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Saturday, April 11, 2009

No Divorce for Eight-Year-Old Saudi Girl

So a Saudi man can divorce his wife by sending her a text message that says "I divorce you" but a Saudi judge continues to refuse to grant a divorce to the eight-year-old girl whose father married her to a man in his fifties to pay back money he owed that man. When the mother found out, she filed to divorce her daughter. That was five months ago. The irony is that the judge wants to wait till the girl is "mature" enough before he looks into divorcing her. Oh, the twisted logic of patriarchy!!

1 comments:

shahbanoo said...

Shame on that so-called JUDJE! Shame on that so-called FATHER!That father who does not have enough money to pay his debt is better go to hell and work hard under the sun instead of selling her baby girl to a man to be raped ( seriously, what does an 8 year old girl knows about matrimony?). Dear Amal, I am so sorry for my language, but injustice just makes me so maaaaadddd...