7/8/08
An 11-year-old boy gave out invitations to his classmates for a big event his family was planning this summer – and it wasn’t his birthday party. It was his wedding to a 10-year-old cousin. Mohammad Al Rashidi’s marriage was eventually put on hold, his father said, after pressure from the governor of the northern province of Hail, who considered the elementary school student too young to marry.
See: http://www.gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi_arabia/10234986.html
Tags: Human Rights, Marriage, Saudi Arabia