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The girl at the center of a child marriage dispute in Saudi Arabia has unexpectedly withdrawn her petition for divorce.
The 12-year-old told the court in Buraidah, in Al-Qasim province, that her marriage to an 80-year-old man had her agreement, the news website Okaz reported.
“I agree to the marriage. I have no objection. This is in filial respect to my father and obedience to his wish,” she said despite earlier objections from her mother.
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A Muslim blogger is creating waves for a book that tells her story of finding love.
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed’s ‘memoir of growing up as a Muslim woman’ tells of her quest to find the right man through the traditional route of arranged marriage.
With an extract published in The Daily Mail and an interview in The Guardian, Janmohamed has seen her book Love in a Headscarf shoot to a five star rating on Amazon, suggesting it has hit a chord with readers.
“I was really overwhelmed by how connected people felt to the story and how it had humanised what it meant to be a Muslim woman,” Janmohamed said. “That for me was really important.”
