Marriage official found married to minor
An Egyptian man has been dismissed from his job as a marriage officiant at the Ministry of Justice after being found married to a minor girl under a customary marriage contract, local media reported.
According to media reports, the clerk liked a 14-year-old girl and decided to marry her, ignoring the fact that she was under the legal age of marriage.
He even brought a forged certificate claiming she was 16 years old and called a marriage officiant to tie the knot but the latter refused, suspecting that she was younger than the claimed age. However, the man brought another officiant and married the girl.