“A Quebec youth court judge has removed a 16-year-old girl in Victoriaville from her family after she was forced into a marriage with an older man who insisted she wear a hijab, rifled through her cellphone and controlled who she could see. The girl was so afraid in the weeks before the ceremony was to happen last spring that she ran to a neighbour’s house and locked herself in a bedroom.”

This is one rare story that ended well, as opposed to myriads of others that ended in honor murder.

Unfortunately, not every girl living in the West under the strictures of the Sharia is brave enough to run for help. The neighbors are also to be congratulated for risking their own safety to help her, and finally, the judge did his job by removing here from an abusive home despite the politics involved.

“This teenager has the right to emancipate herself, and aspire to more legitimate personal achievements such as marrying someone she loves, wanting to practise a profession and deciding herself what she wears and who she sees,” youth court Judge Bruno Langelier said in his decision.”

Sadly, this is where a clash of civilizations is evident. The Sharia is not compatible with the rights and freedoms that people take for granted in free societies; it is regarded as divine law, and under it, women are inferior.

“Judge removes teenager from family home after she flees forced marriage,” by Steve Rukavina, CBC, September 9, 2019: