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Sharia friendly prostitution

Explore misyar marriage, a controversial practice that some view as temporary sexual relationships permitted by shariah law.

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Misyar: Prostitution By Another Name:

Over the past year many Muslim converts have had the "opportunity" to discover something called a "misyar marriage", or Sunni version of temporary sexual relationship sanctioned by shariah law. From where I stand as a convert, the entire affair appears to be nothing more than prostitution by another name. I just find it interesting how in the over twenty five books on Islamic marriage that I read in English, not once was this little business about temporary marriage mentioned. The fact is that it was hidden from western students and converts to Islam because we would recognize it for what it is and be repulsed. This practice breeds fraud and duplicity in both men and women. For example...

As I told a Muslim friend who pointed this piece to me, humans will do as they wish. Religion is man made, and so at the service ...

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