Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia says 10 year old girls can marry

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Saudi Arabia's senior-most cleric said girls as young as 10 years old can be married, local media reported on Wednesday.

The powerful Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said in a speech late on Monday that Islamic Sharia law allows the practice of pre-teen girls getting married, and that critics of the practice were doing the girls "an injustice," reports said.

"We hear often in the media about the marriage of minors. We must know that Sharia law is not unjust for women," the cleric is quoted as saying.

"If it is said that a woman below 15 cannot be married, that is wrong. If a girl exceeds 10 or 12 then she is eligible for marriage, and whoever thinks she is too young, then he or she is wrong and has done her an injustice."

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Saudi human rights groups are fighting the old practice of children being married off to much older men by their parents and seek to establish a legal minimum age for women to be married.

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story...2010:32:00%20PM

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[Jasman0717 9]

What a sweet, considerate fellow

[luckytxn 2,265]

Hey. It was good enough for Mohammed it is good enough for..............

You just know pedophiles worldwide are looking into how to convert now.

Edited January 17, 2009 by luckytxn

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Saudi Arabia's senior-most cleric said girls as young as 10 years old can be married, local media reported on Wednesday.

The powerful Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said in a speech late on Monday that Islamic Sharia law allows the practice of pre-teen girls getting married, and that critics of the practice were doing the girls "an injustice," reports said.

"We hear often in the media about the marriage of minors. We must know that Sharia law is not unjust for women," the cleric is quoted as saying.

"If it is said that a woman below 15 cannot be married, that is wrong. If a girl exceeds 10 or 12 then she is eligible for marriage, and whoever thinks she is too young, then he or she is wrong and has done her an injustice."

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Saudi human rights groups are fighting the old practice of children being married off to much older men by their parents and seek to establish a legal minimum age for women to be married.

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story...2010:32:00%20PM

And this is the kind of Islamic mentality that we're supposed to try to negotiate anything with?

[peejay 327]

Gimme some of that old time religion. Unfortunately the Grand Mufti doesn't realize this is the 21st century.

But I digress. That ain't the USA. It's Saudi Arabia. Who ever said all cultures are equal or that we're all the same? Probably some idealistic idiot that wouldn't know reality if it fell on their head.

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Saudi human rights groups are fighting the old practice of children being married off to much older men by their parents and seek to establish a legal minimum age for women to be married.

Personally, the fact that these 'Saudi human rights groups' even exist and are powerful enough to warrant a comment from the Grand Mufti himself, is something I find heartening and consider to be a hopeful sign for the future.

"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

Edited January 17, 2009 by A.J.

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Saudi human rights groups are fighting the old practice of children being married off to much older men by their parents and seek to establish a legal minimum age for women to be married.

Personally, the fact that these 'Saudi human rights groups' even exist and are powerful enough to warrant a comment from the Grand Mufti himself, is something I find heartening and consider to be a hopeful sign for the future.

"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win die."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

Considering that he was assasinated by his own, I'm not so sure that is the best example of methods to bring about internal social change. Especially in regard to ingrained internal cultural norms of a society at large.

Not to mention...what does this have to do with the USA? It's their friggin' country and their internal matter to deal with. We have enough problems here in the USA without meddling in how Saudis wish to conduct their lives. I could care less except when these people come to the USA and expect us to embrace their lifestyle and culture as "normal". If they want to do that sh*t they should stay where they came from. Otherwise I could care less.

Just because we buy oil from them is no reason for us to change them or them to change us. They ain't my people and never will be. I know enough Americans that worked for ARAMCO and were segregated into ex-pat compounds. They want no part of us except for knowledge and $$$. Some people are too naive and idealistic to understand the real world.

As far as the USA is concerned, how these people wish to treat their own is not our concern. Reliable delivery of energy is. If marrying 10 year olds disrupts the flow of oil it is our concern. Otherwise it is their internal affair to deal with as a people.

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Not to mention...what does this have to do with the USA?

Who said it does have anything to do with the US?

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Not to mention...what does this have to do with the USA?

Who said it does have anything to do with the US?

It will when I divorce my 15 year old Japanese wife and trade her in for a 10 year old Saudi one.

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What a savage culture.

[peejay 327]

Not to mention...what does this have to do with the USA?

Who said it does have anything to do with the US?

I hear that all cultures are equal. Isn't that what multiculturalism is all about? How dare you to criticize. E pluribus unum. The melting pot.

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10???? not for me....you dont wanna mess with them old broads...they are too set in their ways.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Sick.

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Saudi Arabia's senior-most cleric said girls as young as 10 years old can be married, local media reported on Wednesday.

The powerful Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said in a speech late on Monday that Islamic Sharia law allows the practice of pre-teen girls getting married, and that critics of the practice were doing the girls "an injustice," reports said.

"We hear often in the media about the marriage of minors. We must know that Sharia law is not unjust for women," the cleric is quoted as saying.

"If it is said that a woman below 15 cannot be married, that is wrong. If a girl exceeds 10 or 12 then she is eligible for marriage, and whoever thinks she is too young, then he or she is wrong and has done her an injustice."

...

Saudi human rights groups are fighting the old practice of children being married off to much older men by their parents and seek to establish a legal minimum age for women to be married.

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story...2010:32:00%20PM

And this is the kind of Islamic mentality that we're supposed to try to negotiate anything with?

Obama will negotiate with anyone.