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Is it true that Muhammad married a child bride by the name of Ayesha when he was 53 and she was 9 years old? If so, how do Muslims justify this from their “exemplary” Prophet? The well-established, but not altogether agreed upon, tradition of Lady Ayesha’s age at the time of marrying Prophet Muhammad comes from a hadith in one of the most authentic collections – Sahih al-Bukhari in which Ayesha, herself, states: “The Messenger of God married me when I was six, and consummated the marriage with me when I was nine.”

https://rumble.com/v2q351m-muhammad-married-a-9-year-old-lady-ayesha-because-messenger-of-god-said-so.html

Of all the criticism that Islam has endured since it appeared on the scene as a new religion fourteen centuries ago, the marriage of Muhammad to Ayesha was not one of them until fairly recently. Muslim apologists, those who defend the Islamic tradition, would argue that a reason for the absence of such criticism is that marriage and age are so historically and culturally contextual. So, for example, it means something very different to be 9 years old in a society in which life expectancy is short as opposed to long life expectancies in the modern West. In reality, the idea of young girls marrying and even conceiving was quite common in the medieval period. In Christianity, for example, it is commonly accepted that Lady Mary was between 12-14 years of age when she was married to Joseph and when she conceived Jesus of virgin birth. So, the Prophet’s marriage to Ayesha was nothing out of the ordinary for the time in which this marriage took place. Insisting on 21st century (Western) ideas on morality and marriage, which evolved in their own right, for a very different time and place is an ahistorical approach.

Furthermore, the argument goes, there was a great wisdom in the Prophet marrying Ayesha at such a young age. By every historical account, Ayesha grew up to be a very intelligent woman with a sharp memory and was quite bold in asserting herself during and after the Prophet’s life as a scholar, opinionated community leader and diplomat (far from anything you would expect from a supposedly oppressed child bride). According to the same hadith collection, Ayesha was only 18 years old when the Prophet died. She knew the Prophet inside-out, sharing an intimate space and home with him for 9 years and being at his side during major events. As such, Ayesha’s recollection of the Prophet’s Way (sunnah) was considered to be among the most reliable. Much of the authenticated hadith collection in Sunni Islam comes from the narratives of Ayesha, including some of the most intimate affairs of home life. In Sunni Islam it is often said that “one-third of the Shari’ah [sacred law] comes from Ayesha.” After the Prophet’s passing, Ayesha was considered one of the most important early scholars of the developing Islamic tradition until her death four decades later.

Another Muslim response to this question comes from the revisionists – those who engage in the scholarship of critical historical analysis, including aspects of the Prophet’s life [seerah], with other – perhaps lesser known – traditions or new findings. The argument of the revisionists is that despite the authentic hadith, there are other hadith from Ayesha herself in which she recollects an incident from the Prophet’s life which would indicate that she was, in fact, significantly older than 9 years old. In addition, reliable historians in the tradition from the earliest period record Ayesha as being 10 years younger than her sister, Lady Asma, who is recorded as being 28 years of age at the time of the epic migration from Mecca to Medina (hijra) which would make Ayesha around 15 at the time of her marriage and around 19 at the time her marriage was consummated.

In any case, it important to know that when Muslims look to the sunnah they have the example of the Prophet marrying women who were significantly older than himself and widowed as well. And, when it comes to the sacred law (Shari’ah) not everything the Prophet did is taken as precedence for doing. Rather, those who interpret the sacred law [fuqaha] and its application for every age and place have long ago established that culture and custom [urf] has significant weight. As such, many Muslim countries of, at least on paper, banned child-marriages not in defiance of the sunnah or shari’ah, but rather in accordance with its principles and maxims.

Writing about Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, the Orientalist scholar W Montgomery Watt wrote: “Of all the world’s great men, none has been so much maligned as Muhammad.” His quote seems all the more poignant in light of the Islamophobic film Innocence of Muslims, which has sparked riots from Yemen to Libya and which, among other slanders, depicts Muhammad as a paedophile.

Critics allege that Aisha was just six years old when she was betrothed to Muhammad, himself in his 50s, and only nine when the marriage was consummated. They base this on a saying attributed to Aisha herself (Sahih Bukhari volume 5, book 58, number 234), and the debate on this issue is further complicated by the fact that some Muslims believe this to be a historically accurate account. Although most Muslims would not consider marrying off their nine-year-old daughters, those who accept this saying argue that since the Qur’an states that marriage is void unless entered into by consenting adults, Aisha must have entered puberty early.

They point out that, in seventh-century Arabia, adulthood was defined as the onset of puberty. (This much is true, and was also the case in Europe: five centuries after Muhammad’s marriage to Aisha, 33-year-old King John of England married 12-year-old Isabella of Angoulême.) Interestingly, of the many criticisms of Muhammad made at the time by his opponents, none focused on Aisha’s age at marriage.

Qur’an and Women
According to the Qur’an, women like men come from one living soul (nafsin wahida) (Qur’an 4:1). Women are a complement, not a competition, to men (Qur’an 9:71-72). A woman is not defined by any social role such as mother or wife – a woman is first and foremost seen by God as a believer. The Quran espouses spiritual and ethical equality between men and women:

“For the men and women who are devoted to God - the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women, the truthful men and truthful women, the steadfast men and steadfast women, the humble me and humble women, the charitable men and charitable women, the fasting men and fasting women, the chaste men and chaste women, the men who remember God often and the women who remember God often - God has prepared forgiveness and a great reward.” [Qur’an 33:35]

The Qur’an offers some remarkable stories of inspirational women in the Qur’an. The mother of humanity, Eve (known as Hawa in Arabic), is depicted as a person who was on a journey with Adam in learning what human consciousness and free will is. Eve is not blamed at all for tempting Adam to eat from the forbidden tree – the blame is entirely on Satan who tempts them both. Eve is not punished any more than Adam in having to experience the consequences of disobeying divine will. The Qur’an indicates that both Adam and Eve, together, turn in repentance to God and are both equally forgiven and given redemption through the promise of revelation.

