Emir
of Kano, Sanusi II, on Tuesday, May 24 made his stand known against
child marriages which are dominant in the northern part of
Nigeria. While addressing a conference of Northern Muslims Religious
Leaders Forum on Primary Health care in Kano, the former Central Bank
Governor explained that the reproductive health challenges associated
with such practice was enough to discouraged the age long
tradition. Sanusi said that Nigeria Muslims were ardent followers of
Maliki school of thought like Morocco, Malaysia and Egypt, stressing
that those brotherly countries had since pegged marriage age.
In
his words “I believe the time is ripe to take a stand on this age long
practice of early marriage, and coincidentally we subscribed to
Malikiyya school of thought like Morocco, Malaysia and Egypt who had
since pegged marriage age to 17, 19 and 18 respectively”. Sanusi
condemned some cultural practices that encouraged polygamy, adding that,
“some of those who engage in this practice do not have the necessary
economic power to support themselves”. In his remarks regarding wife
battery and domestic violence, Sanusi said that Islam abhors assault on
women. He enjoined those involved in the act to desist from such
practice. “I don’t expect my in-law to lay his hand on my daughter, but I
have since urged her to retaliate any form of assault from her
husband,” Sanusi disclosed.
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