raided by police. 

Cops arrested the Muslim cleric conducting the sick ceremony and the children’s parents in Pakistan’s largest city. 

The cleric had not yet begun the ceremony of Mohammad Waseem, seven, and his bride Nishain Karachi, five – which was attended by 100 guests. 

Pakistan law forbids marriage below the age of 18 – but some Muslim scholars say it is permissible if the bride and groom have reached puberty. 

TV footage showed both children in traditional wedding clothes in the laps of policemen after the raid – the girl with tears running down her cheeks. More...

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