content: lies are told to keep the narrative alive. she was allowed to divorce and most people supported that. child marriages are like adult marriages, many are good, many are bad. the thing is that western marriages are not like adult marriages, western marriages are worse than typical middle eastern marriages because we don't know what it means to work together for the good of the marriage and they are raised to do just that. that is why in an islamic arranged marriage you will find better relationships than in western marriages.  i still oppose FORCED marriages of any kind. many people who are in arranged marriages volunteered to be in such marriages and simply trust their parents to make better decisions than they can at the time.