Saudi Arabia Mulls Ban on Child Marriages

The girl was said to have been shaking as she approached the witness stand.
Saudi Arabia Mulls Ban on Child Marriages
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/c80259671childmarriage.jpg" alt="Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh listens to the speech of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud at the Saudi Shura Council in the Saudi capital Riyadh on March 15, 2008. Al-Sheikh, Saudi Arabia�s senior religious authority, says girls as young as 10 are old enough for marriage. In a landmark divorce case, the country�s Human Rights Commission is stepping on behalf of a 12-year-old girl wed to an 80-year-old man last year. (Hassan Ammar/AFP/Getty Images )" title="Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh listens to the speech of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud at the Saudi Shura Council in the Saudi capital Riyadh on March 15, 2008. Al-Sheikh, Saudi Arabia�s senior religious authority, says girls as young as 10 are old enough for marriage. In a landmark divorce case, the country�s Human Rights Commission is stepping on behalf of a 12-year-old girl wed to an 80-year-old man last year. (Hassan Ammar/AFP/Getty Images )" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-1823060"/></a>
Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh listens to the speech of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud at the Saudi Shura Council in the Saudi capital Riyadh on March 15, 2008. Al-Sheikh, Saudi Arabia�s senior religious authority, says girls as young as 10 are old enough for marriage. In a landmark divorce case, the country�s Human Rights Commission is stepping on behalf of a 12-year-old girl wed to an 80-year-old man last year. (Hassan Ammar/AFP/Getty Images )
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