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Saudi Arabia: Marriage Restrictions

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Saudi Arabia, Human Rights, International Relations, Law, Women & Gender

Saudi Jeans [1] is annoyed his country's 150-member Shura (consultative) Council rejected a law to simplify the regulations of Saudi marriages to foreigners. “I do not understand the harsh restrictions enforced on citizens who want to marry foreigners. Why should the government bother with who one chooses to marry?” he asks.