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2010-12-17 Arabia
Father cancels 8-year-old daughter's marriage
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Posted by Fred 2010-12-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ]  Top

#1 Would that be medical tests to determine if the eight year old was a virgin or just for sexually transmitted diseases?

Disgusting.
Posted by Black Charlie Chinemble5313 2010-12-17 00:33||   2010-12-17 00:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Would that be medical tests to determine if the eight year old was a virgin or just for sexually transmitted diseases?

Probably to see if she'd started menstruating yet, Black Charlie Chinemble5313.
Posted by trailing wife 2010-12-17 01:09||   2010-12-17 01:09|| Front Page Top

#3 "serious social violation"

How old was Aisha again?
Posted by European Conservative 2010-12-17 02:10||   2010-12-17 02:10|| Front Page Top

#4 She can dress herself and tie her own shoelaces

They let 'em wear shoes nowadays? You've come a long way, baby! And I mean 'baby' literally.
Posted by SteveS 2010-12-17 02:26||   2010-12-17 02:26|| Front Page Top

#5 What a guy.
Posted by NCMike 2010-12-17 07:45||   2010-12-17 07:45|| Front Page Top

#6 They let 'em wear shoes nowadays?

Once they can tie their own, they can teach their sons. There's no need to actually wear shoes once one is married and in purdah.
Posted by trailing wife 2010-12-17 09:30||   2010-12-17 09:30|| Front Page Top

#7 TW, I've never heard of a medical test to determine if someone is post-menarchal. This is something people in the middle-east go to the hospital to have tests done in order to marry kids off? Even more ridiculous.
Posted by Black Charlie Chinemble5313 2010-12-17 09:40||   2010-12-17 09:40|| Front Page Top

#8 Euro Conservative

There are several ahadith (traditions) that say that Aisha (Abu Bekr's daughter) was 6 or 7 when Mohammut married her and 9 when the marriage was consummated. These are from revered sources and were considered reliable and basically unchallenged for a thousand years. Starting about 1900 or so, some Moslems began feeling a bit defensive on this and started challenging the reliability of these traditions.

After the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, per wikipedia

"Early laws of the Islamic Republic

The new regime undid the Shah's old Family Protection Law, lowering the marriage age for girls back to nine and allowed husbands to divorce wives with the Triple talaq, without court permission"
Posted by Lord Garth 2010-12-17 11:38||   2010-12-17 11:38|| Front Page Top

#9 So the doctors told her father to come back in six months or so
Posted by European Conservative 2010-12-17 22:20||   2010-12-17 22:20|| Front Page Top

#10 "In the end, the man was convinced. He assured the management that he would not let his daughter marry at this age and would allow her to continue her education."

It's money vs. daughter. Better check back on the family every now and then.
Posted by gorb 2010-12-17 22:30||   2010-12-17 22:30|| Front Page Top

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