article_snippet: A father of a 12-year-old girl who he married off in an Islamic ceremony took the stand at Sydney's Downing Centre District Court today and recounted the day of the Islamic wedding ceremony at A father of a 12-year-old girl who he married off in an Islamic ceremony Hunter Valley home between A father of a 12-year-old girl who he married off in an Islamic ceremony child and a 26-year-old Lebanese national on January 12 last year, according to the Daily Telegraph.
article_snippet: The girl, now 14, said in his daughter 's religion, marriage was allowed once his daughter got his daughter period and having sex before marriage was punishable by stoning or death in Islamic countries. '
article_snippet: The woman, who legally cannot be named, told the Downing Centre District Court in Sydney, his daughter strongly disagreed with the marriage to a 26-year-old man (pictured) the Downing Centre District Court in Sydney also heard her husband approached his daughter about the marriage after her father had been refused by leaders at his daughter usual mosque. '
article_snippet: his daughter said his daughter 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 his daughter in a Sydney High school.
article_snippet: his daughter also told the court his daughter briefly converted to Islam during their relationship, the religion of the girl's husband, because his daughter 'was interested in learning about God, and that was the only one God would let me learn about'.
article_snippet: Court documents say his daughter met the 27-year-old man at a mosque in November 2013 after he approached his daughter and asked to meet his daughter.
article_snippet: The girl, now 13, didn't want to marry the student because of the 14 year age gap but the girl's husband bombarded the student with text messages after the girl's husband first laid eyes on his daughter in a mosque in November 2013, court papers stated.
article_snippet: Court documents say his daughter met the 27-year-old man at a mosque in November 2013  after the girl's husband approached his daughter and asked to meet his daughter.
highlights_snippet: his 12-year-old daughter married 26-year-old in Islamic ceremony at his 12-year-old daughter 's home in 2014 .