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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:06 AM
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1. The problem is the shift in culture
when people from Asia come to the West, the children often acculturate faster than their parents. Arranged marriages are culturally based rather being a "must" in religion, as I understand it. So I don't see anyone in the US who can hide behind "religious freedom" to justify forced marriage, especially for underage girls (two Muslim men were prosecuted for this a couple years back, if memory serves-they were in either NE or KS). I don't know the laws in Britain in regards to religious observances, but I would find it difficult to think it would condone or even wink at honor killings.
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