#9 I don't think a mullah is needed for the marriage ceremony, 11A5S (and that Hah! had better be one of amusement). I imagine the House Madam is fully capable of doing what is required.
There was an indignant op-ed piece in the (Saudi) Arab News some time back on the various kinds of marriage, and how the girls often enough don't even know that they are slated for one of the shorties until its too late. The article was talking about the Street of the Divorcées in one of the major Saudi cities, and the difficulties of the husband-less women who live there, rejected by husband, family and society. |
Iran's foreign minister said Monday his country has no intention of developing nuclear weapons and does not fear being attacked by the United States but could defend itself if needed. The European Union is working to persuade Iran to abandon its uranium enrichment program. The United States fears could be used to manufacture nuclear weapons and is pushing the Europeans to take a tougher line on the issue. Iran insists its nuclear activities are peaceful. "Iran does not have any program to produce weapons," Foreign Minister Kamel Kharrazi told reporters. "Iran is a promoter of the elimination of