Seriously now this is SICK!
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I agree.....
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I have a 9-year-old girl. If any man touches her, it will be the last thing he ever does.
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Civilization.........some (read Syria to India) fell off the wagon about five hundred years ago and have made no attempt to catch up while the rest of us moved on.
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I agree with GAP, unfortunately there are so many stories like this that we just do not hear about...
that is discusting!
that is discusting!
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Saudi judge refuses to annul marriage of girl, 8
(CNN) -- A Saudi judge recently refused to annul a marriage between an 8-year-old girl and
a 47-year-old man -- a union apparently arranged by the girl's father to settle his debts --
a lawyer in the case told CNN.
On Saturday, the judge, Sheikh Habib Abdallah al-Habib, dismissed a petition brought by the
girl's mother because she "is not the legal guardian of the girl," the woman's lawyer Abdullah
al-Jutaili said.
"Therefore, she cannot represent her daughter in these proceedings," al-Jutaili said. Her parents
are separated, he said. According to the lawyer, the girl's father arranged the marriage in order
to settle his debts with the man, who is "a close friend" of his. The judge did ask for a pledge
from the husband, who was in court, not to consummate the marriage until the girl reaches
puberty, according to al-Jutaili. The judge ruled that when the girl reaches puberty, she will
have the right to request a divorce by filing a petition with the court, the lawyer said.
Christoph Wilcke, a Saudi Arabia researcher for Human Rights Watch, said his organization
has heard many other cases of child marriages. "We've been hearing about these types of
cases once every four or five months because the Saudi public is now able to express this
kind of anger, especially so when girls are traded off to older men," Wilcke said.
Zuhair al-Harithi, a spokesman for the Human Rights Commission, a Saudi government-run
human rights group, said his organization is fighting against child marriages. "The Human
Rights Commission opposes child marriages in Saudi Arabia," al-Harithi said. "Child marriages
violate international agreements that have been signed by Saudi Arabia and should not be allowed."
The spokesman said he did not have specific details about this case but his organization has
been able to stop at least one other child marriage.
Saudi women's group assails judge over 8-year-old's marriage/color]
(CNN) -- A group fighting for women's rights in Saudi Arabia condemned a judge Wednesday
for refusing to annul the marriage of an 8-year-old girl to a 47-year-old man.
The group's co-founder, Wajeha al-Huwaider, told CNN that achieving human rights in the
kingdom means standing against those who want to "keep us backward and in the dark ages."
The Society of Defending Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia, in a statement published on its
Web site, called on the "minister of justice and human rights groups to interfere now in this
case" by divorcing the girl from the man. "They must end this marriage deal which was made
by the father of the girl and the husband."
...
In its statement Wednesday, the Society of Defending Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia said
the judge's decision goes against children's "basic rights." Marrying children makes them
"lose their sense of security and safety. Also, it destroys their feeling of being loved and
nurtured. It causes them a lifetime of psychological problems and severe depression.
"Moreover, children marriage creates unhealthy families because they were built on bad relationships."
The judge's decision also contradicts the king's consultative council, called the Majlis al-Shura,
which found that anyone under the age of 18 "is a child and should be treated likewise,"
the women's rights group said. In an interview with CNN, al-Huwaider said the Saudi
government has signed international agreements involving children's and human rights,
"and they know that this is very harmful to the kingdom's image. There is a strong wave
to teach and spread human rights here in Saudi Arabia, but we all know that there are
two players behind the scenes: a movement that wants reform and change to better the
kingdom and another movement that wants to keep us backward and in the dark ages."
The Saudi Justice Ministry has not commented. The Saudi Information Ministry forwarded
CNN to the government-run Human Rights Commission.
...
In an interview Wednesday with CNN, Wilcke, a Saudi Arabia researcher for Human Rights Watch,
said that while Saudi ministries may make decisions designed to protect children, "It is still
the religious establishment that holds sway in the courts, and in many realms beyond the court."
