# When can boys/men marry according to ISIS? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 24, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-can-boys-men-marry-according-to-isis/715835 "2015-03-24T03:01:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dostoyevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Dostoyevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dostoyevsky)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-can-boys-men-marry-according-to-isis/715835/1 "2015-03-24T03:01:53Z")
According to this [report](http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/02/06/isis-releases-guide-to-womens-rights-stay-in-your-houses-girls-can-marry-at-nine-education-to-age-of-15/), ISIS has declared: > [@](#): > > Most pure girls will be married by 16 or 17, when they are still young and active,” it continues. “Young men will not be more than 20 years old in those glorious generations. What does the last sentence about young men mean? Is it saying that men can’t be more than 20 years older than their wives? FYI, in case it’s related, you should know that girls as young as 9 (some claim 6) can marry according to ISIS. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-can-boys-men-marry-according-to-isis/715835/2 "2015-03-24T12:42:09Z")
I’m pretty sure that the document refered to in the linked article is one that wasn’t released by ISIS per se, but by an organization of female combatants affiliated to it (and hasn’t been validated by ISIS). I’ll search if I can find it. But I believe they simply meant that men should marry at a young age too (the document also states that despite 16 or so being an ideal age for girls, they could be married earlier if it’s in their best interest, IIRC). ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-can-boys-men-marry-according-to-isis/715835/3 "2015-03-24T12:49:34Z")
[Here](http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/publications/free/women-of-the-islamic-state3.pdf)’s a translation of the document [Warning : PDF]. There’s a short analysis of it, and it’s an interesting read about the views held by female jihadists about the role of women, education, etc… It just means that ideally, girls should marry around 16 (after their education has been completed at 15, except for a few activities, like female doctors) to slightly older young men. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-can-boys-men-marry-according-to-isis/715835/4 "2015-03-24T12:51:44Z")
Need answer fast? 🙂 > [@Dostoyevsky](#): > > What does the last sentence about young men mean? Is it saying that men can’t be more than 20 years older than their wives? I’m not seeing why you would read that as anything other than “Men should marry before they turn 20 years old”. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-can-boys-men-marry-according-to-isis/715835/5 "2015-03-24T12:56:30Z")
By the way, I noticed while searching for it, that Fox News is misrepresenting it (stating that ISIS instructs girls to be married at 9), as if the original content wasn’t bad enough.