Jauntie.. trying being friends with some of these girls. And the bengali community is pretty backwards in this regards too .

One of my best friends went for holiday in pakistan without her parents (to a village in mirpur) And while there was married and trapped in the house for a year. Raped and got pregnant with her first child. Then had to sign for the guy to come back to England! Very sad and thankfully he committed a crime and ran to saudi to avoid prosecution! (she is now happily married to an energentic  man 7 years younger then her. :)

I met another women who was hindu from India and she married a guy that was like 60 years old and she was 15. In the uk, they had no heating in the house. She was forced to sleep on the floor and the health visitor actually went out and bought her neccessities when he passed away only 6 years and 5 children later.

 p.s. Gujarat is an area of India.. the muslim men are known for loyalty to their wives! And are not known to hit their women (unlike other groups of indians)

Maryum : Umm Hasan bint Abdullah Alshabrawishi