In the story of the Children of Israel and the making of Prophet Moses, the mother of Moses is shown to have great faith and courage when she listened to divinely inspired words to put baby Moses in a basket in the river. The sister of Moses is wise and intelligent to follow the basket and to suggest to the Pharaoh’s wife that she adopt the child. The wife of Pharaoh is described as a woman of faith who opposes the tyranny of her husband and prays to God against him.

In the story of the king and Prophet Solomon, the Qur’an tells us about the Queen of Sheba, by the name of Bilquis according to Islamic tradition, who rejects the counsel to go to war with Solomon’s kingdom and instead chooses to offer a gift and diplomacy. When, the queen is brought to Solomon’s court and shown clear signs then she is humble and wise enough to submit to God despite the political opposition.

Lady Mary, the mother of Jesus, has an entire chapter (Qur’an 19) dedicated to her. She is put forth as God’s chosen one to be held up as a model of faith and devotion for all peoples. Her story is told more extensively in the Qur’an than it is even in the Bible.

Honor killing, also known as shame killing, is the murder of an individual, either an outsider or a member of a family, by someone seeking to protect what they see as the dignity and honor of themselves or their family. Honor killings are often connected to religion, caste, other forms of hierarchical social stratification, or sexuality. Most often, it involves the murder of a woman or girl by male family members, due to the perpetrators' belief that the victim has brought dishonor or shame upon the family name, reputation, or prestige. Honor killings occur with shocking regularity in certain parts of the Middle East and South Asia, targeting women whose actions, actual or suspected, violate the honor of their families, an honor that is thought to depend on the sexual purity of its female members. Islam strictly prohibits murder and killing without legal justification, and honor killings are based on ignorance and disregard of morals and laws, which cannot be abolished except by disciplinary punishments.

Noor Almaleki was 20 years old and living in Pheonix when she and her friend, 43-year-old Amal Khalaf, were struck by a car driven by Noor’s father. While Amal survived, Noor later died, and her father, Faleh al-Maleki, was later convicted of killing his daughter.

The case of Noor Almaleki has drawn attention, most recently last weekend on CBS’s “48 Hours: Mysteryopens in a new tab” program, as a suspected case of a so-called “Honor Killing”—one committed here in the United States.

And yet, while the case of Noor Almaleki has made national headlines because it happened in Arizona, so-called “honor killings” happen around the world at an alarming rate, often with little press and no justice for the victim.

Women around the world suffer so-called “honor violence” at the hands of relatives, usually male, in an effort to reclaim family “honor.” If a woman or girl is accused or suspected of engaging in behavior that could taint her family’s status, she may face brutal retaliation from her relatives that often results in violent death.

So-called “honor” crime is rooted in a global culture of discrimination against women, and the deeply rooted belief that women are objects and commodities, not human beings entitled to dignity and rights equal to those of men. Women’s bodies, particularly, are considered the repositories of family honor, and under the control and responsibility of her family (especially her male relatives). And large sections of society share traditional conceptions of family honor and approve of “honor” killings to preserve that honor.

That’s the narrative that is used to justify these brutal attacks on women and girls, but here are the facts:

The UN estimates that around 5,000 women and girls are murdered each year in so-called “honor killings” by members of their families
“Honor” killings are widely reported in regions throughout the Middle East and South Asia, but these crimes against women occur in countries as varied as Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Egyptopens in a new tab, India, Iran, Iraqopens in a new tab, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, Sweden, Syria, Turkeyopens in a new tab, Uganda, United Kingdom, and the United States.
Like other forms of violence against women, “honor” violence against women may be considered a form of tortureopens in a new tab, whether enacted by the state or by an individual.
While “honor” crime is committed predominantly against women and girls, “honor” crime is also on the rise against LGBT people, particularly gay menopens in a new tab
In many countries, the punishment for “honor” crimes are inadequate or non-existent—laws either do not recognize “honor” crime or have insufficient sentencing for such crime. And in countries where laws have been passed to curb “honor” crime (for example, in Jordan), such laws often go un-enforced.
According to the Iranian and Kurdish Rights Organizationopens in a new tab, “Honor Killings are on the rise”, especially in Europe and the US.

Make no mistake: there is no honor in violence against women, and no cultural, social, or religious belief is ever a valid reason to commit violence against women, or deprive anyone of their fundamental human rights.

The murder of women in the name of “honor” is a gender-specific form of discrimination and violence and should be regarded as part of a larger spectrum of violence against women, as well as a serious human rights violation. Violence against women in a global epidemic, and it effects women in every country, at every level of society.

The continued coverage of the case of Noor Almaleki reminds us that women across the world—including our own country—are at risk of such types of gender-specific violence. But so, too, should countless attacks on women’s rights that are part of a culture of discrimination against women.

Any attack on women’s human rights threatens to reduce women to objects or devalue them as less than fully human, and as such, aids and abets in a global culture in which such horrific violence, as happened to Noor and as happens to countless women, is not only possible, but is all too common.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_killing

If Islam forbid honour killings, then why do they happen?
Almost twenty years ago a girl came to a Gynocologist with her mother; she was complaining of a late period and a mass-like on her abdomen with general fatigue and lack of appetite.

The doctor could easily tell she’s pregnant. The girl asked him not to mention anything to her mother. “My wedding is two weeks from now,” the 18-year-old girl said, “We are legally married”* she added.

The doctor”s orders included some vitamins and rest, with no mention of the pregnancy. Both the mother and the daughter went back to their tinny village.

A week later the girl died!!! A week earlier before her wedding!!

The doctor heard about the funeral of the daughter of the XYZ family and was totally in doubt about what actually happened.

“What should I do?!! I should inform the police, but what if she wasn’t murdered? Wouldn’t I be violating the privacy of the patent? and disgracing the family?”My ex-husband said to me.

