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Saudi Mufti Warns Against Underage Girls Marrying Older Men

Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abd Al-Aziz Al-Aal-Sheikh recently warned Saudi parents against marrying off their underage daughters to men aged 50 and over.

He said that such marriages harmed the girls' modesty and caused to live in suffering while their parents benefited from the bride price.

Source: Arabnews.com, August 23, 2008

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