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POPSIslamic Divorce Ruled Not Valid in Maryland That amount was written into the marriage contract Farah Aleem signed the day she married him in their native Pakistan in 1980, according to the appellate decision. The contract was in accordance with Pakistani custom. At the time, he was 29 and she was 18. The couple moved to the Washington area in 1985…
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POPSYemen: 8-year-old girl forced to marry, demands divorce Nujood’s case is considered the first of its kind where a minor prosecutes her father for marrying her off at a young age and subjecting her to harm . Early marriage is “one of the biggest development challenges in Yemen,” said Naseem Ur Rehman, chief information officer for UNICEF in Sana’a . A 2006 field study revealed that child marriage among Yemeni girls reached 52.1%, compared to 6.7% among males. The study, conducted by the Woman and Development Study Center, affiliated to Sana’a University, disclosed that marriage age raised gradually from an average of 10.24 years to 14.70 years for women and from 20.97 to 21.54 years for men. It indicated that the average marriage age varies from one geographical area to another; for example, it showed that girls in Hodeidah and Hadramout married at the average age of eight, while in Mukalla the average age was 10. Meldung in Deutsch: stern.de
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POPSAn Eye for an Eye An endless litany of religious edicts speak to ancient tribal beliefs over property, children and sex to technologically-influenced dilemmas, such as can a husband divorce his wife by merely sending her the news via SMS. (LAT)
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POPSMarriage in Iran temporary wives, multiple permanent wives, why Islamic societies are so angry. Most young men are excluded from women.
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