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Moroccan girl commits suicide after being forced to marry her rapist

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Moroccan feminist movements have long demanded changes to a law that exempts a rapist from punishment if he admits to marry his victim. (File Photo)

A 16-year-old Moroccan girl has committed suicide after a judge ordered her to marry her rapist, according to Moroccan media reports.

Last year Amina’s parents filed charges against their daughter’s rapist, a man 10 years older than her but it was only recently that a judge in the northern city of Tangier decided that instead of punishing him, the two must be married.

The court’s decision to forcibly marry Amina to her rapist was supposed to “resolve” the damage of sexual violation against her, but it led to more suffering in the unwelcoming home of her rapist/husband’s family.

Traumatized by the painful experience of rape, Amina decided to end her life by consuming rat poison in the house of her husband’s family, according to the Moroccan daily al-Massae.

According to the newspaper, this type of forced marriage is rooted in local rural traditions to safeguard the honor of girls who are raped.

Moroccan penal code exempts a rapist from punishment if he agrees to marry his victim.

Feminists have long demanded an amendment to this article.

Hafida Elbaz, director of the Women’s Solidarity Association told a-Massae that the article provides an opportunity for a perpetrator to avoid punishment.

The story has widely spread on Twitter and on Facebook with many in Morocco demanding action against the judge who issued the ruling.

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/03/14/200577.html

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Absolutely outrageous

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That poor little Muslim girl. It's all Israel's fault!

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"I want to take this opportunity to mention how thankful I am for an Obama re-election. The choice was clear. We cannot live in a country that treats homosexuals and women as second class citizens. Homosexuals deserve all of the rights and benefits of marriage that heterosexuals receive. Women deserve to be treated with respect and their salaries should not depend on their gender, but their quality of work. I am also thankful that the great, progressive state of California once again voted for the correct President. America is moving forward, and the direction is a positive one."

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  On 3/14/2012 at 11:19 PM, mawilson said:

Israel: helping rapists behind the Green Line since 1949

I give it 2 - 3 decades tops before the "Golden Dome" gets airlifted and relocated at night to some sand dune in an Arab country. Watch em go nuts over that one. :)

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"I want to take this opportunity to mention how thankful I am for an Obama re-election. The choice was clear. We cannot live in a country that treats homosexuals and women as second class citizens. Homosexuals deserve all of the rights and benefits of marriage that heterosexuals receive. Women deserve to be treated with respect and their salaries should not depend on their gender, but their quality of work. I am also thankful that the great, progressive state of California once again voted for the correct President. America is moving forward, and the direction is a positive one."

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Shocking!! :o

As Moroccans struggle to catch up to the west with women's rights, we see that there remain those elements within our own culture that want to roll back the clock! Before we feel too smug and superior to this country we should concentrate on solidifying our own country's gains in the area of women's rights and realize that it is a world-wide struggle to rise above our primitive past.

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  On 3/15/2012 at 2:34 AM, james&olya said:

As Moroccans struggle to catch up to the west with women's rights, we see that there remain those elements within our own culture that want to roll back the clock!

Even the most despicable of conservative cretins don't want to roll it back that far. Let's not overstate things.

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  On 3/15/2012 at 2:34 AM, james&olya said:

Shocking!! :o

As Moroccans struggle to catch up to the west with women's rights, we see that there remain those elements within our own culture that want to roll back the clock! Before we feel too smug and superior to this country we should concentrate on solidifying our own country's gains in the area of women's rights and realize that it is a world-wide struggle to rise above our primitive past.

Tell your wife to back away from the keyboard and let her husband have some internet time on here. :) Seriously comparing women's rights in MENA countries to the US is like comparing democracy in Belarus vs the US.

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"I want to take this opportunity to mention how thankful I am for an Obama re-election. The choice was clear. We cannot live in a country that treats homosexuals and women as second class citizens. Homosexuals deserve all of the rights and benefits of marriage that heterosexuals receive. Women deserve to be treated with respect and their salaries should not depend on their gender, but their quality of work. I am also thankful that the great, progressive state of California once again voted for the correct President. America is moving forward, and the direction is a positive one."

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  On 3/15/2012 at 2:36 AM, \ said:

Even the most despicable of conservative cretins don't want to roll it back that far. Let's not overstate things.

Actually, there are probably a good number of despicable conservative cretins who would be glad to roll it back that far and more! It is not as much how far back some want to take us but rather how important it is to be going in the right direction!!

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  On 3/15/2012 at 2:39 AM, Why_Me said:

Tell your wife to back away from the keyboard and let her husband have some internet time on here. :) Seriously comparing women's rights in MENA countries to the US is like comparing democracy in Belarus vs the US.

The direction we are heading is at least as important as where we are at!

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  On 3/15/2012 at 2:43 AM, james&olya said:

The direction we are heading is at least as important as where we are at!

Yes let's work on women's rights in this country so even more American men want to shop out of country. I mean ####### James...your married to a RUB gal. It's time us older school RUB members trained you right before were forced to yank your "Man Card" on here. You keep this up and before you know it your going to have one of those "UK" flags next to your name.

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"I want to take this opportunity to mention how thankful I am for an Obama re-election. The choice was clear. We cannot live in a country that treats homosexuals and women as second class citizens. Homosexuals deserve all of the rights and benefits of marriage that heterosexuals receive. Women deserve to be treated with respect and their salaries should not depend on their gender, but their quality of work. I am also thankful that the great, progressive state of California once again voted for the correct President. America is moving forward, and the direction is a positive one."

 

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