Forced and arranged marriage is not restricted to Islamic culture. There are numerous cases here of out occurring in Hindu, Sikh and also Chinese families. Even more so in India and China.

Yes, even here in my country, Italy, we have cases of forced marriage occurring well outside islamic cuture, as the ones you cited above. I'm trying to inform mysef better on this, it is the best thing I can done atm (and I think it is a very good thing everybody can do VS nothing).

I found an offical document from my governament (I looked in the gov site) about the matter and it ooks like the most neglected thing ATM about forced marriage is that most people doesn't even know of it. Even association (here in Italy) that helps women victims of violence only recently started to recognize that forced marriage is one potential cause behind many violence stories.

I also learnt from that document that the "Tackling Forced Marriage in the North East" that Jimbuna spoke about is currently the most "active thing" done in Europe in general to tackle the problem (even if in a local area, ATM).

I think that it would be a very positive thing if the general public will know of this phenomenon, I hope somebody coud be intrested to produce a good movie based on one of the real stories I red: they showed that the phenomenon is very complex, it has got many faces and aspects and is not a simple and easy thing to manage.

And there are Mafia assassination not just in Sicily as well. Pointing that out proves - what point exactly? That the Mafia in Sicily is more harmless?

It proves that if someone was saying "its a mafia thing" they are dealing in half truths, which means their arguement is dishonest.:yep:
Though what strikes me as really dishonest is your objections to the distasteful practice in these societies.
If by some miracle you get through with your global genocide dream to achieve your strange "utopian" ideal of patriachal feudalism with its program of eugenics based breeding would forced marriage be the societies norm and would the genocidal regime maintain its ideals by corrective punishment on those who refused to adhere to its ideal... you know like removing them permanently from society?:hmmm:
Logic would suggest that this must be the case, which means that due to your ideology you are the last person who can condemn these barbaric practices as you yourself are an advocate of such measures:oops:

Once again your own words come back and bite you in the posterior.

That's an interesting one.
The brides family agreed to the marriage, they agreed to the price.
After two years engagement the marriage went ahead but the brides family insisted on doubling the price.
When they didn't get the extra money they removed the goods from the purchaser.
I suppose soiled goods have little resale value and are just unwanted stock.
Strange business practice that traditional marriage thing, or is it just a variation of normal business practice with somewhat different commodities.

Then you have it at no 2 :cool:

An excellent outcome :sunny:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-27651483

Glad that's over with ... God probably got tired of hearing all those prayers
and said,

"Oh, alright let her go already ... I've got more important matters to tend to"

^
You are one of those who sees a doctor heal someone and praises god for it, aren't you?

Let's keep it civil.

Sorry, Sailor_Steve, it was not my intention to start anything, and I could have worded that better.

Shall we try again? Quatro says, Christian God saved her.. saved from whom? Allah? Sharia? Which one is right?

ETA: And I'd like to know which are the RIGHT ones and why?

-ETA2: Or to put it simply: Which is the RIGHT religion?

That's some very good question indeed.

My simple answer:

It's up to the each individ to believe these things.
It's up to the individ if this thinks his or her religion is the right one and no one shall point finger at that person saying your religion is wrong mine is the right one.

Markus

That's easy. Mine is right and all the rest are wrong. :smug:

:03:

Haven't many wars started because of that?

Markus

Thread lock in 3...2...1...:-?

Far too many. Throughout known history, more people have been killed in the name of religion than for any other reason. This is the 21st century, time to (a-hem).....evolve.