http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= ... er=germany
Huseyin Uzmez denies having sex with a 14-year-old girl. He just defends a man’s right to marry one.
Uzmez, 76, a columnist at Turkey’s Islamist Vakit newspaper, is pleading not guilty to charges of sexually abusing a minor in a case that has gripped the country of 70 million.
Since his release on bail on Oct. 28, Uzmez has publicly defended Islamic rules that permit girls to wed below the legal age of 16.
forensic data showing that as many as 120 child-abuse cases are being reported each week.
Aritman said she has needed 24-hour armed protection since March, after she called on families not to make their young daughters wear Islamic-style headscarves. Such practices deny girls the right to remain children, she said. Aritman said she frequently meets women who are aware of sexual abuse within their own families, though they feel powerless to stop it.
