The
Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, Tuesday, strongly kicked against
child marriage.
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”.
He further 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”.
The emir who took his
audience through historical lane explained that “in the past, cities like Kano,
Katsina, Aghadez, and Timbuktu hold economic power of the Sahel region, and
this economic prospect had since shifted to coastal cities around the globe”.
Commenting on wife
battery, the emir said that Islam abhors assault on women.
He enjoined those
involved in the act to desist from such practice.
He disclosed that “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”.
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