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| Subject: Saudi Arabian girl, 8, ordered to stay with 58-year-old husband, by cretinous court Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:05 am | |
| AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Saudi Arabian girl who was married off by her father to a 58-year-old man has been told she cannot divorce her husband until she reaches puberty.
- Girl, 8, must stay with husband - Girl's mother files divorce petition - Not allowed until she reaches puberty
Lawyer Abdullah Jtili said the divorce petition was filed by the unnamed girl's divorced mother in August after the marriage contract had been signed by her father and the groom.
"The judge has dismissed the plea because she (the mother) does not have the right to file, and ordered that the plea should be filed by the girl herself when she reaches puberty," Mr Jtili said.
The case was handled by a court in Qasim province, north of the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
The girl does not know that she is married, said Mr Jtili, adding that he would appeal against the ruling.
The case appears to fit a pattern of divorced fathers using their children to take revenge against their former wives.
In many child marriages, girls are given away to older men in return for dowries or following the custom by which a father promises his daughters and sons to marriage while still children.
But the issue is complicated by different interpretations of Islamic law and a lack of legal certainty.
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| Subject: Re: Saudi Arabian girl, 8, ordered to stay with 58-year-old husband, by cretinous court Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:12 am | |
| Judge should be branded on the forehead with: Fuck Islamic Law!
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