BMEWS
 

Saudi court rejects plea to annul 8-year-old girl’s marriage to 58-year-old man .

 
 


Posted by peiper    United Kingdom   on 12/21/2008 at 12:27 PM   
 
  1. The father had agreed to marry off his daughter for an advance dowry of 30,000 riyals ($8,000), as he was apparently facing financial problems, they said.”

    Hmmm… a pity this kind of thing isn’t covered by laws governing slavery. I mean, he sold off his daughter, no?

    Posted by GrumpyOldFart    United States   12/22/2008  at  10:13 AM  

Commenting is not available in this weblog entry.

Next entry: Spitfire, Hurricanes and Lancasters losing out to Nazi foes in kit toy sales .

Previous entry: THE SKY IS WARMING AND FALLING. NOW FOR THE FACTS!

<< BMEWS Main Page >>