ALOR SETAR: The move to raise the minimum marriage age for Muslim women to 18 in Kedah was made following a spike in divorce cases, said state exco for religion, education and human resource Datuk Najmi Ahmad.
He said the decision was important in view of the many teenagers who got married despite not being mature enough for such a relationship.
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