Saudi Arabia: another child marriage
An 11-year-old boy gave out invitations to his classmates for a big event his family was planning this summer — and it wasn’t his birthday party.
It was his wedding to a 10-year-old cousin.
Muhammad al-Rashidi’s marriage was eventually put on hold, his father said, after pressure from the governor of the northern province of Hail, who considered the elementary school student too young to marry.
The case is among a recent spate of marriages involving the very young reported in the media and by Saudi human rights groups. They have been widely denounced by activists, clerics and others who say such unions are harmful to the children and trivialize the institution of marriage
“These marriages violate international agreements the kingdom has signed.”
Al-Harithi’s group recently succeeded in delaying the consummation of the marriage of a 10-year-old girl after getting reports from medical centers in Hail that she and a man in his 60s had showed up for the mandatory prenuptial medical tests.
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Related:
- Pakistan: kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam and married.
- Yemen: divorced 10-year-old speaks openly about her marriage.
- Children’s marriage in Islam: some comments.
- Social movement against child brides in Yemen.
- India: the “Dissapearing Daughters” report (II).
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