qqp question1: Should the laws of a country grant permission for a minor under 16 yrs to marry her 35 year old lover who was accused of raping her? question2: I have just read an article of a young Muslim woman's suicide after she was forced by law to marry a male who raped her so that he could avoid prosecution and the family could avoid shame. I feel saddened by this, am I being too western in my response - do we have to accept cultural practices such as this?