World's Youngest Divorcee Takes On Paris and a Real Childhood

It is very complicated to interfer with practices in another country. We do, however, have to look for ways to empower the women of Yemen and other countires where atrocities are being committed agains women and all people. Education starting with teaching people that the religious principals are siimply made up by other people who want to control them. When you deal with the religious dogma and return to a personal spirituality that has no dogma, people will not bow down to these absurd practices. The second piece is to relieve poverty so parents are not tempted to sell their children into sex slavery.

There are tons of missing mother's/wives. There are tons of dead children, right here in the US. This isn't some crime, that is unique to the Middle East or some Muslim nation. This is a crime, that is taking place right here, right now. Those people in some of those compounds... What do you think the old men are doing? They claim to have married the young girls. They get them pregnant... Give me a break... This is a problem the world over... Not just for Brown people either...

Carol, why on earth are you trying to turn this into a racial/color issue? Can you not read? The issue is not the color of her skin, or even her religion, the issue of the story is that her father sold her into a nightmarish 'arrangement' with a guy 3 times her age and despite her tender age, she had the courage to get herself a divorce and that other child-brides are now inspired to free themselves as well. The epitath is that nobody can move themselves forward by oppressing others.

Your loosely held adjenda would suggest that there must be a strict level of perfection (in a country of 300,000,000 people in order to celebrate and be inspired by this child's courageous act. Last year did see the raid of a religious compound where children were subjected to similar 'marriages' - the compound was closed and the children were taken into custody. BUT IT IS THE EXCPETION here, and this is COMMON in other parts of the world - another point you seem to miss. And unfortunately, yes, Islamic countries do seem to have a LOT more of this than other countries, if they don't like this fact, they need to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT (like the lawmakers in the story did) rather than getting bent out of shape when it becomes obvious.

Kudos to the lawmakers for increasing the age of consent to adulthood; and much luck in enforcing it.

Marriage between unequals will ALWAYS end tragically; it is unavoidable, so it should not be allowed.

I know that it's easy to blame religion for all the faults in the world but that's not what is happening. the beatings and rapes that these woman endure are not because of the religion that people choose to follow but the actions that they choose to take. That is where the fault lies. "Everyone chooses"

All comments which is coming from people must of them are ignorance of islam, a girl can married from the age of 13, and her husband will treat her well the way islam make it all things will go fine but if he fail things will go wrong.Islam make this bcos of eradicating prostitution and fornification which is now the driking water of western world starting at the age of nine(9)a girl deliverd a baby in the USA through prostitution act, then which one is more recognise to go with(those married at the age of 12 and above and those starting illigal sex act at the age of 9) between muslim act of marriage and christians act of sex abuse, please judge yourself. thank you
nura
nigeria

What has God got to do with what humans do? This perception always bothers me. God provided life, He provided free will. He provided the Bible as a guide to believing in Him and He very much hopes we CHOOSE Him.
But He doesn't force anyone and He doesn't control what we do, we control what we do.
Belief is a choice, living by His word is a choice. He gave us choice.
Humans are weak and temptations are hard to ignore but don't blame God for human's weaknesses and willingness to give into them.

The only way you can prove there is a so-called "God" is by having your friend, which I assume is purely imaginary, demonstrate his (or her) "God"-like properties in front of a board of independent scientists.

If that cannot be done, you must be on some form of wierd drug.

What does God have to do with this. God is not a punishing God. You should be saying "Where are the parents"? They should be jailed. And the men marring these young girls are pervs and should be casterated Immediantly. If you know anything about our Lord, Then you know You can and will be forgive because he gave his son for us, but also he put you in your car (your body) and said drive the car down the right road as It says in the BIBLE. or drive off a mountain or cliff and have a hard life. Everything in this world happens for a reason. Sometimes we do not know what those reasons are for a while, but, eventually you will know, If you stay on the right road. Now, Pray for those girls and all the girls and boys getting abused everywhere in america and every where else in the world. He will hear your prayer. If only you BELIEVE and have HOPE..God bless you and have a wonderful evening.
Teresa

Yes, Sorin: there is a God, and this is happening, along with many, many other evil things in this world, such as slavery, "ethnic cleansing," and abortion. In fact, the newly-elected President of the United States has vowed to push legislation that could force a pro-life physician to puncture a hole in the head of a fourteen-year-old girl's almost-born, full-term, healthy baby, and suction out the baby's brains, even if the physician objects on moral and/or religious beliefs, and without being allowed to notify her parents or offer her alternative options! But God neither does these things nor condones them. He gave mankind free will, to see what we would do with it, and so far, we have failed miserably, as evidenced by these and other evils.
Now we will probably be besieged by those hate-filled atheists and other anti- "Bible thumpers," who will call us names, berate us, and offer absolutely no solutions for these problems!

Sherry,
Their laws DON'T allow this.

there are many grey areas in the world, but this is NOT one of them, i agree. Nothing, no culture, religion, family or individual should be able subject children to this. it's just wrong. Nujood Ali may have bravely freed herself from her marriage, but the emotional scars will always remain. castration isn't enough, people who would do this to a child, to any unwilling person, should be removed, permanently, from society. death is too good for them, but i do believe that they should be killed, less they hurt another as they did Nujood.

Mary, don't be too sure that their holy book doesn't condone this, Muhammod had a child bride who was only 8 or 9 years old. Muhammod was the prophet wrote their holy laws. Those people live like animals.