The editorial board of the Saudi based English-language Arab News takes a stance against families giving away their sexually immature daughters in marriage on both Islamic and human rights grounds. This editorial is no doubt a response to the divorce hearing (upcoming) in a Saudi court on a marriage between an 8 year old girl and a 50 year old man.
Nujood Ali of Yemen, another child bride, brought attention to this issue when she sought – and obtained – a divorce in a Yemeni court this April.
