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April 16, 2008
Yet Another Reason We Fight The Culture War
Topics: International NewsAn "eight-year-old" Yemeni girl had the following to say after her big day in court:
"I am happy that I am divorced now. I will be able to go back to school," Nojud Mohammed Ali said... - AFP(15 April 2008)More on the story, with commentary, at RedState ...The divorced husband, 28-year-old Faez Ali Thameur, withstood it all like true champion of a man.
...said he married the child "with her consent and that of her parents" but that he did not object to her divorce petition.
In response to a question from Judge Mohammed al-Qadhi, he acknowledged that the "marriage was consummated, but I did not beat her."
The 28 year-old man consumated the "marriage" with an "8 year-old" girl.
Sick man, sicker culture, but at least there are those in Yemen that appear to want to change it.
Posted by Abdul at April 16, 2008 2:20 PM
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