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Forced Marriage
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In some cultures a girl has no option but to either accept a forced marriage proposal or face death..... and this is not religious as most fathers who beat or kill their daughters claim. Such acts are purely unislamic though widely practiced in moslem countries

She is a victim of her own gender
Guilty she was made for being a girl
In her soul they dug a hole of misery
And sadly enough she had nothíng else
But to fill that vacuum with a vacuum

At birth her father made a nasty regret
He wished to have seen her a still born
He thought a boy would have been better
As he would carry on the family lineage
"Or would lift clan pride at battle fronts"

At a tender age of six her body was cut
Parts of here private parts got rid of
Leyla had undergone a rite of passage
In the name of culture a crime was committed

At puperty Leyla was married óff to a man
Her father has arranged one of his choice
The dowry has impressively been so big
Like a cow in the market he sold out his daughter

But well before he acquired the money
Bubbles of his euphoria had bursted away
Leyla resisted this ugly marriage deal
And so he struck her in the head with a chord
Tragedy descended as Leyla died bleeding

In the fabric of a life woven with prejudice
The thread of its values remain barbaric
Leyla was strangled with ropes of abuse
and buried in the sands of discrimination
As forced marriage is a marriage of death     

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 Reviews of "Forced Marriage"
Reviewed by J. Roseline
Reviewed on January 31, 2015
We hope for time to change, only that can bring change, this too we hope !JK Roseline

Reviewed by Jon Willey
Reviewed on September 27, 2008
prearranged marriages are as lowly and indispicable as the demons from the deep -- financial reward more valued than human love and kindness -- is this practice any more humane than slavery? -- God bless -- JMW

Reviewed by Denise Edwards
Reviewed on September 25, 2008
WoW....This is so tragic. How aweful that it is true. A woman is worthless in some cultures. It's so enhuman, so vile, to treat a young girl so cruelly. Thank you for this deeply awareness write.

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on September 22, 2008
It is indeed a sad commentary on our "evolved" race when such tragedies continue to occur. This is a scorge on humankind. Thank you, Abdi-Noor. Love and peace to you,

Regis

Reviewed by Georg Mateos
Reviewed on September 22, 2008
Probably like the pedophilia eating away the flesh of Catholisism the practiced barbarism of those profesing to follow Islam's Law will destroy that religion more effectively than any world Crusade would.
When God asked to be Light he didn't tell man to interprete it as going and make a parasol.

Georg

Reviewed by Dawn Anderson
Reviewed on September 21, 2008
Your writing always speaks to the heart and to the soul, for it is powerful and speaks of those things often not addressed. Powerful and courageous.

Reviewed by John Flanagan
Reviewed on September 21, 2008
This, Abdi-Noor, is all too familiar to me from my time in the Middle East and Africa and from the stories I heard. You're a brave man for taking this on and I salute you.
Excellent write!
John

Reviewed by Sandie May Joyce
Reviewed on September 21, 2008
These incidences do happen where the women are supposedly traded off in marriage, and have no saying on their own.

Even in some part of poor India, girls are not worthy of going to the hospitals when they're sick, and the family can kill them and they won't be accounted for their sins.

When a woman gets married, she's supposed to have a lot of gold to bring into the marriage, if not, the in-laws and her husband have a right to beat her up daily. I've watched a documentary that one woman was dosed with gasoline and got burned by the husband, she was clinging to life, and most likely the husband would not even be charged with murder or assault. This kind of things are really still happening in this world where women have no say to everything.

Too sad indeed!!!

Sandie Angel :o(

Reviewed by Bonnie May
Reviewed on September 21, 2008
Oh my God...I've heard this before but just couldn't believe this could be possible. I had such a loving father who treasured me. These girls need that too. I realize boys carry on the family name and can fight in the wars. But we have women fighting in the wars and dying right now. What's in a name, most woman put a slash so their maiden names not forgotten. Not to be loved by a father is torturous and stopped. Why aren't the woman rising against this? I will pray for their bravery to fight. Heartbreaking write my friend and heartfelt too. Love, Bonnie


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