The Shariah Court here has indefinitely adjourned the case of two minors, Sheikha and Abeer, seeking divorce from their septuagenarian husbands. The judge made the decision on Tuesday after the husbands did not show up. Sheikha's father had married her off to Abeer's father in exchange for marriage to Abeer. The judge, however ordered a police case against the two men. The mothers of Sheikha and Abeer, from Afeef and Al-Ula respectively, had moved the court on the grounds that the marriage contracts were signed without the brides' consent and also because exchange marriage (Al-Shighaar) is impermissible in Islam. The mothers had also appealed to the Governorate to intervene. Sheikha had tried to commit suicide by drinking Clorox but she was rescued and transferred from King Faisal Hospital in Taif to the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center in the same city, where Abeer had been admitted earlier. – Okaz __
