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Originally Posted by jinnzaman
What makes a society "modern" and why should societies that are not "modern" strive to be "modern" and who decides what "modern" is?
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In my original post, I referred to statistics which are practiced in today's modern world. I wasn't comparing societies. By modern in this sense, I was referring to what is happening in various countries today, as in this century or even in the latter part of the 20th century, hence this link:
UNdata etc
In Yemen, the age of marriage is 15, so what happened to this girl is an atrocity.
So in regards to this thread, my use of modern refers to the 21st century. What happened in the past should be left in the past. Hanabali's statement about Christian and Judaic law is outdated in this sense, and that is what I meant.