Special school for pregnant teens in Jasin
Submitted by francisnantha on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 22:57:00
He said the school would be under the administration of the Melaka State Islamic Religious Department (Jaim) and would occupy a building previously occupied by the district kadhi for those who voluntary chose to enter the school.
Mohd Ali said parents needed to open up their minds a bit and change their way of thinking to suit current times because in the old days, couples married as young as 14 or 15 years old," he said, explaining the rationale of setting up the school which some quarters find odd.
"For poor families who cannot efford to pay for their children's marriage, the state government will assist by giving RM500 for the solemnisation of the marriage, witnesses and a small feast, while the dowry can even be paid later," he said after officiating at a seminar on understanding Ramadan at the Al Azim Mosque, here, today.
He said the state government's approach in dealing with the issue of unwed young mothers was to save them, as those who got involved in prostitution and became pregnant would find it difficult to return to the right path without support from society.
"If they (pregnant students) get married, their families will not be angry with them anymore and their parents can support them. If their parents are unable to fend for their babies, the state government can assist."
On cohabitation offence under syariah law, he said Melaka recorded 900 such cases and 391 out-of-wedlock births last year and another 174 between January and June this year.
Mohd Ali said mosque imam and other religious officials must help bring members of society with problems to get close to religion and practise it as a way of life in order to check social ills.
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