So while you can have your special princess fantasy wedding at the tender age of 1 – provided your father agrees, natch – your husband still has to wait until you’re 9 to have sex with you. Because that’s the example provided by Mohammed. Seriously:
How unromantic.
It’s always a little disconcerting to see cutting edge media technologies juxtaposed with out and out primitiveness. Not as violent as cell phone pics fueling honor killings – but, if anything, more surreal. It almost calls into question the sanguine assurances of foreign policy experts who promise that technology and capitalism will modernize the Muslim world.
References:
* It Is Allowed to Marry a Girl at the Age of One [abdull1425 / YouTube]
* How picture phones have fuelled frenzy of honour killing in Iraq [The Independent]
Previously:
* Hey Gals, Check This Out – Islamists Really Hate Women
* Hey Gals, Check This Out – You’re Too Dirty To Walk On Saudi Arabia’s Sidewalks
* Hey Gals, Check This Out – Israeli Arab Girl Victim of Honor Killing
