....Stephanie Sinclair travelled around rural Afghanistan photographing child brides in 2003. She returned with a series of moving, upsetting portraits of terrified adolescents born into a world of misogynistic duties and suicidal despair......Sinclair asked of a man who had just won someone's daughter in a bet. "Don't you think she's a little bit young ?" He replied: “Well, we have a saying out here that if she doesn't fall down when you hit her with your cap, she's old enough to marry.”
More, including narration of images by the photographer, here... and today from Cranmer...Some Muslim men hold literally to the exhortation of Sura 4:34, which speaks of the treatment of women: 'As those you fear may be rebellious, admonish, banish them to their couches, and beat them.'And Muslim women may indeed suffer such abuse if their hair, necks or faces are seen by men other than their family members...more here...
and, for an extra special treat, visit Johnny Rottenborough here, and Sing Along with Allah...