He added that, "unfortunately, the religious establishment holds to conservative views which
many scholars believe sometimes violate sharia [Islamic law]."
Wilcke said he hopes the appeals process will overturn the judge's decision.
(CNN) -- A Saudi judge recently refused to annul a marriage between an 8-year-old girl and
a 47-year-old man -- a union apparently arranged by the girl's father to settle his debts --
a lawyer in the case told CNN.
On Saturday, the judge, Sheikh Habib Abdallah al-Habib, dismissed a petition brought by the
girl's mother because she "is not the legal guardian of the girl," the woman's lawyer Abdullah
al-Jutaili said.
"Therefore, she cannot represent her daughter in these proceedings," al-Jutaili said. Her parents
are separated, he said. According to the lawyer, the girl's father arranged the marriage in order
to settle his debts with the man, who is "a close friend" of his. The judge did ask for a pledge
from the husband, who was in court, not to consummate the marriage until the girl reaches
puberty, according to al-Jutaili. The judge ruled that when the girl reaches puberty, she will
have the right to request a divorce by filing a petition with the court, the lawyer said.
Christoph Wilcke, a Saudi Arabia researcher for Human Rights Watch, said his organization
has heard many other cases of child marriages. "We've been hearing about these types of
cases once every four or five months because the Saudi public is now able to express this
kind of anger, especially so when girls are traded off to older men," Wilcke said.
Zuhair al-Harithi, a spokesman for the Human Rights Commission, a Saudi government-run
human rights group, said his organization is fighting against child marriages. "The Human
Rights Commission opposes child marriages in Saudi Arabia," al-Harithi said. "Child marriages
violate international agreements that have been signed by Saudi Arabia and should not be allowed."
The spokesman said he did not have specific details about this case but his organization has
been able to stop at least one other child marriage.
Saudi women's group assails judge over 8-year-old's marriage/color]
(CNN) -- A group fighting for women's rights in Saudi Arabia condemned a judge Wednesday
for refusing to annul the marriage of an 8-year-old girl to a 47-year-old man.
The group's co-founder, Wajeha al-Huwaider, told CNN that achieving human rights in the
kingdom means standing against those who want to "keep us backward and in the dark ages."
The Society of Defending Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia, in a statement published on its
Web site, called on the "minister of justice and human rights groups to interfere now in this
case" by divorcing the girl from the man. "They must end this marriage deal which was made
by the father of the girl and the husband."
...
In its statement Wednesday, the Society of Defending Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia said
the judge's decision goes against children's "basic rights." Marrying children makes them
"lose their sense of security and safety. Also, it destroys their feeling of being loved and
nurtured. It causes them a lifetime of psychological problems and severe depression.
"Moreover, children marriage creates unhealthy families because they were built on bad relationships."
The judge's decision also contradicts the king's consultative council, called the Majlis al-Shura,
which found that anyone under the age of 18 "is a child and should be treated likewise,"
the women's rights group said. In an interview with CNN, al-Huwaider said the Saudi
government has signed international agreements involving children's and human rights,
"and they know that this is very harmful to the kingdom's image. There is a strong wave
to teach and spread human rights here in Saudi Arabia, but we all know that there are
two players behind the scenes: a movement that wants reform and change to better the
kingdom and another movement that wants to keep us backward and in the dark ages."
The Saudi Justice Ministry has not commented. The Saudi Information Ministry forwarded
CNN to the government-run Human Rights Commission.
...
In an interview Wednesday with CNN, Wilcke, a Saudi Arabia researcher for Human Rights Watch,
said that while Saudi ministries may make decisions designed to protect children, "It is still
the religious establishment that holds sway in the courts, and in many realms beyond the court."
He added that, "unfortunately, the religious establishment holds to conservative views which
many scholars believe sometimes violate sharia [Islamic law]."
Wilcke said he hopes the appeals process will overturn the judge's decision.
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