Video debate: Saudi cleric v. women's rights activist on marriage in the Arab world

The beauty and the beast?Following are excerpts from a TV debate on types of marriage in the Arab world which aired on Abu Dhabi TV on October 27, 2008.Let's go to the videotape. A transcript follows:TV host: Common-law marriage, misyar marriage, misfar marriage, "friend" marriage, marriage... marriage... and More.. more types of marriage... If in science, necessity is the mother of invention,