Yemeni girl, 8, gets divorce after forced marriage

A Yemeni court on Tuesday granted a divorce to an eight-year-old girl whose unemployed father forced her into an arranged marriage this year, saying he feared she might be kidnapped.

"I am happy that I am divorced now. I will be able to go back to school," Nojud Mohammed Ali said, after a public hearing in Sanaa's court of first instance.

Her former husband, 28-year-old Faez Ali Thameur, 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."

Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, has no law governing the minimum age of marriage.

Nojud was a second grader in primary school when the marriage took place two and a half months ago.

"They asked me to sign the marriage contract and remain in my father's house until I was 18. But a week after signing, my father and my mother forced me to go live with him."

Nojud's father, Mohammad Ali Al-Ahdal, said he had felt obliged to marry off his daughter, an act he claims she consented to.

He said he was frightened after his oldest daughter had been kidnapped several years ago and later married to her abductor. He said the same man then kidnapped another of his daughters who was already married and had four children, resulting in him being jailed.

Dressed in traditional black, Nojud said she would now go to live in the home of her maternal uncle and did not want to see her father.

The girl's lawyer, Shadha Nasser, said Nojud's case was not unique. "I believe there are thousands of similar cases," she said, adding that civil society groups are pressing parliament to set the minimum age for marriage at 18. SOURCE

 

thats just sick. 8 years old....ugghhh.

 

yeah thats messed up, yet this is going on right now in texas, but not 8, but girls at age of 14 are getting into forceful marriages.. which i know is maybe their religion, but i do believe they as the girls should have a say, you are suppose to get married if you are in love. Thats about it

 

That's discraceful.

You should know by now to include a source link browntwn, didn't GTech tell you that is the norm in the DP P&R forum?

 

he must forgot, I will do it for him:

source

 

There are some sick people in this world.

 

I swear that pervert cannot come near me. My niece is almost exactly that age. I can’t imagine what I’d do to some pervert like that walking freely in society.

 

My bad, here is the source link. I always try to include them, I was rushing to my father's birthday lunch and must have missed it.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080415185328.c823bb5i&show_article=1

 

Cheers buddy.

I'll let you off but your mentor GTech said don't let it happen again!

 

filthy fucking animals.

 

Best. Reply. Ever.

 

Stox has a way with words.

 

This guy must have a tiny penis if he was able to fit it into an 8yr old girl.

At least Muhammad waited until Aisha was 9 until he had sex with her.

 

That's a good point. Bush doesn't even wait until they are 1 before he blows babies up with bombs, or Clinton starved babies to death with sanctions.

You're mighty proud of that legacy aren't ya, Will.Spencer, fake libertarian?

 

This is just tragic. It is hard to believe something like this can happen in the world.

 

I agree, but where have you been exactly in this world?

I'd like to provide you Will.Spencer with some more sources else than the ones you use always in spreading your hatred against Islam:

The Young Marriage of Aishah

and..

More About Aishah

 

Canada, Mexico, Spain, Italy, France, Holland, Austria, Belgium, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Japan, mainland China, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and others I can't think of off the top of my head.

Still it is hard to believe this happens in the world. I could spend a few weeks in Yemeni and still would have a hard time believing this can happen. Maybe believing is the wrong word, accepting would be more appropriate.

 

I think her ( Aishah ) own words is a great place to get that info.

Sahih Bukhari

Narrated Aisha: The Prophet engaged me when I was a girl of six (years). We went to Medina and stayed at the home of Bani-al-Harith bin Khazraj. Then I got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my hair grew (again) and my mother, Um Ruman, came to me while I was playing in a swing with some of my girl friends. She called me, and I went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do to me. She caught me by the hand and made me stand at the door of the house. I was breathless then, and when my breathing became Allright, she took some water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she took me into the house. There in the house I saw some Ansari women who said, "Best wishes and Allah's Blessing and a good luck." Then she entrusted me to them and they prepared me (for the marriage). Unexpectedly Allah's Apostle came to me in the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him, and at that time I was a girl of nine years of age.

Source

http://www.muhammadanism.org/Hadith/Topics/Marriage.htm

Is this good enough.

 

cmon, have a little thought in to your posts, where is your self respect..regardless of the obvious your words need to be chosen more diligently.

Regardless of the fathers thought of what might have happened his ultimate choices is a disgrace and disgusting..sad to see this still happening now days.

 

A while back, there was a thread about this. From 6-9 yrs. old they were waiting for her to go into puberty. According to Islamic law, once she had her first menstrual cycle, she was ready to get married and have sex. I don't agree with it, but I guess that is what Muslims believe?

P.S. Will I bet you're right, you would probably need a microscope to see it.