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Forced marriages are sanctioned in [[Islam]] despite what the Muslim apologists claim to the contrary.  [[Islamic law|Shari'ah]] fails to protect the most vulnerable--children.  A father's consent is all that is required to marry a young girl to an adult man, and the burden is upon her (once she reaches puberty) to seek an annulment or a divorce.  In the meantime, the girl is vulnerable to spousal abuse and childhood pregnancy which greatly jeopardizes her health and future.  Child marriages occur [[Contemporary Pedophilic Islamic Marriages|all over the world]], especially in Muslim countries that practice Shari'a.