I was totally choked and I didn’t know what to say. Then I suggested he asked a friend of his who is a legal worker. We had been silent for a few minutes when my husband said there’s a third party we’re forgetting! The man, her fiance (partner).

He was totally right the very next day the Fiance informed the police that he’s sure it’s a murder and explained why.

The question is “why honor killing happens?

Because it’s about the stupid way of thinking and stupidity of some men.

Here’s what actually happened: the two men in that poor girl’s life led her to such destiny, her brother and her fiance had a fight, called each other names and her idiot Fiance told her criminal brother that “Your sister slept with me” to insult him.

This is murder in Islamic law as it is in any law. Honor killing has nothing to do with Islam it’s just a crime, a painful one, and thank God it’s vanishing.

It didn't start with Islam and I dare say it spreads where there are ignorance and arrogance that allows men to treat women as their own properties.

In that case, they were actually married so the idea of haram (sex outside marriage is forbidden) wasn’t even there. Of course, even if they weren’t married it’s still murder according to Islamic law.

Marriage contracts happen sometimes earlier than the actual wedding. Socially the couple is considered engaged.

What is Honor Violence?
Honor violence is an often-overlooked form of abuse that shames, hurts or kills thousands of women and girls in the US each year and puts millions more at risk. Honor violence is typically seen in the form of physical or emotional abuse, sexual assault, rape or kidnapping - but it also includes female genital mutilation and forced marriage. In its most extreme cases, honor violence can lead to murder. In sharp contrast to other forms of domestic violence, honor violence is often condoned by families and communities, making it particularly difficult to identify and stop. Sadly, it often involves several perpetrators within the family or community.

Honor Violence is a Reality in the US
Alarmingly, the number of cases of honor violence is increasing in the US, making it clear that a more robust system for addressing these crimes is critical. The AHA Foundation responds to women and girls in crisis through counseling, information and direct introductions to local service providers.

“The prevalence of honor violence and honor killings in the US will only increase, unless we act now. We have a duty to protect these young women and to be a voice for them. Most importantly, it is the right thing to do.”

Pleasure Marriages in Sunni and Shi'ite Islam For over a decade, the phenomenon of marriage without commitment, called misyar marriage, has been spreading throughout the Sunni Muslim world, particularly in Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf countries. In such marriages, the woman relinquishes some of the rights that Islam grants her, such as the right to a home and to financial support from her husband, and, if he has other wives, the right to an equal part of his time and attention. In most cases, these marriages are secret, without the knowledge of the man's other wives - even though a marriage contract is drawn up in the presence of witnesses, and although consent is commonly obtained from the woman's guardian, and the marriage is registered and documented at the courthouse. Demand is high for misyar marriages on online matchmaking sites, as well as through services using text messages and email.

Due to the substantial increase in the number of misyar marriages in recent years, and in light of the arguments over this issue among clerics as well as among the public, the Institute of Islamic Religious Law, which is a part of the Muslim World League in Mecca, decided to address the matter.

In a fatwa issued on April 10, 2006, the institute permitted marriages in which "the woman relinquishes a home, financial support, and her part [in joint life] with her husband, or part of it, and consents to the man's coming to her home whenever he wants, day or night."

The fatwa also permitted marriages known as "friend" marriages, in which "the girl remains at her family's home and she and the man meet any time they want, either at her home or anywhere else, as they have no [joint] home and livelihood." Such marriages are aimed primarily at meeting the needs of young Muslims in the West, who are influenced by male-female relations around them but who want their relationships to have religious legitimacy.

Advocates of misyar marriage argue that such marriages meet the needs primarily of women who have little chance of finding a husband for ordinary marriage. These include widows, divorcees, and especially single women who are beyond marriageable age [ awanis]. Those opposed to misyar marriage - including the vast majority of women - claim that it exploits the difficult social situation of unmarried women in Arab society, and is designed primarily to sate men's lust, with no concern whatsoever for women's needs and the needs of children born of these marriages.

These non-binding marriages are to a great extent similar to the "pleasure marriages" (in Arabic, mut'a; in Persian, sigheh) that have been accepted in Shi'ite Islam since its beginnings. Unlike misyar marriage, mut'a marriage in Shi'ite Islam is contracted for a particular period of time, and divorce is not necessary to end it. For the most part, misyar marriages also do not last, and ending them by divorce is no problem. Over the years, mut'a marriage has been a major bone of contention between Shi'ite Islam and Sunni Islam - the latter seeing it as licentiousness in religious guise. The Sunni clerics reject the comparison between mut'a and misyar marriage, stressing misyar's formal aspects which meet religious requirements; however, at the same time, they disregard its essence as well as the fact that such a marriage is no basis for a family.

Based on their generally critical approach to mut'a marriage and to marriages contracted for a limited duration, the April 2006 fatwa by the Institute of Islamic Religious Law banned marriages in which the man declares that the marriage will be null and void if the woman becomes pregnant. The institute clarified that "such marriages are flawed, as they contain an element of pleasure [ mut'a], and since setting a particular time period such as one month, or one that is not known [in advance] like the date of the birth of children, makes the marriage mut'a, and it is unanimously agreed that mut'a marriage is forbidden."

Another kind of marriage banned by the institute in its fatwa is "marriage with intent to divorce" - that is, marriage in which "the husband conceals in his heart [an intent] to divorce the wife after a certain period, such as 10 days, or after a period unknown [ahead of time] such as the date of the end of his studies or the date on which he will fulfill the purpose for which he came [to the place where he met the woman]." Although some clerics permit this kind of marriage, the fatwa clarified that "the Institute of Islamic Religious Law has prohibited it, because it includes 'deception and fraud', since had the woman or her guardian known this ahead of time, they would not have agreed to this marriage contract."

