Posted on 07/31/2008 2:32:22 PM PDT by Nachum
A 60-year old Saudi man has agreed to postpone his marriage to a 10-year old girl after protests from a human rights group.
The elderly man decided to take a second wife in a challenge with the girl’s father, who said he was afraid of his first wife and dared him to take a second one.
But the man agreed to postpone his marriage after the Saudi National Human Rights Association sent a letter to the Emir of Hail, a city in northwestern Saudi Arabia, AlArabiya.net reported on Sunday, citing Saudi newspaper Al-Madina.
The report did not say for how long the groom has agreed to put off the wedding.
Saudi sociologist Abdullah Al-Harbi said that marriages like this one usually involve the groom-to-be paying huge amounts of money to marry a much younger girl.
In this case the father of the girl asked for a 100,000-riyal ($26,656) dowry.
“These marriages usually end up in failure, and the girl usually goes through trauma due to living with a man who is much older,” he told the newspaper.
Saudi National Human Rights Association?
This is a joke, yes? Is this the Asian version of the Onion?
And now you understand the frequency of "honor killing". If a daughter loses her virginity, her bride price goes to zero. If she refuses to marry the guy her dad arranges for her, her dad has to give the money back
Ask any 10 year old..
They'll tell you..
Savages
Does anyone know where they have the BRIDAL REGISTRY? I was going to see if they were registered at Victoria’s Secret in Riyadh.
Since when has a 60-year-old not been old when seen through the eyes of a 10-year-old?
A 10-year-old didn't author the article, though.
Well, I like to think 60-year olds aren't elderly, since I'm 58.
But I should point out at that at my local chain movieplex theater here in Metrowest Massachusetts, I qualify for the senior citizen discount, which kicks in at 55.
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