Earlier the minimum legal age of marriage for girls in India was 18 years. This age is also medically appropriate. At the age of 18, the girl’s body becomes fit to bear the pain of becoming a mother. Also, by this age, girls also become intelligent. She also learns to run the house. However, this age limit has been increased to 21 by the Government of India. But today we are going to tell you about a Muslim country where the minimum age of marriage for girls is 16 years.
We are talking about Malaysia. Islam is considered the official religion in this country. Not only this, the population of Muslims is also very high here. In such a situation, the laws of this country have also been made keeping Islam in mind. The minimum age of marriage for girls in Malaysia is 16 years. The people here have been demanding to increase the age limit for many years, but the government has refused to do so.
Malaysian Prime Minister Idris Ahmed has made it clear that the government has no intention of raising the minimum age of marriage for Muslim girls from 16 to 18. They believe that the age of 16 is suitable for marriage of girls. This decision was taken after the meeting of the government. There was a lot of pressure on the government to increase the age limit. But the government has made it clear that the minimum age will not be increased from 16 to 18. For your further information, let us tell you that according to the Human Rights Report 2014 of the US State Department, the minimum age of marriage for Muslim girls in Trinidad and Tobago is 12 years. Muslim boys can marry at the age of 16. Whereas here the legal age limit is 18 years. Apart from this, in Estonia, Europe, the minimum age for marriage of a girl is 15 years.