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Saudi Child Bride Turned Back Over to 80-Year-Old Husband
A Saudi Arabian father forced his 10-year-old daughter to return to her 80-year-old husband Sunday, after she was found hiding at the home of her aunt for 10 days, Arab News reported.The Child Brides for Clunkers program kicks into high gear. The young girl's husband, who denies he is 80 despite family claims, "I'm 79œ dammit!" accused the aunt of violating the terms of his marriage, allowed by Sharia Law. "My marriage is not against Sharia. It included the elements of acceptance and response by the father of the bride," he told a local newspaper. Mo strikes again! A member of the National Society for Human Rights said there are no regulations in place to stop the marriage of young girls, which is seen as harmful to their wellbeing. Care to guess what percentage of the hadiths is devoted to Mo and Aisha? "Such marriages are considered a gross violation of charters on the rights of children, which the Kingdom has signed and which set the age of adulthood at 18," Maatouq Al-Abdullah told Arab News. But sharia is the law in Saudi. So SOL. Posted by: ed 2009-08-29 |
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