This paper addresses various aspects of misyar marriage and presents the approaches supporting it and opposing it:

The Scope and Characteristics of the Phenomenon
In recent years, modern communications technology has increased the spread of misyar marriages. Personal ads on the online Islamic matchmaking sites reveal the nature of these marriages. The following are several examples:

"Young man, 26, from the UAE, seeks misyar marriage to a divorcee, widow, or single woman. Age not an issue."

"Young man, 21, excellent monthly income, seeks misyar marriage as soon as possible to single girl up to age 21 and up to 70 kg, living in Jeddah."

"Egyptian doctor, 45, seeks pretty, white Saudi woman from Jeddah, age 28-40, for misyar marriage. I will visit her twice a week."

"Egyptian accountant, 30, seeks misyar marriage with Saudi woman. Age, appearance, whether she has children, and whether she is a widow, single, or divorced unimportant. What is important is her ability to satisfy the needs of a man who desires things permitted by religion (halal)."

"Young, highly educated man, 29, energetic and with a winning personality, seeks single woman or widow aged 18-50 living in Syria, for misyar marriage."

"Saudi clerk, 38, from a well-known family, seeks pretty, white, delicate businesswoman or clerk for misyar marriage. With Allah's help, if things work out, the marriage will be official."

"Young religious man, 29, working in the UAE, seeks misyar marriage with pretty, religious girl from a well-known tribe, age 14-19. I will pay her 1000 dirhams a month."

An additional channel for those seeking misyar marriage is the traditional matchmaker. A veteran Saudi matchmaker told the London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat that since the publication of the fatwa permitting misyar marriages, she had received at least 15-20 requests per day from men of various ages for such marriages, from men under 20 who did not object to women over 40, up to men in their 70s. She said that the young men who marry women aged 40 and 50 remain with them until they finish their studies. The marriages are kept secret from the man's parents, and when he completes his university studies, he is married to another woman chosen for him by his family. She said that half of the requests for misyar marriages are from young men in their 20s.

Since the fatwa was issued, the number of misyar marriages has increased in Jeddah, particularly among women aged 30 to 40. According to Sheikh Abd Al-Karim Al-Ghamidi, who oversees and coordinates all marriages in Jeddah, most of the women seeking these marriages are businesswomen, teachers, doctors, nurses, and widows.

Saudi author Dr. Ibtisam Halwani, who researched the phenomenon and published a number of articles on the subject, found out the following about misyar marriages: Most of the women in these marriages are non-Saudis, and are from a certain few large cities; in some misyar marriages, the woman relinquishes only some of her rights; many marriage contracts are made not in the presence of the woman's guardian, but in the presence of a public official; some women in misyar marriages demand a divorce after a while so as to remarry and obtain a new dowry; many men set conditions for the woman, such as "if the knowledge of the marriage gets out, you are divorced," or "if you get pregnant, you are divorced"; many of the men divorce when it is even suspected that news of the marriage has reached the families; many students from out of town seek misyar marriage; and most misyar marriages end in divorce.

A poll conducted by Dr. Halwani of 64 women working in Jeddah, found that 81% of them were against misyar marriage; 9% were absolutely in favor of it; and 8% were in favor but only under specific circumstances.

Among the reasons given by the women who were in favor of misyar marriages were: the marriages meet the woman's emotional need; the woman is freely available for her other obligations; there is minimal obligation towards the husband; and the woman remains with her family and does not lose this situation if the marriage fails, because separation is simple in the case of incompatibility.

Among the reasons given for opposing misyar marriage were: the woman does not have rights like an ordinary married woman; there is no sense of security and stability; the woman is not respected; the woman is dependent on the wishes of her husband; such a marriage can force a woman not to have children; a woman feels like a sinner because the marriage is secret, or because there are restrictions on announcing it; and there is fear of problems that might arise when the man's other wife hears about her husband's misyar marriage.

The poll's respondents said that misyar marriage had the following effects: harm to children, because there is no basis for a family; harm to the woman, because the husband has no responsibility towards her; increase in divorce, particularly after the marriage becomes known to the husband's other wife; economic problems for women who have children from these marriages; social criticism of women for having agreed to such a marriage; and women's emotional suffering due to constant fear of the results of this marriage.

Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi: "The Woman is Entitled to Relinquish Some of Her Rights [If She Wants to]"
Like many Muslim clerics, the well-known Islamist Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi maintains that misyar marriages are permitted by religious law, although they are not the preferred and encouraged form of marriage. The following are his statements on the issue, on his weekly program Shari’a and Life aired on Al-Jazeera TV:

"Misyar marriage meets the need of some women. A woman to whom Allah has given money but has not given an opportunity to marry at a reasonable age consents to it... These marriages fulfill all the conditions [for marriage in Islam]... Perhaps society does not accept them, [but] there is a difference between whether the marriage is socially acceptable and whether they are permitted from the point of view of religious law. There are marriages that are not socially acceptable [but are] permitted by religious law... such as cases in which a woman marries her servant or her driver... a young woman marries an older man, or an older woman marries a young man..."

With regard to the issue of the secrecy of misyar marriages, Al-Qaradhawi said: "In Saudi Arabia, [marriages] are registered and documented by the judge, [and the same is true] in the UAE... That is, the marriage is not necessarily secret... After all, if two witnesses witness the marriage, it is already no secret. In addition, in the Gulf states [women have] a guardian. Where is the secrecy in a matter in which there are witnesses and a guardian[?]...

"In the Maliki school of religious law, secret marriages [are invalid], but the other schools settle for there being witnesses. In my opinion, witnesses are the minimum requirement for a legal announcement [of marriage]. Some people do not want to announce their marriage for various reasons... I know several very senior clerics who married [in misyar marriages] and would go to their [new] wives, and his children and his other wife never knew this until after their death...

"The media attack has turned polygamy into a grave crime. The woman thinks that if her husband takes another wife, it is a death sentence for her. How, then, can he tell her this? He doesn't want to kill her, and does this [secretly] in order to protect her, since she will object to this and will perhaps collapse... In this situation, there is nothing preventing him from marrying and hiding it from his wife..."

