On 22 September 2013, one day before the start of the
school year in Iran, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s
Majlis or parliament passed a law permitting a
stepfather to marry his adopted child.
In defence of the law, one Member of Parliament said:
"According to Islam, every child who is accepted as an
adopted child is not considered a real child. Islamic
jurisprudence and Sharia law allow the guardian of the
child to marry and have sex with his step-child.”
This shocking law will encourage child ’marriages’ and
is nothing more than legalised paedophilia and child
rape. It will further endanger the welfare of the child
and violate her basic rights. It will deny the child any
sense of security and safety in the home.
Fitnah – Movement for Women’s Liberation and Children
First Now unequivocally condemn this inhuman law. On 11
October, International Day of the Girl Child, we call on
the public and rights organisations to condemn this
legalised paedophilia and child rape. This law, like
many other laws in the Islamic regime of Iran, violates
the dignity and rights of children. And it must be
stopped.
Here are five things you can do on 11 October,
International Day of the Girl Child, to condemn
legalised paedophilia and child rape, and demanding
dignity, security and rights for all girls and children
in Iran and beyond:
1. Tweet against the law: #Iran #No2LegalPaedophilia
2. Sign our
petition and forward it to 10 friends or
acquaintances.
3. Write to Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Leader, info_leader@leader.ir,
Twitter: @khamenei_ir or to Hassan Rouhani, President,
media@rouhani.ir, Twitter: @hassanrouhani demanding an
end to child rape and paedophilia.
4. Publicise the campaign on social media including by
changing your Facebook profile change to our campaign
poster.
5. Do an act of solidarity on the internet, in your city
square, at work, at your university... in support of
children’s rights and against the law.
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