Is Saudi Arabia still living in the dark ages?

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Muslims
sharia Law
Any doubt that Sharia Law has no place in the 21st century, has been removed by a recent judge's decision in Saudi Arabia. The judge, Sheikh Habib Abdallah al-Habib ruled that the arranged marriage of an eight year old girl to a 47 year old man to settle a debt was legal. He ruled against the mother who is trying to have the marriage annulled. When asked to comment on child marriages, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Sheikh, the kingdom's grand mufti, gave the following quote to the regional Al-Hayat newspaper. "A girl aged 10 or 12 can be married. Those who think she's too young are wrong and they are being unfair to her." 

At the time Sharia law was created as the living law for Muslims, it was not unusual for older men to marry very young girls, not only in Arabia but in many parts of the world. But that was 1500 years ago. How anyone in this day and age could even contemplate a set of laws which would legally allow the sexual abuse of children, because that is what marriage to an eight year old is, sexual abuse, is frightening. 

I am not trying to say that abuse of children only happens somewhere else. Far to often it happens right here in Canada. The difference though, is that here when a 47 year old man is brought in front of the judge for having interests in an 8 year old girl, he is punished not praised. 

I took this from a letter to the editor from my local paper.  Is Saudi Arabia still living in the dark ages when stuff like this is allowed to happen by a court of law?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

of course not -- they do not have all the rape and useless killings like we do!!!

Anonymous · Answer

i'm going to tell you precisely why they spoke back the way they did, and why they have been given thumbs up for it. this is because of the fact Muslims strongly have faith in what their faith tells them to do, lots that they supply concept to their perception virtually wisdom. So while Islam tells them to sentence witchcraft, Muslims strongly have faith this is the command of God and that they ought to persist with it (to sidestep punishment interior the hereafter). Witchcraft is a substantial sin because of the fact the sinner could persist with/worship devil. it is likewise believed that witches do great harm to the society, extraordinarily breaking apart marriages (as this is mentioned interior the Quran). So in spite of ways "dark" or medieval you or anybody else thinks this is, Muslims have faith the Quran because of the fact the authentic words of the writer and have faith in it, persist with it, and prepare the classes in it. Why do they have faith the Quran? because of the fact in it are miracles which could no longer be defined by technique of human invention. And NO, there is not any different good clarification different than their faith. And NO, you probably did no longer do your appropriate to no longer sound offensive because of the fact which you mentioned "dark an prolonged time" and "mudhut" as because of the fact of virtually 2 billion human beings (Muslims) residing in this international, lots of that are scientists, medical doctors, experts, and all helpful participants of the international society. next time you ask approximately Islam, do no longer use wordings that are suggestive of prejudice and fake generalizations.

abc123 · Answer

that is disgusting it is like my sister marrying a man the same age as my dad. They need to realise that the world is moved forward. of course men are the ones who gree with this because they are not the ones suffering.

Anonymous · Answer

See link to story below . . . 75 year old woman in Saudi Arabia . . . WHIPPED . . . for talking to men not in her family . . . 

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/world/20013-saudi-arabia-to-whip-jail-75-year-old-widow

Yes . . . I'd call that dark ages . . . medieval . . . 

Dan in Miami

Anonymous · Answer

Short answer is YES, totally medieval

? · Answer

Yes,  people are decapitated in public for witchcraft and magic.

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Is Saudi Arabia still living in the dark ages?

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