In answer to the question: "Doesn't such a marriage open the door to extortion, because perhaps a poor man will marry a [wealthy] woman and extort her?" Al-Qaradhawi answered: "Extortion can occur even in ordinary marriages. I receive letters and phone calls from women with jobs whose husbands are extorting them and taking their wages. They [i.e. their husbands] even keep them from opening a [bank] account in their names, and from helping their families... [In misyar marriage], the woman relinquishes [some of her funds] to the man of her own free will. This situation is not extortion...

"The woman is entitled to relinquish some of her rights [if she wants to]... In the biography of the Prophet Muhammad, it is related that when Sawda bint Zam'a, the wife of the prophet after Khadija, grew old... she relinquished her day [for having relations with the Prophet] in favor of 'Aisha [his beloved young wife]..."

Regarding the question of children and family life in misyar marriage, Al-Qaradhawi said: "There is nothing that forbids there being children from a misyar marriage... Aren't there husbands who are always traveling and leaving the children with their wives? On the contrary, there are also husbands that are [at home]... and barely see the children. The husband comes in the middle of the night when the children are already asleep, and when they go to school in the morning he is asleep, and he gets up in the afternoon. He doesn't see his children day or night. This happens; does it invalidate the marriage?..."

With regard to the difference between misyar marriage and mut'a marriage, Al-Qaradhawi explained: "Mut'a marriage is for a limited period of time. It is a marriage in which the man pays the woman for the time... If they marry for a week the payment is for a week; if they marry for a month the payment is for a month, and if they marry for a year [the payment is for a year]... After the specified time period is up, the marriage is null and void... There is no need for divorce. Misyar marriage, in contrast, cannot be annulled except by divorce initiated by the husband or by the wife, or by a judge's ruling... Mut'a marriage is of course forbidden among the Sunnis."

Misyar Marriage - Invalid Because It is Marriage With Intent to Divorce
Abd Allah bin Na'if Al-'Utaybi, an opponent of misyar marriage, explained in his column in the Saudi daily Al-Riyadh that misyar marriage is actually marriage that includes the intent to divorce. As mentioned, the Institute of Islamic Religious Law banned marriage contracted with the intent to end it in divorce, because it involves "deception and fraud."

According to Al-'Utaybi, "misyar marriage discriminates against the woman. [True,] it does have conditions [according to religious law] for marriage, but unfortunately it is not marriage at all. It is marriage with the intent to divorce... and the proof of what I say is that we have never found and never heard of a misyar marriage that lasted. They last for a while, and then the man divorces his helpless wife. What does it mean when a man who contracts a misyar marriage hides his wife?... What does it mean when a man contracts a misyar marriage far from the region in which he lives? And what does it mean when the man refuses to have children with this wife?... Women are deprived of their rights in this marriage, because the husband has no home that she can settle in; she has no children from him; and she cannot express her opinion. She is destined only to sate the man's lust...

"Would you want your daughter, your sister, or a woman under your protection to marry in this fashion? Don't ask for anything that you would not wish upon yourself."

Misyar Marriage is No Different From Mut'a Marriage
In the Saudi daily Al-Watan, Maram Abd Al-Rahman Makawi, a Saudi author, explained that there was no difference between misyar marriage and the mut'a marriage forbidden by Sunni Islam. She wrote: "What is strange is that we very often condemn those from other schools of religious thought [i.e. Shi'ites] because [they agree to] mut'a marriage. Even though I am completely opposed to this kind of marriage, I respect the fact that they call things by their name...

"A few years ago, I heard Sheikh 'Abd Allah bin Muni' answer a question regarding misyar marriage, and say that 'the cowardly man turns to misyar marriage... A man with self-confidence must take numerous wives according to religious law, and announce this before Allah and the public.' The sheikh was right. Islam has permitted the man to take two, three, or four wives, provided that he treats them fairly with regard to livelihood, marital relations, a home, and behavior towards them... What more do men want?...

"If you go to the marriage websites and look through the papers that publish marriage ads, you will find single men aged 21-29 (primarily in Saudi Arabia) who are looking to contract misyar marriages. Naturally, they will marry someone who has financial capability, who is for the most part older than they... And what happens to the young women in the [same] age group? They marry men who have passed marriageable age... Does a young man aged 24 intend to remain with a woman aged 40 or 50? If the answer is no, then this is a pleasure marriage [mut'a]. And when he divorces her and marries another in ordinary marriage, he has already acquired bad habits from his previous marriages - such as not taking responsibility, and relying on others..."

Misyar Marriage - Worse Than Prostitution
'Aisha Al-Mari wrote in her column in the UAE daily Al-Ittihad: "There is no doubt that the chauvinist societies find justification for depriving women and children of their rights in favor of the man's free enjoyment. We don't even call this prostitution, because prostitution is [at least] for pay... There must be no exploitation of social problems such as the problem of older single women such that the woman relinquishes her rights and the rights of her children. Society must examine the roots of the problem and deal with them - and not skip over them with an additional deprivation of women's rights..."

Dr. Rola Dashti, who heads the Kuwait Economic Society, and was the first Kuwaiti woman to register as a parliamentary candidate, also addressed the social aspect of the phenomenon: "Misyar marriage harms the foundation of the family, and of family stability. The rights that the woman relinquishes are fundamental to building a stable family... There must be no use of the issue of 'older single women' to force the woman to relinquish more rights. It is fitting to deal with [this problem] politically and socially, and not to choose the easy way such as misyar marriage... Even a woman in an ordinary marriage suffers from many problems - for example, during divorce - not to mention a woman in a misyar marriage... The time has come for enlightened clerics to deal with the extremist views... and not abandon women in the struggle. There is no escape from launching an attack against the extremist thought that is harming society and restricting the development of the woman in Arab society."

