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Ten-Year Old Successfully Divorces Ugly Old Man

This little girl in Yemen seriously rocks:

Nujood Ali is 10 years old, but she already has been married and divorced. It was an arranged marriage in which she said a husband three times her age routinely beat and raped her...

As she plays marbles with her brothers and sister, Nujood is a portrait of innocence, with a shy smile and a playful nature...

Nujood's parents married her off in February to a man in his 30s whom she describes as old and ugly...

Nujood said she made up her mind to escape from her husband, describing how on a visit to her parents' home she broke free and traveled to the central courthouse across town and demanded to speak to a judge.

"He asked me, 'What do you want?' And I said, 'I want a divorce.' And he said, 'You're married?' And I said, 'Yes,'" she recalled...

Nujood got her divorce, but based on the principles of Islamic Sharia law, her husband was compensated, not prosecuted. Nujood was ordered to pay him more than $200...

Now back at the family home, she said she won't go outside to play -- that all the attention bothers her. Some still condemn the young girl for speaking out, believing that she shouldn't have challenged convention.

Yeah, you're right, Ron Paul. We should never even attempt to sow the seeds of democratization and modernization in that part of the world. This is perfectly normal. Yay non-interventionism!

Sarcasm aside, this story is the reason why neoconservatism rocks as much as this little girl.

Posted on Fri, July 18, 2008 at 08:00AM by Registered CommenterPaul Ibrahim in , | CommentsPost a Comment

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