The Religion Of Romance

There is nothing like a Sharia winter-spring fling to warm the cockles of an old Saudi's heart; love amid the sand and wrinkles so to speak. It sure beats jump starting the old family goat.

A 12-year-old Saudi girl has unexpectedly given up her petition for divorce from an 80-year-old man her father forced her to marry in exchange for a dowry.

Despite support from human rights lawyers and child welfare advocates, the girl and her mother, who originally sought the divorce, withdrew the case on Monday in a court in Buraidah, in Al-Qasim province, Saudi newspapers said on Tuesday.

The girl told the court that her marriage to the man was done with her agreement, Okaz newspaper reported.

According to reports, the girl's father, who is separated from her mother, arranged her marriage to the 80-year-old in exchange for a dowry payment of 85,000 riyals ($25,450).

[...]Saudi Arabia has no law against child marriage, and clerics and religious judges justify the practice based on Islamic and Saudi tradition.

I wonder if Mohammed was actually born in the mountains of West Virginia; it would explain a lot.

The girl is writing a book about her experience; it will be called, "Bride of Viagra-stein."