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Saudi marriage officiant permits one-year-old girls to be married:

Ahmad Al-Mu'bi
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD197108
told LBC TV on June 19, 2008
(click here to view the clip on MEMRI TV http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1798.htm) that

Marriage is actually two things: First we are talking about the marriage contract itself. This is one thing, while consummating the marriage - having sex with the wife for the first time - is another thing. There is no minimal age for entering marriage. You can have a marriage contract even with a one-year-old girl, not to mention a girl of nine, seven, or eight. This is merely a contract [indicating] consent. The guardian in such a case must be the father, because the father's opinion is obligatory. Thus, the girl becomes a wife. ... But is the girl ready for sex or not? What is the appropriate age for having sex for the first time? … The Prophet Muhammad is the model we follow. He took 'Aisha to be his wife when she was six, but he had sex with her only when she was nine.