24 April 2012

Saudi Arabian Mufti, Says Girls Ready For Marriage At 10 Years Old

Those who call for raising the age of marriage to 25 are absolutely mistaken."

That's what Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al al-Sheikh said when asked about marrying minor girls without their consent, according to The World Observer.

He also insisted that girls are ready for marriage by age 10 or 12.

"Our mothers and grandmothers got married when they were barely 12," he said, according to the Observer. "Good upbringing makes a girl ready to perform all marital duties at that age." [TheHuffingtonPost.com] Read more