Several reports of bride kidnapping for religious reasons have surfaced recently.

In addition to the issue of forced marriage, bride kidnapping may have other negative effects on the young women and their society.

Illegal, but still practiced, is the tradition of bride kidnapping.

Bride kidnapping is thought to be a traditional Romani practice.

Recent studies challenge the claims that bride kidnapping used to be prevalent.

Bride kidnapping may feature rape, but this is not necessarily so.

The game is thought to date back to the Renaissance period, and may be inspired by the act of bride kidnapping.

In reality, because bride kidnapping is considered a cultural tradition, few people are prosecuted for it.

The history of bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan is under dispute.

In three African countries, bride kidnapping often takes the form of abduction followed by rape.

Now, though, bride kidnapping often means simply a group of men bundling a young women against her will into a car and speeding off.

In it he argued from symbolic and ceremonial forms of bride kidnapping.

In agricultural and patriarchal societies, where bride kidnapping is most common, children work for their family.

In recent years bride kidnapping has resurfaced in areas of China.

Some also claimed to survey takers that their female relatives were in danger of bride kidnapping.

Bride kidnapping has been documented as a marital practice in some Romani community traditions.

The origins of bride kidnapping are rooted in the former Soviet state's nomadic folklore.

"Bride kidnapping is a tradition of the Kyrgyz people, but these crimes often force women to commit suicide."

Bride kidnapping Mostly it is the good friends who kidnap the bride.

It is debatable whether bride kidnapping is actually traditional.

It is important to note, however, that the practices of bride kidnapping and child marriage are not universally accepted throughout Romani culture.

In Azerbaijan, women abducted by bride kidnapping sometimes become slaves of the family who kidnap them.

Most of these cases are usually referred to as forced marriages, although they are similar to other bride kidnappings around the world.

Bride kidnapping was also a custom in Bulgaria.