"Chechnya, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Karakalpakstan (an autonomous region of Uzbekistan) all have lengthy histories of bride-stealing. Shocking though it maybe, this appalling act is becoming more, rather than less commonplace."

In Islam silence is consent when it comes to marriage.

I provide proof below.

Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 9.101 Narrated by Aisha
Allah's Apostle said, "It is essential to have the consent of a virgin (for the marriage). I said, "A virgin feels shy." The Prophet; said, "Her silence means her consent."
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 9.79 Narrated byAisha
I asked the Prophet, "O Allah's Apostle! Should the women be asked for their consent to their marriage?" He said, "Yes." I said, "A virgin, if asked, feels shy and keeps quiet." He said, "Her silence means her consent."
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 7.68 Narrated byAisha
I said, "O Allah's Apostle! A virgin feels shy." He said, "Her consent is (expressed by) her silence."

Al-Muwatta Hadith Hadith 28.4
Asking Consent of Virgins and Women Previously Married for their Persons
Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn al-Fadl from Nafi ibn Jubayr ibn Mutim from Abdullah ibn Abbas that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "A woman who has been previously married is more entitled to her person than her guardian, and a virgin must be asked for her consent for herself, and her consent is her silence "

I am sure terrified young girls remain 'shy' and very silent.

To Felix. I am not a Muslim and I am from Europe. So calm down with the racist, bigoted remarks because you are addressing it to the wrong person. Again its typical of you anglos, this arrogance...As soon as I do not agree with your narrow-minded, culturally biased, self-righteous crusader attitude, then I must be a fundamentalist or something...I got a newsflash for you: people like you are fundamentalists too, you have more in common with those terrorist because both they and you do not accept anything that does not fit into your narrow-minded agenda. All of you should meet up and hang out together, away from normal people that are able to think outside the box. Good luck, buddy!

Another stupid Western, Anglo interpretation of something your lager fueled minds cannot comprehend. Leave people's traditions and cultures alone, stick to the issues that plague your society, like the whole society binge drinking, gang killings, teenage pregnancies and behaving like barbarians when u travel abroad, my dear brits. By the way, the self-righteous "im a modern man" defending womens's rights in the absence of them asking for it is just pathetic. The ringleaders of these kind of kidnappings, which are usually symbolic and date from nomadic times, are the mothers of the groom to be, so dont bring that feminist crap into the mix. Like I said, stick to what u represent, binge drinking, acting like peasants without a culture, being a politically prostitute nation, u know....pathetic!

Quote: "I am sure terrified young girls remain 'shy' and very silent"

It’s amazing how one acute documentary summarizes the angle for a nuclear attack on the whole faith.

For one copying and cutting texts or narrations from Islamic 'books' doesn’t give real depiction of knowledge, but resembles a clear picture of misuse. As Muslims firstly our religion is a mastery that relates to more than one simple source and takes years of sincere study. You have the Qur’an with over 6000 verses and Hadith (over half a million narrations plus) and documented actions based on example by generations, for whom the first three from the time of Muhammad,(Pbuh), are the best in regards to transmission and relation to embodiment.

Now a relatively quick reply for this is could be apparatus for a thesis not a blog post for sure.

What you see here is primarily;
1) Rare and not from the teachings of Islam. The narrations of 'I am sure terrified young girls remain 'shy' and very silent', are completely in clear contrast to the path of Islam. Take the verse:

Qur'aan source#1

"And when the news of (the birth of) a female (child) is brought to any of them, his face becomes dark, and he is filled with inward grief! He hides himself from the people because of the evil of that whereof he has been informed. Shall he keep her with dishonour or bury her in the earth? Certainly, evil is their decision." (An-Nahl 16:58-59)

Islam firstly teaches that it is a Muslims honour to have girls as children. In the times of ignorance when young girls were buried alive, Islam put a stop to this and the prophet Muhammad (pbuh) gave clear direction of love and servitude to bringing up girls.

"When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up; When the stars fall, losing their lustre; When the mountains vanish (like a mirage); When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended; When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations); When the oceans boil over with a swell; When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
>>>>When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned - For what crime she was killed;

A week after the kidnapping, Ash attended Zulikhan's wedding. "I liked the look of her," explained Bogdan. "You don't always feel like waiting and wasting time."

What if she didn't love him? "I cannot answer these questions," he replied. Zulikhan said she hoped love would come eventually.
Her beautiful, stricken face suggested otherwise.
Six weeks later
...Zulikhan looked less stricken "This was my fate. What can you do about it? It was meant to be".
But while her attitude – and those of many of the other women interviewed – was a testament to the power of the human mind to rewrite history to make it bearable, love still looked to be a long way away.

LL Cool J
"defending womens's rights in the absence of them asking for it is just pathetic"

YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY A SELF RIGHTEOUS RACIST,Stick to what u represent HONOR KILLINGS,ACID ATTACKS,FGM etc etc u know....pathetic!

BUT IF YOU CAN GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE SAND LONG ENOUGH.

SEE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_feminism

http://www.centerforinquiry.net/isis/rights/declaration.htm

Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Magdi Allam
Mithal Al-Alusi
Shaker Al-Nabulsi
Nonie Darwish
Afshin Ellian
Tawfik Hamid
Shahriar Kabir
Hasan Mahmud
Wafa Sultan
Amir Taheri
Ibn Warraq
Manda Zand Ervin
Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi

Is it possible to be a Muslim feminist, or is it an oxymoron?

Can Muslim women be true feminists, or just a variation that their religion allows?

"so dont bring that feminist crap into the mix"

Another stupid middle eastern,Arab interpretation of something your Koran fueled minds cannot comprehend.

I EXPECT YOU WILL BE ON THE NEXT PLANE TO PAKISTAN,OR WILL YOU BE STAYING IN THE 'BARBARIAN' WEST?
IT MUST BE SO UNCOMFORTABLE FOR SOMEONE AS CIVILIZED AS YOURSELF,I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN STAND IT.

Ala kachuu (Kyrgyz ала качуу) is a form of bride kidnapping still practised in Kyrgyzstan.
The term can apply to a variety of actions, ranging from a consensual elopement to a non-consensual kidnapping,and to what extent it actually happens is controversial.

Some sources suggest that currently at least a third of Kyrgyzstan's brides are taken against their will.
The typical non-consensual variety involves the young man abducting a woman either by force or by guile, often accompanied by friends or male relatives.
They take her to his family home, where she is kept in a room until the man's female relatives convince her to put on the scarf of a married woman as a sign of acceptance.

SEE
http://www.afpwebfolio.org/_files/1839_101.pdf

I happen to believe that any culture where the women are educated is a smarter culture. And, if educated women tolerated that culture then, that's ok, leave well enough alone. However, a girl child is a child until she's 18. She should be educated. And if it was your daughter, would you accept her potential misery?? Or is she just a girl and let Allah do his will to all girls.