Saudi Cleric Issues Fatwa Defending Pedophilia as ‘Marriage’

It is difficult to imagine defending pedophilia at all, let alone issuing a religious decree officially condoning it through the act of marriage. Yet that is what one Saudi cleric has reportedly done by issuing a fatwa defending Muslim “child marriage” or, pedophilia.

Dr. Salih bin Fawzan, a cleric in Saudi Arabia’s highest religious council, has reportedly 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.”

According to FrontPage:

Appearing in Saudi papers on July 13, the fatwa... http://www.theblaze.com/stories/saudi-cleric-issues-fatwa-defending-pedo...