- Saturday, April 20, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
INSTANCES of children being forced into marrying strangers through Skype ceremonies are becoming a “growing trend,” the head of Freedom charity has said. Aneeta Prem, who founded the organisation, told Eastern Eye that the practice, which involves Imams conducting Islamic ceremonies over the internet, was the most extreme example of forced marriage she had heard about. In some cases, the new spouse is promised a visa to the UK before victims, who can be of either sex, are flown to the partner’s country to consummate the marriage. Prem has helped a home-schooled, 11-year-old girl from London who was married on…
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