சவுதியின் உயர்ந்த கலாச்சாரம்- ஐந்தாம் வகுப்பு சிறுவனுக்கும் நான்காம் வகுப்பு சிறுமிக்கும் நிக்காஹ்

சவுதியின் உயர்ந்த கலாச்சாரம்- ஐந்தாம் வகுப்பு சிறுவனுக்கும் நான்காம் வகுப்பு சிறுமிக்கும் நிக்காஹ்

11-year-old marries 10-year-old cousin
March 19, 2008 - 6:30AM

An 11-year-old boy has married his 10-year-old cousin in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Mohammed al-Rashidi and his unidentified cousin will seal the marriage they contracted under the sharia laws of Islam and move in together after a ceremony to take place in the summer, Al-Shams newspaper reports today.

"I am ready for this marriage. It will help me study better," Mohammed, who goes to primary school in the northern province of Hail, was quoted by Al-Shams as saying.

"I invite all my classmates to do like me," the boy said, adding that he wanted to "crown a love story through marriage".

The schoolboy's father, Muraizak al-Rashidi, told the newspaper he was busy sending out invitations for a summer celebration to seal the marriage.

Dahim al-Jaber, the headmaster at Mohammed's school, said marriage at such a young age was "inappropriate" but wished the couple a happy life together.

AFP