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Girls Get To Be Girls – Even In Onaiza?

Last month we wrote about a Judge in Saudi Arabia who refused (twice!) to annul a wedding between an 8-year old girl and a 47-year old man. Well times change quickly sometimes.  First, the groom himself agreed to divorce his child bride. So the little girl may get a childhood after all. Yay!

More surprisingly, the Kingdom may be deciding…

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The Yucky Old Judge of Onaiza

CNN reports that a Saudi judge in the town of Onaiza has refused (a second time, this time on reconsideration) to annul the marriage between an 8-year old girl and a 47-year old man:

The girl’s father, according to the attorney, arranged the marriage in order to settle his debts with the man, who is “a close friend” of his.

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