New Saudi Fatwa Defends Pedophilia as 'Marriage'

by Raymond IbrahimSaudi Arabia - Muslim "child-marriage"—euphemism for pedophilia—is making headlines again, at least in Arabic media: Dr. Salih bin Fawzan, a prominent cleric and member of Saudi Arabia's highest religious council, just issued a fatwa asserting that there is no minimum age for marriage, and that girls can be married "even if they are in the cradle." Appearing in Saudi papers on