14-Year-Old Child Bride Forced To Marry Man 20 Years Older Than Her In A Mosque. Photos

A 14-year-old girl was allegedly forced to marry a man 20 years older than her at the back of a Melbourne mosque in Australia. The video seized by police from the alleged groom’s phone shows the traditional Islamic ceremony by a prominent Muslim marriage cleric last year.

Imam Ibrahim Omerdic, 62, has faced court accused of forcing a minor to enter marriage.

In video shown in court and obtained by 7 News, a timid teenage girl sits quietly as her groom-to-be signs papers presented by the Imam.

The underage girl's mother watches on, after the groom allegedly paid to marry her daughter with a $1,480 gold necklace.

The Imam asks the child bride if she takes the man - who she reportedly met only a few days prior - 'to live together and live according to Islam.'

She answers 'yes' and is told by the Imam that as a wife, she now has a duty to 'obey' her husband.

Family and Communities Services received 60 reports of illegal ceremonies involving 57 children between 30 December 2014 and January 31 2017, 7 News reported.

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