Letter on child protection bill

Dear Editor
It is shocking to see some readers bash Islam and Islamic scholars on the child marriage issue. One may wonder why such writers are not criticising the Parliamentarians who passed that law and the President who ratified it. On the other hand, it is seen as an opportunity to scream out against Islamic scholars.
Apparently they have also failed to take note of the fact that the age of consent for sex in various western countries is much lower than 18. Countries which we proudly claim as “best practicising” nations.
However, these “modernist” writers to Minivan News are blind to such facts. They would still continue to bash Islamic scholars! Would they scream child abuse when tourists of 13 or 16 years old from such western countries arrive Maldives and have sex with their partners who may be of same age or more and outside of marriage?
Would it be considered child abuse by the Maldivian Government???
Age of consent for sex (even if outside of marriage!):
Vatican – 12 years
Spain – 13 years
Germany, Hungary – 14 years
Denmark, France, Greece, Sweden – 15 years
Australia, Belgium, Canada – 16 years
Brazil – 14 years
Regards,
Farish