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    Furface: Puberty would be nice... People like this give Islam a bad name... the Qur'an is actually more about equality than the Bible. more »
    MerryLilly: I'm 28 and single. I guess that would make me a second class citizen or something in certain places. more »
    Mayonegg: as a westerner who grew up there, and still has family there ( I go home every christmas) I have experience with the whole Saudi experience. The vast ... more »
    carolpp1005: the question is, would he be so eager to marry off his own daughters and grand daughters at this age? more »
    ellaesther: I really recommend that y'all go to the first discussion, started by trulymadlyme. It's chock full of really good information about all this! more »
    mindypoo: It's too bad that we can't adopt girls from Saudi Arabia...... more »
    deitybox: Come on, you guys. Chill out. They'll only let really mature ten-year old girls get married. Like, the types who can work Easy-Bake ovens and shit. more »
    graceful_gamine: I agree with everyone that this is wrong, but I do find it difficult to make simple black and white judgements against other cultures that live in com... more »
    croberts: well, crap. I'm definently on a bad path. How do the mothers stand for this? I would raise holy hell if anyone tried to marry my daughter off at 17, l... more »
    NefariousNewt: Of course it's acceptable... to the old farts who say so and who covet young and nubile brides. For the rest of us, it's an abomination. more »
    million.dollar.mouth.: Bad Path: I'm following you. With great happiness. more »
    LaComtesse: This is disgusting. This is not about God, nor marriage. This is about controlling women more easily: what better way than to snatch them up at 10? I ... more »
    Bunny_of_doom: Well, I'm no longer hungry. *tosses bagel and coffee* I'm starting to think I shall never understand the logic that these people apply to these situat... more »
    morninggloria: You guys, this was taken totally out of context. The full quote is that ten year old girls should be allowed to marry their Barbies to each other in f... more »
    morninggloria: So far, I'm going to Christian hell, Jewish hell, AND Muslim hell for my strumpet ways. I'm also probably going to be reincarnated as a dung beetle. H... more »
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    10 Year Olds OK To Marry, Says Senior Saudi Official

    Saudi Arabia’s most senior Muslim cleric has recently been quoted as saying it's acceptable for girls as young as 10 years old to marry. More »
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    Man Sells Daughter For Meat, Beer

    A man in Greenfield, CA was arrested Sunday on the suspicion of human trafficking. Police say that he tried to sell his own daughter. More »