"In my opinion, old men who want to marry girls at the age of their granddaughters are mentally sick and need psychological treatment," Nourah al-Khereiji, a columnist in the English language daily, Arab News, wrote at the weekend.
(This comment was made regarding a court case in Saudi Arabia preparing to hear a plea for divorce from an eight-year-old girl whose husband is a half a century older.)
It is possible if Mohammad would have been afforded such treatment in the 7th century perhaps today these older men would be thinking of adoption not sexual relations with young children.
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