"The Children of Misyar Marriages are Children Who are Oppressed and Hurt"
In another article, Dr. Ibtisam Halwani discussed the situation of the children of misyar marriages: "Why don't misyar marriages turn into ordinary marriages and get announced - instead of being secret marriages that show the man's cowardice and selfishness? And what about the children? Is it permissible for a man to prevent his wife in a misyar marriage from having children? Of course it is forbidden. So what happens when the man brings children to the world from a number of homes? And even if they are the children from one wife to whom he is married in a misyar marriage, how will he oversee the education of his children in this home when he is there some days and other days and weeks he is not?

"If many fathers who live in one home [only] are careless regarding the weighty tasks of life, what will they do when they have a number of homes and many children?... Is it logical that they will treat the children of the misyar wife like they treat these children's mothers, that is, in accordance with circumstance, needs, and desires? Who will raise [the children of misyar marriage] and who will pay the expenses of their housing, food, school, and all the other necessities of life? How will the father monitor their studies, and how will he handle their problems?... And if he divorces their mother, what will happen to them? The children of divorced women from ordinary marriages are known, and their father is known... but who knows the fathers of the misyar children?

https://www.journeyman.tv/film_documents/7677/transcript/

"If this marriage is based on concealment, or on a limited announcement [of the marriage, only to the woman's closest relatives], what is the status of women in misyar marriages among her other relatives, such as her aunts, and even among her friends and acquaintances? Will they hide their pregnancy and then hide their children? And even if the woman in misyar marriage is not a Saudi or has no family, don't her sons from this marriage need supervision and care? On the contrary; perhaps her situation is worse, particularly because there is no deterrence preventing the husband from abandoning his son's rights...

"Why not allow sons of misyar marriages and sons of ordinary marriages to have the same opportunities in life?... Doesn't this difference engender hatred and a sense of injustice among the children from misyar marriages because of how they are treated by the children from ordinary homes who have care, livelihood, supervision, and love, that they themselves do not receive? Don't they feel anger because they see their fathers rarely, and enjoy no rights, not even basic ones?...

"The children of misyar marriages are children who are oppressed and hurt. Society will engender hundreds of them in the future, because of the sweeping permission for these marriages. Are we ready to deal with this phenomenon in light of the many and various social problems that [already] exist?..."

This Is How So-Called “Pleasure Marriages” Are Used for Sex Trafficking

This one goes out to all the “Wallah Bros,” and those who constantly undermine the abuse faced by women.

Before I begin to write, I would like to bring attention and recognition to the fact that the issues I am discussing in this article occur throughout the world. Several countries exploit and perform illegal sexual arrangements. Sex trafficking is a big issue around the world. This problem is simply named differently to place a front.

Recently, a BBC investigation was conducted to expose Shia clerics in Baghdad, Iraq, whom are involved with helping men manipulate young women into so-called “pleasure marriages.” This religious front is causing women to become victims of abuse and sexual exploitation. Unfortunately, not only are these women being used, but men are profiting from it. “Pleasure marriages” are being used to justify women being pimped out, and I am actually disgusted right now.

These “mutaa” (pleasure) marriages, is unauthorized and illegal to perform under the Iraqi law. And yet, clerics continue to unlawfully officiate these illegitimate marriages and in exchange, are receiving a cut.

The writer of the original article describes her surroundings as she walks through the market stalls. She notices “marriage offices,” close to the mosques nearby that are licensed to execute Sharia marriages. These “mutaa” (pleasure) marriages, is unauthorized and illegal to perform under the Iraqi law. And yet, clerics continue to unlawfully officiate these illegitimate marriages and in exchange, are receiving a cut. It sounds bad already, but it sounds even worse when you realize that these men are basically paying for a “temporary wife.”

Imagine being a women, seeking help from a man whom you believe to be lawful and God-fearing, yet instead they are the ones who are using and abusing Sharia marriage laws to exploit women for their own profit. These men are manipulating vulnerable girls and young women, deceiving them into prostitution and pimping them out.

Thankfully, the investigation was not only a small write up of the problem. They also secured evidence on camera of what goes down behind the scenes. The article mentions, ”We recruited a male undercover reporter who, over the course of our year-long investigation, met and secretly filmed several of the clerics running the Sharia marriage offices in the vicinity of the shrines.”

On the other hand, the original writer of this article met and interviewed the female victims as well as some of the male clients who frequently use pleasure marriages.

The undercover reporter had visited several marriage offices in the hopes of estimating how many perform pleasure marriages. The offices that were approached are near the shrine of Kadamiya in Baghdad. After the visits, it was concluded that 8 out of 10 clerics that were approached agreed to perform pleasure marriages.

“You can marry a girl for half an hour and as soon as it’s over, you can marry another,” one of the clerics, Sayyed Raad, told the reporter on camera, “even after half an hour, you can marry another,” said one cleric.

“Take my advice, don’t tell her where my offices are in Kadamiya, so afterwards she can’t come looking for her rights. Trust me, it’s better that way,” the cleric advised.

Evidence was caught on camera of clerics assisting their male clients to deceive the female victims. The article mentions that visiting businessmen were advised by the cleric to use deception when arranging a pleasure marriage: “Take my advice, don’t tell her where my offices are in Kadamiya, so afterwards she can’t come looking for her rights. Trust me, it’s better that way,” the cleric advised.

Teenage girls are specially vulnerable to men whom are assisted by clerics, often paying the highest prices for their misfortune. Losing one’s virginity outside of a marriage is extensively viewed as a scandal. This turns into a concern towards the family, simply because it is viewed a shameful and dishonoring the family. Girls who have gone through these events are often disowned and shunned by their families. Unfortunately, there are other cases where girls are murdered.

What really blew my mind was reading that the cleric in question officiated a pleasure marriage between the reporter and a “young virgin,” in which he advised not to take her virginity, but to simply perform “anal sex” because it was permissible. The reporter questions the cleric, asking what he should do if he does end up taking the girl’s virginity. The clerics response was, “If the family does not know where you live, then you can just leave.”

