Sounds like Ginsburg On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/15/saudi.child.bride/index.html > ... > The kingdom's top cleric has said that it's OK for girls as young as 10 to > wed. > > "It is incorrect to say that it's not permitted to marry off girls who > are 15 and younger," Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Sheikh, the kingdom's grand > mufti, said in January, according to the regional Al-Hayat newspaper. > "A girl aged 10 or 12 can be married. Those who think she's too young > are wrong, and they are being unfair to her." > > Al-Sheikh reportedly made the remarks when he was asked during a > lecture about parents forcing their underage daughters to marry. > ... > > Freak. >
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