Sunday, August 24, 2008

Saudi Court will hear 8-year-old girl's divorce case

Muhammad married Aisha when she was six and consummated the marriage when she was nine. His example in all things is considered normative in the Islamic world. Sharia Alert: "Court to consider divorce for 8-year-old girl," from Agence France-Presse, August 24 (thanks to all who sent this in):

A SAUDI court will next month hear a plea for divorce from an eight-year-old girl married off by her father to a man in his fifties, the Arabic-language daily Al-Watan reported today. ....

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