A Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department has described many child marriages as being exploitative and paedophilic in nature, as he defended the Government’s intention to ban the practice.
Datuk Dr Mujahid Yusuf Rawa said although such marriages were allowed in Islam, the issue must be looked at from a larger point of view and in the name of public interest.
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