article_snippet: A father of a 12-year-old girl who he married off in an Islamic ceremony told he that it
article_snippet: The girl, now 14, said in Court 's religion, marriage was allowed once Court got Court period and having sex before marriage was punishable by stoning or death in Islamic countries. '
article_snippet: her mother said her mother found out they couple had been married under Sharia law when the Department of Community Services got involved after the girl's husband tried to enrol her mother in a Sydney High school.
article_snippet: her mother also told the court her mother briefly converted to Islam during their relationship, the religion of the girl's husband, because her mother 'was interested in learning about God, and that was the only one God would let me learn about'.
article_snippet: When Judge Deborah Sweeney attempted to calm her mother and said the father's barrister was just doing Judge Deborah Sweeney job asking questions, her mother asked if the father's barrister was a Muslim. '
article_snippet: Because if Judge Deborah Sweeney's Muslim then you got to do what man says, because her mother is always a liar.'
article_snippet: The following morning, the father asked the father if his 12-year-old daughter needed to shower before prayers, in line with Islamic practice after sexual intercourse, the court was told .