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