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Photos of Mass Weddings in Gaza Showing Hamas Playing Host to Pedophilia-Fiction!

Summary of the eRumor:  
These are forwarded photos along with an article that says adult men in Gaza are marrying child brides in mass weddings sponsored by Hamas.
 

The Truth:  
The photos of the celebration are real but the description is incorrect according to an October 30, 2008 article in the New York Times.   The article said that the brides were present, seated separately and wore black robes to cover their evening dresses.

In an August 4, 2009 exclusive, World Net Daily said that they were contacted by Ahmed Jarbour, the Hamas official in charge of the mass wedding in Gaza.  Jarbour told them that the young girls photographed at the event were related to either the bride or groom and dressing up in gowns similar to the bride is a tradition.

Posted 08/13/10

A real example of the eRumor as it has appeared on the Internet:

This should:
l. Make you sick, and
2. Put you on alert to the Muslim threat!!

Mass Muslim Marriage in Gaza

Poor kids - what a terrible fate to be born as a girl in a Muslim country

HAMAS PLAYS HOST TO PEDOPHILIA
Muhammed married a six year old bride. But Islam has evolved in 1500 years. In Hamas land, in 2009, the brides are almost seven.

Mass Muslim Marriage in Gaza

450 Grooms Wed GIRLS Under Ten In Gaza
By Paul L. Williams, Ph.D.

A gala event has occurred in Gaza .

Hamas sponsored a mass wedding for four hundred and fifty couples.  Most of the grooms were in their mid to late twenties; most of brides were under ten.

Muslim dignitaries including Mahmud Zahar, a leader of Hamas, were on hand to congratulate the couples who took part in the carefully staged celebration.

We are saying to the world and to America that you cannot deny us joy and happiness, Zahar told the grooms, all of whom were dressed in identical black suits and hailed from the nearby Jabalia refugee camp.

Each groom received a gift of 500 dollars from Hamas.

The pre-pubescent girls, dressed in white gowns and adorned with garish make-up, received bridal bouquets.

We are presenting this wedding as a gift to our people who stood firm in the face of the siege and the war. Local Hamas strongman Ibrahim Salaf said in a speech.

The wedding photos tell the rest of the sordid tale.

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