The Nasrul-Lah-Il-Faith-Society (NASFAT) has on Wednesday dealt a serious blow to the motion of child marriage after they commenced a campaign against underage marriage.
On Tuesday the group kick started a campaign to put an end to violence and abuse against children as they stated that the concept was against the Islamic belief. Alhaji Abdul-Rauf Adedeji who is the Second Vice-President of the group said that no parent had absolute control over a child, especially girl children should be allowed to make headway for their future.
The campaign, scheduled for three local government areas of Cross River State, is being carried out by NASFAT in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development and United Nations Children’s Fund.
Adedeji said, “It does not mean that because you gave birth to the girl child that you have absolute control over her life. In Islam, you have a level you must train your child up to before you give her out in marriage. We believe that the issue of underage marriage is largely due to poverty.
“At this point, we must separate people’s culture from Islam. We are going to engage our leaders to drive home this campaign to end violence against children by 2030. One of our vehicles for propagating Islam is education. Cherish your children because Islam does not encourage violence against them.”
