Muslim Marries Own Daughter per Allah's Instructions

(Jalpaiguri, India) A 36-year-old man, Afazuddin Ali, claims he was carrying out divine instructions from Allah when he impregnated and married his 15-year-old daughter.

Time of India:

Villagers of Kasiajhora found out about Afazuddin Ali's wedding when one of them found the girl showing pregnancy's swelling signs.

The sordid drama of what happened, however, unfolded on Monday when Ali was produced in court. When Ali, a daily labourer who has three daughters and two sons moved to marry his eldest girl child, his wife naturally was aghast and protested madly.

To placate Sakina, he told her he was only carrying out Allah's instructions and the family would be rewarded. The poor, illiterate woman saw no reason to doubt her husband's heinous act.

"He is a religious person and will never lie taking Allah's name," she said on Monday.

Villagers mobbed his house when the news got out and Ali had to be rescued by the police. He appeared in court and was released because the "police had filed the wrong charges."

Police said they would try to bring new charges against him.

"This is a very strange case as no one in the family has complained, but we will conduct medical tests to verify the girl's exact age, before filing a strong case against her father," said Ravinder Jit Singh Nalwa, a senior police officer.

I was feeling extra tolerant today until I read this story. Where are my diversity pills?