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| 13-year-old girls sold for so-called Shiite 'pleasure marriages' in Iraq |
| 2019-10-06 |
| [Jpost] Young girls in Iraq are being sold into so-called 'pleasure marriages' that can last as little as an hour for the purposes of sex, the BBC reported. The girls are typically offered by Shi'ite holy mans, despite the practice being banned. As many as 10 holy mans agreed to carry out such an arrangement when asked. This custom is permitted by Sharia law, one of the holy mans said, adding that marrying such a maiden of tender years temporarily is acceptable. According to the BBC, the girls are often exploited, with one of them not being able to remember how many times she was 'married.' While the practice was banned under the Sunni regime of Saddam Hussein, it resurfaced back in 2003 after the invasion of Iraq, which helped increase the power and influence of Shi'ite holy mans. The war and ensuing violence also caused many young women to drop out of school to work and support sick parents or siblings who were maimed. With some of them not being able to read and write, their options are limited and they are easily exploited by men who offer them such 'marriages.' The contract the woman gets from the holy man has an expiration date on it, yet a person who can't read would not be able to know this. The authorities said they have very few options to work with unless the girl complains to the police. "If women don't go to the police with their complaints against holy mans, it's difficult for the authorities to act," they told the BBC. In some cases, the holy mans who officiate the marriages become de-facto pimps, take pictures of the girls and offer them to men. And they sometimes agree to arrange for a man a child who is only 9 years old, the report claimed. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 In Goat years that is quite mature. |
| Posted by: Clyde Dribble8052 2019-10-06 16:50 |
| #3 Wait til the dancing boys union hears about this... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-10-06 08:56 |
| #2 Iraqi Mohammedan-bait Lures Shiites to terrible fate: Prolonged near starvation! Attempts at evasion! "By Allah, I thought she was eight." "I mean, no make-up? Really? And all those bashful glances from behind the tablecloth with a finger in her mouth? How was I to know she was twelve? This is so unfair." |
| Posted by: Ebbomp Thomort8175 2019-10-06 07:23 |
| #1 Isn't 13 a bit old for a proper Muslim man? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-10-06 05:07 |