Sex & Islam: "Pleasure" Marriages


	Sex & Islam: "Pleasure" Marriages

JohnWaterman

12-19-2007 1:20 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/035ba9fe-ec1f-4879-9d0b-4b355a8da562/FD757279-622F-48CF-80BA-527AB0FF2516/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://edstrong.blog-city.com/sex__islam_pleasure_marriages.htm" href="http://edstrong.blog-city.com/sex__islam_pleasure_marriages.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">edstrong.blog-city.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://edstrong.blog-city.com/sex__islam_pleasure_marriages.htm"><H1>Firaz, a 24-year-old Shiite Muslim,<P> felt suspended between lust and </P><P>too little money to afford matrimony</P><P> "I had sexual desires and was looking for a girl" </P><P>Enter the "pleasure" marriage, a way station</P><P> in tough times on the path to the real thing</P></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://edstrong.blog-city.com/sex__islam_pleasure_marriages.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/edstrong.blog-city.com/img/EA9FCB8C-6C30-47AC-B5E4-95DDCFB5DB0D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://edstrong.blog-city.com/sex__islam_pleasure_marriages.htm"><H2>Although Muslim scholars regard pregnancy as<P> the primary goal of sex and marriage,</P><P> they are generally more pragmatic than</P><P> the Roman Catholic church about family planning</P><P> Contraception is allowed, </P><P>though the rules can be rather complicated</P><P>Shia clerics often seem to be more flexible</P><P> in sexual matters than Sunnis</P><P> For example, "temporary marriage" is a Shia tradition</P><P> which in effect legalises prostitution</P></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://edstrong.blog-city.com/sex__islam_pleasure_marriages.htm">unemployment and low pay make it hard for many 20-somethings to finance the requirements of formal marriage</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://edstrong.blog-city.com/sex__islam_pleasure_marriages.htm">so they are delaying official unions</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://edstrong.blog-city.com/sex__islam_pleasure_marriages.htm"><P>Mutaah, or temporary wedlock, provides the intimate benefits of marriage without the costs - and, because it is religiously sanctioned in Shiite Islam, without guilt.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; 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