Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Men accused of raping underage girls in Malaysia are marrying their alleged victims to try to avoid criminal charges, a child rights group says. Activists have renewed their calls to ban child marriage in the southeast Asian nation after it emerged that a man charged with raping a 14-year-old girl was allowed…
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Very strange. What verse in the Qur’aan allows for raping, regardless of marriage or not? “Sharmila said the men often avoided prosecution because rape within marriage is not illegal in Malaysia.”