A FRONT FOR CHILD PROSTITUTION
Without viewing the secret footage caught of these clerics, I feel saddened and upset for these women. Especially since these women are living day to day dealing with the consequences of the cleric and the men whom request a pleasure marriage. Several victims were interviewed, allowing their stories and feelings to be heard.

One victim, Mona, states she was just 14-years-old when she was forced to enter a pleasure marriage. She expressed that the man would follow her home from school and that he complimented her.

“He told me he was rich, that he loved my personality, and that I was beautiful”. And just like that, a few weeks later she was brought to a cleric, and pressured to enter into a pleasure marriage.

Imagine being a women, seeking help from a man whom you believe to be lawful and God-fearing, yet instead they are the ones who are using and abusing Sharia marriage laws to exploit women for their own profit.

What blows my mind about this victim was that she was a virgin, and the cleric didn’t even ask for her parents’ consent. The cleric instead expressed to a 14-year-old that parental consent wasn’t needed as both she and the man were adults. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Three years on, and she is coerced by her family into get married, terrified that her future husband will find out she’s no longer a virgin because she was once forced into a pleasure marriage. Her fear also stems from her cousin who was killed by her uncle for simply having a boyfriend. Imagine what her punishment would be, if not the same. With all the pressure and fear, this victim contemplates suicide as she feels there is no way out.

WHO PROTECTS THE VULNERABLE?
The investigation was taken to Karbala, Shia Islam’s holiest site. The main focus of this investigation was to bring forth the role of the holy city’s religious authorities, especially to confirm whether they condone the practice of pleasure marriages. The writer spoke to Sheikh Emad Alassady, who insisted the practice was absolutely illegal. At no one’s surprise, right around the corner from the Sheikh’s main office, another cleric was willing to officiate a pleasure marriage to an underaged child, as well as giving instructions on how to sexually abuse a child without getting caught! It is so imperative that our spiritual leaders take an active role in protecting the most vulnerable. Our future depends on it.

Another victim, Reem, spoke out, expressing that well-known clerics were involved in pimping and pleasure marriage. Women are put in vulnerable situations where their husbands are no longer in the picture, leaving them homeless. In this victim’s case, her husband was killed by a bomb in 2016, leaving her and her two children homeless. When seeking help, she reached out to a well-known cleric for alms. Instead, the cleric had sex with her and pimped her out to his friends. Reem does not provide any names, but verbalized that the cleric is well-known and powerful in her community.

One may wonder how these clerics get away with all these horrible acts. Quite simply, clerics relish powerful political connections and benefit from them.

The article follows, “He proposed a pleasure marriage with me. I had to do it to survive,” she said. They would have sex once or twice a week in his office. Then he began bringing his friends, including one who, Reem says, was “famous in the region. He forced me to go into a room with this friend.” Reem then found out the cleric was charging his associates three or four hundred dollars to have sex with her, while she was paid just pocket money. “They were like animals,” she told me. “They have sex with a woman then throw her away.”

One may wonder how these clerics get away with all these horrible acts. Quite simply, clerics relish powerful political connections and benefit from them.

THE AFTERMATH
Once the investigation was completed, BBC reporters approached the clerics for their response. Some denied that they performed “mutaa” marriages. Others did not respond. One cleric, Sayyed Raad, denied he performed pleasure marriages and that he was a follower of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, located in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq’s most influential Shia cleric. So BBC reporters went to approach Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s office, with evidence, to get a clear understanding of his stance on pleasure marriages. His office’s official response was, “If these practices are happening in the way you are saying then we condemn them unreservedly.” They continued, “Temporary marriage is not allowed as a tool to sell sex in a way that belittles the dignity and humanity of women…A guardian of a girl should not permit her marriage without her consent… and she is not supposed to marry if it’s against the law, which could bring troubles to her.”

Yet, the 89-year-old, Ayatollah Sistani previously wrote in his book, “The Path of the Righteous,” that if a child under nine were promised in marriage or temporary marriage, sexual touching was religiously permitted. When questioned, the Ayatollah’s office told BBC that times had changed, and any mention of the former had been erased from his current books. This leaves a very unclear understanding of the truth behind the words attributed to people, even the ones who claim to be holy.

Their vulnerability holds them captive to horrific situations, preventing them from reporting any incidents or acts of abuse used against them to the authorities.

I’d like to express that these issues occur throughout the world and that this situation in Iraq is one of many many sex trafficking rings. Throughout the whole world, incidents of women being sexually exploited in many different ways, including religious, for immigration processes, financial gains etc. Such cases take advantage of the rights of vulnerable women in every possible way. Their vulnerability holds them captive to horrific situations, preventing them from reporting any incidents or acts of abuse used against them to the authorities. That’s why it is so very important for those in power to protect the most vulnerable.

THE STATISTICS
According to the Polaris Project:

From 2007 to 2017, the National Human Trafficking Hotline, operated by Polaris, has received reports of 34,700 sex trafficking cases inside the United States.
In 2017, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children estimated that 1 in 7 endangered runaways reported to them were likely sex trafficking victims.
The International Labor Organization estimates that there are 4.8 million people trapped in forced sexual exploitation globally.
According to USA Today:

There are more than 4 million victims of sex trafficking globally.
99% are women and girls.
Girls in foster care are particularly vulnerable. Growing up in the system, these girls are promised to be loved and cared for. Seeking acceptance and the need for love provides the traffickers with the easiest way to capture young girls.
Profits from forced sexual labor are estimated at $99 billion worldwide. According to a 2014 report from the International Labour Organization on forced labor, commercial sexual exploitation accounted for two thirds of the profits from forced labor. And forced sex work commanded the highest profits per victim compared to other types of labor like domestic work.
Profits are highest per sex trafficking victim in developed economies: The highest number of victims is in Asia, due to the fact that traffickers can charge more for sex acts. The International Labour Organization estimates annual rates of around $80,000 per victim in developed countries and $55,000 in the Middle East.
Victims are still arrested for crimes they were forced to commit by traffickers. The State Department’s report found that at the state and local level, victims are still being arrested for crimes they’re compelled to commit such as commercial sex work, including child victims. This comes despite a push for “safe harbor” laws, passed in at least 34 states, which are meant to stop child sex trafficking victims from being prosecuted for prostitution and other charges related to commercial sex. Forty-four states have passed laws allowing survivors to seek a court order vacating, expunging or sealing convictions that resulted from acts traffickers forced them to commit.

