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A Society Dissolving From Within: Sex under 15
years of Age
One out of every five teenagers in
America
has sex before the age of
15. Of these, one out of seven becomes pregnant.
In numerous cases, "forced
sex" is involved in the pregnancies.
Source: Sarah Brown, Director, National Campaign
to Prevent Teen Pregnancies.
CNN:
May 20, 2003
Jamaat al-Muslimeen,
a human rights
group based in America, urges
Christians and Muslims to join hands to make
families stronger to prevent the
destruction of teenage lives at such an early
stage. Drastic solutions and
strategic planning are required.
ONE ISLAMIC SOLUTION WOULD BE CHILDHOOD
MARRIAGE. At an early age, young
people should be helped to focus on a person of
the opposite sex with the
promise that the family {and community} will help
them to get married.
CHILDHOOD MARRIAGE under Islam, and U.S. law, can
only be consummated when
the couple become adults. At adulthood, a
decision is made to finalize the
marriage, depending specially on the young
woman's
decision.
In the meantime, they can meet each other
in a chaperoned, family
situation where adults are always present.
In any case, marriages need to take place
at a much earlier age than
they are now. It is America's misfortune that the
established culture
discourages, and even prevents, marriage at
precisely the time when young
people are most in need of sexual outlet. The
results are disastrous as can
be seen in the figures above.
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The following received with thanks from Sis.
Ashira (in Baltimore)
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Update on Rabih Haddad; please write to him
(ACTION REQUESTED)
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 13:22:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: A2 Area Committee for Peace
philliseng@yahoo.com
Hello friends,
Many of you are familiar with the story of Rabih
Haddad, a local Muslim
teacher, fundraiser, and father of four young
children who has been jailed
since December 14, 2001, on a technical visa
violation. The AAACP has
advocated for due process and the civil liberties
of Haddad since the
beginning. While government-created innuendos and
rumors about Haddad and his
charity, Global Relief, have been widely
circulated, no criminal charges have
ever been filed.
Last fall, after many protests (by the AAACP and
others) and a lawsuit (by
Haddad, the
ACLU,
John Conyers, and several
media
outlets), Haddad was
granted an open hearing before a new immigration
judge. An Orwellian affair
it was, some parts of the hearing were
"closed" and security guards at
the gate turned away some who wished to attend
(myself included), insisting
the hearings were closed. The court transcript
reveals that the questions
posed throughout the hearing —— mostly by the
judge, were petty and
mean-spirited and the testimony of well-respected
character witnesses was
belittled and dismissed.
Haddad remains an INS prisoner in the Monroe
County Jail. About a month ago,
jail officials confiscated his property
including his personal
correspondence, address book, and books that
friends had sent him. Lately
they have been denying his children the right to
visit. And earlier this
week, Haddad's appeal to be released on bond was
denied. He is, essentially,
in INS limbo.
While the AAACP doesn't take a position on the
supposed immigration
violation, many of us in the community have
befriended the Haddad family and
feel that Haddad has been treated unfairly.
Letters from community members would go a long
way toward lifting Rabih's
spirits. His address is:
Rabih Haddad
100 E. 2nd St.
Monroe, MI 48161
Include articles, too, so he'll have more things
to read. And if you wish to
send books, you can do so through an online
bookseller or a publisher. (You
can't send books directly.)
If you wish to complain to Attorney General John
Ashcroft about the treatment
of Rabih Haddad, the phone number for his public
comment line is
202-353-1555.
Peace,
Phillis Engelbert
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