Posted on 10/29/2009 9:51:13 PM PDT by Steelfish
Somali Man, '112', Weds Girl, 17
The couple posed for photos at the wedding celebrations Hundreds of people have attended a wedding in central Somalia between a man who says he is 112 years old, and his teenage wife.
Ahmed Muhamed Dore - who already has 13 children by five wives - said he would like to have more with his new wife, Safia Abdulleh, who is 17 years old. "Today God helped me realise my dream," Mr Dore said, after the wedding in the region of Galguduud.
The bride's family said she was "happy with her new husband". Mr Dore said he and his bride - who is young enough to be his great-great-grand-daughter - were from the same village in Somalia and that he had waited for her to grow up to propose.
"I didn't force her, but used my experience to convince her of my love; and then we agreed to marry," the groom said.
Goat-skin documents The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says the marriage, in the town of Guriceel, is being described by Somali historians as the first of its kind in the Horn of Africa nation for more than a century.
Our reporter says reaction to news of the marriage has been mixed. Some people said while it was allowed under Islamic law, they were concerned about the age gap, but others were happy that age was not a barrier to love. Mr Dore told the BBC he was born in Dhusamareeb in central Somalia in 1897 - and has a traditional birth certificate, written on goat skin by his father
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Muzzies are deranged, sick bastards!!!
More like, "The Impossible Dream."
So do we need to stop asking for a birth certificate, and instead ask for goatskin scrolls? Maybe that’s the missing link.
No they will probably be looking for a house near a cemetery.
This guy’s about to kick the bucket!
Hey, King David had young Abishag, a real looker, to cherish him and lie in his bosom so he could get heat.
That’s how I want to die. In fact, I’m kinda cold right now. Anybody listening?
Are you saying his shriveled weenie doesn't have any firepower anymore? Sick bastards.
This guy’s birth certificate is written on the same material as the Dead Sea Scrolls.
It's good to be king!!!
bump
That guy’s social security number is 1
Isn’t it, really??? LOL
Thanks for the pic post! This should be made an international crime. Where’s the UN?
Where is the U.N.?
They’re busy planning a wedding. :)
She looks absolutely underjoyed. But, nevermind! This is Islam. What she wants doesn’t matter. I’m sure his powers of persuasion included a goat to her family. The romance!
I notice he is saying how happy he is and her family, probably meaning her father and brothers are talking about how happy she is. Of course, the person reporting this doesn’t ask her if she is happy because as you said, this is Islam.
She looks absolutely underjoyed. But, nevermind! This is Islam. What she wants doesn’t matter. I’m sure his powers of persuasion included a goat to her family. The romance!
And a back hand, looks like a welt under her right eye.
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