What is female genital mutilation?
Everything you need to know about FGM and what UNICEF is doing to stop it.

An estimated 200 million girls and women worldwide have undergone some form of female genital mutilation (FGM) – many before the age of 15. Despite being internationally recognized as a human rights violation, FGM persists for various reasons. No matter where or how it is performed, FGM causes extreme physical and psychological harm.

What is FGM?
Female genital mutilation (FGM) refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. It is most often carried out on young girls between infancy and age 15. In every form in which it is practiced, FGM is a violation of girls’ and women’s fundamental human rights, including their rights to health, security and dignity.

How is FGM a risk for girls and women?
FGM has no health benefits and can lead to serious, long-term complications and even death. Immediate health risks include haemorrhage, shock, infection, HIV transmission, urine retention and severe pain.

Psychological impacts can range from a girl losing trust in her caregivers, to longer-term feelings of anxiety and depression.

In adulthood, girls subjected to FGM are more likely to suffer infertility or complications during childbirth, including postpartum haemorrhage, stillbirth and early neonatal death.

Why is FGM still practiced?
Numerous factors contribute to the persistence of the practice. Yet in every society in which it occurs, FGM is an expression of deeply rooted gender inequality.

Some societies see it as a rite of passage. Others use it to suppress a girl’s sexuality or ensure her chastity. FGM is not endorsed by Islam or Christianity, but religious texts are commonly deployed to justify it.

Where FGM is most prevalent, communities may deem it a prerequisite for marriage or inheritance. This makes it difficult for parents to abandon the practice. Families who don’t participate face ostracism, their daughters at risk of becoming ineligible for marriage.

How is FGM a human rights violation?
No matter how it is practiced, FGM is a violation of universal human rights principles.

FGM violates the principles of equality and non-discrimination on the basis of sex. It violates the right to freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. It violates the right to the highest attainable standard of health, the right to physical integrity, and the rights of the child. In the worst cases, it even violates the right to life.

How prevalent is FGM?
While the exact number of girls and women to have undergone FGM worldwide remains unknown, at least 200 million girls and women from 31 countries across three continents have been subjected to the practice.

UNFPA estimates that over 4 million girls are at risk of FGM each year. In 2021, an additional 2 million cases of FGM were predicted to occur over the next decade, as a result of COVID-19-related school closures and disruptions to programmes that help protect girls from the practice.

Global efforts have accelerated progress being made to eliminate FGM. Today, a girl is about one third less likely to be subjected to it than she was 30 years ago. Still, sustaining these achievements in the face of population growth presents a considerable challenge. By 2030, nearly one in three girls worldwide will be born in the 31 countries where FGM is most prevalent, putting 68 million girls at risk.

If global efforts are not significantly scaled up, the number of girls and women undergoing FGM will be higher in 2030 than it is today.

Where is FGM most common?
Although FGM is declining in the majority of countries where it is most prevalent, progress eliminating the practice has been uneven. In some countries, FGM remains as common today as it was three decades ago. Over 90 per cent of women and girls aged 15 – 49 have undergone some form of genital mutilation in Guinea and Somalia.

What is the medicalization of FGM?
An alarming trend in some countries is the medicalization of FGM, in which the procedure is carried out by a health-care provider. Approximately one in four FGM survivors – some 52 million women and girls worldwide – were subjected to FGM at the hands of health personnel.

Medicalization not only violates medical ethics, it also risks legitimizing the practice and giving the impression it is without consequences. No matter where or by whom it is performed, FGM is never safe. All forms of FGM remove and damage healthy tissue and interfere with the biological functions of girls’ bodies.

How are attitudes towards FGM evolving?
Girls’ and women’s attitudes about FGM vary widely across countries where the practice is prevalent, but opposition is mounting. The majority of girls and women (roughly 7 in 10) in most countries in Africa and the Middle East with representative data believe the practice should be eliminated. This proportion is about twice what it was only two decades ago.

Findings from a recent UNICEF analysis also show that many boys and men are against FGM. In Ethiopia, for example – a country with one of the highest rates of FGM globally – male opposition to the practice is 87 per cent.

What is UNICEF doing to stop FGM?
Eliminating FGM requires coordinated efforts that engage whole communities – young people, parents, religious leaders, civil society organizations, activists, medical personnel, educators and policymakers. One of the most effective ways to end FGM is through collective abandonment, in which an entire community chooses to forgo the practice. This ensures that no single family or girl will be disadvantaged for not participating in FGM.

UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) jointly lead the world’s largest programme to end FGM. Launched in 2008, the programme partners with communities to raise awareness of the harms caused by FGM and to shift social norms towards collective abandonment. UNICEF also works with governments at the national and regional levels to support the development of policies focusing on ending and outlawing FGM.

For girls at risk of FGM, as well as FGM survivors, UNICEF provides access to medical and psychological care, and supports health workers who provide such treatment.

What impact has UNICEF’s work had?
Since the establishment of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation, 13 countries have passed national legislation banning FGM. The programme has also helped more than 6 million girls and women receive prevention, protection and treatment services related to FGM. Some 45 million people in communities across 15 countries have now made public declarations to abandon the practice.

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Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a non-medical procedure that involves partial or total removal of the external female genitalia. It is most often carried out on young girls between infancy and age 15 and has no health benefits for girls and women, causing severe bleeding and problems urinating, cysts, infections as well as complications in childbirth and increased risk of newborn deaths.

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