Sunday, June 15, 2008

Old Man Stop to Marrying a young Girl

Man, 92, Prevented From Marrying Girl
Arab News
 

CAIRO, 14 June 2008 — The Egyptian Justice Ministry rejected an application to register a 92-year-old Arab man’s marriage to a 17-year-old Egyptian girl recently. The Arab man, whose nationality was not revealed, was denied his request to wed the teenager because Egyptian law pertaining to marriage with foreigners stipulates that the age difference between the woman and the foreigner, should be less than 25 years, the Al-Madinah daily reported yesterday. The law also stipulates that a foreigner intending to marry an Egyptian woman should submit her birth certificate in addition to documents attested by his country’s embassy showing his social and employment status. The documents are used to verify that the man can financially support his wife.

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