47 year old man marriage to 8 year old legal, Judge declares

[911fever]

ONAIZA, Saudi Arabia, April 12 (UPI) -- A Saudi Arabian judge has refused to overturn a ruling that declared the arranged marriage of an 8-year-old girl to a 47-year-old man legal, a relative says.

The judge, Sheikh Habib Habib, ruled for the second time Saturday in Onaiza that the girl's marriage to a friend of her father's was legal and binding. He said the child wife could file for divorce once she reached puberty, CNN reported.

An unnamed relative of the girl told the broadcaster that Habib, who first refused to annul the marriage last year, reconsidered the case upon the girl's mother's appeal. The mother's attorney, Abdullah Jutaili, said the girl's father arranged the marriage with his "close friend" to pay off a monetary debt.

The relative said the girl's mother, who is divorced from the father, will continue to seek to overturn the marriage. An appeals court in Riyadh will reportedly consider the case again in a hearing set for next month.

Zuhair Harithi of the Saudi Human Rights Commission told CNN child marriages in the country must be fought, saying they "violate international agreements that have been signed by Saudi Arabia and should not be allowed."

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/04/12/8-year-old-girls-marriage-ruled-legal/UPI-57701239536425/

wtf is the world coming to? This is twisted, twisted, and so utterly wrong.

[TomcoPDR]

Why the fuck would the 47yo want to go through with that?

[Jlude]

different cultures man...

that's fucked, no matter how many times you hear it.

"ya... hey Bob, instead of paying you back that 2300 I owe you... how about you marry my second oldest daughter"

:dunno:

[Jlude]

Originally posted by TomcoPDR
Why the fuck would the 47yo want to go through with that?

:nut:

[szw]

Originally posted by TomcoPDR
Why the fuck would the 47yo want to go through with that?

He's pretty patient, it'll be probably a good 2 years until she's ripe.

[ekguy]

they are so ass backwards in that part of the world...I'm surprised they still let this stuff go on with all the money they have out there...Obviously being rich countries doesn't buy them educations...Or simple logic...

[berbatov]

EK, perhaps you have lived in a secluded north american lifestyle that I am in no place to judge - but you should know that these marriages are normal in the arab world (also indian).

[rumeo]

shes pretty tight though

[ekguy]

Originally posted by berbatov
EK, perhaps you have lived in a secluded north american lifestyle that I am in no place to judge - but you should know that these marriages are normal in the arab world (also indian).

exactly. It's like being legally entitled to be a perverted pedophile. Just cuz something is "normal" somewhere doesn't make it right or justifiable.

And yes I have lived in "secluded" north america but I still know that what that article is about is wrong.

But I guess since they've done it for so long it must be right...

Guess we should all be looking to our friends to cure our debts...maybe they all have kids we can marry and irreparably damage for the rest of their lives...

[ekguy]

Guess i'll probably lose another user rating point by pointing out that the pedophile like tendencies of the middle east are wrong...Yay for me. Now in no way am I wrapping all of the middle east in this but basically a post above mine says it's common practice out there....But it's so very clearly wrong I can't even believe anyone on this planet could think that is right in any way, shape or form....

[berbatov]

Originally posted by rumeo
shes pretty tight though

haha, leave it to rumeo :)

[01RedDX]

.

[berbatov]

Originally posted by ekguy
Guess i'll probably lose another user rating point by pointing out that the pedophile like tendencies of the middle east
I appreciate your opinion and in no way your objective view will be compensated by taking ratings away :) You are eloquent in the point you are making.

If this sounds weird, wait till you hear about family (wifes in most cases) rape and in rare cases stoning in public ... God forbid we get to see anything like that

[crzycroat]

That's fucken sick!!! :banghead:

[7thgenvic]

how old is sorrath? hahah

[berbatov]

Is that the guy who puts Michael Jackson to shame ?

[TomcoPDR]

But you know come to think of it, you're all just being sick automatically thinking he's having sexual relationships with her, but it could just be marriage on papers.

[FLARE]

^ do you REALLY believe that?

[crzycroat]

Originally posted by TomcoPDR
But you know come to think of it, you're all just being sick automatically thinking he's having sexual relationships with her, but it could just be marriage on papers.

Common man. Why else would he want to marry her? For her childish personality? :rofl:

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by FLARE
^ do you REALLY believe that?

If you want to sleep @ night.

At least there are news outlet than leak these info out. I'm sure Africa is worse.

[TomcoPDR]

Originally posted by Xtrema


I'm sure Africa is worse.
lPT_3PEjnsE

[Eleanor]

Meh, no one cares, just as long as they keep sending us black gold.

[CMW403]

and obama bows to these people?????

[911fever]

Originally posted by CMW403
and obama bows to these people?????


correct.

[01RedDX]

.