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2007-06-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran minister backs brief marriages to stem illicit sex

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Posted by Fred 2007-06-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Things are really starting to get weird over there.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-06-03 00:13|| 2007-06-03 00:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Starting?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-06-03 00:15|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2007-06-03 00:15|| Front Page Top

#3 The ugly side of Mu'tah marriages. Fred, you rang
a bell about this practice in Islam. I had seen articles comparing this practice to legalized prostitution under the guise of religion previously.

Doing some checking around, I found this article from last year about this practice.
See more about this at Link

According to an official source in Tehran, there has been a 635 percent increase in the number of teenage girls in prostitution, or rather, Mutah. The magnitude of this statistic conveys how rapidly this form of abuse has grown. In Tehran, there are an estimated 84,000 women and girls in prostitution, many of them are on the streets, others are in the 250 brothels that reportedly operate in the city. The trade is also international: thousands of Iranian women and girls have been been "contracted in Mutah" to foreigners abroad. The head of Iranâs Interpol bureau believes that the Mutah trade is one of the most profitable activities in Iran today.

Posted by Delphi 2007-06-03 00:17|| 2007-06-03 00:17|| Front Page Top

#4 comment test

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-06-03 02:46|| 2007-06-03 02:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Let's not forget the mullahs who perform these "temporary marriages" and gets the pimp's cut.

Posted by Thorn 2007-06-03 01:29|| 2007-06-03 01:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Islam has solutions for all human problems

How about a solution for Islamists?

Posted by gorb 2007-06-03 08:00|| 2007-06-03 08:00|| Front Page Top

#7 So, does that mean that the government of Iran pays for the offspring and upbringing of the children conceived in temporary marriage and that their mothers are also put on public support while they raise the child as unwed mothers? Temporary marriage may solve the problem of pent up sexuality, but for half of Iranian society, it only sells a big, impoverished, ostracizing lie.

Posted by Jules 2007-06-03 09:40|| 2007-06-03 09:40|| Front Page Top

#8 It all makes sense when you consider that goats, sheep, camels, etc. are fair "game" for temporary marriages in Iran.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-06-03 10:46|| 2007-06-03 10:46|| Front Page Top

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