“The Yemeni parliament tried in February to pass a law, setting the minimum marriage age at 17. But the measure has not reached the president because many parliamentarians argued it violates sharia, or Islamic law, which does not stipulate a minimum age.”

This is zany from both a logical AND religious standpoint. By this logic, if a holy book doesn’t mention something specifically (say, vehicular homicide), then it must be just fine.

Monday, September 14th, 2009 @ 8:25 am Uncategorized
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