June 2, 2007

Iran Sanctions "Temporary Marriages"

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran talks up temporary marriages

"Shia Islam allows a man and woman to marry for a fixed period of time, ranging from an hour to a century. A man can also have any number of temporary marriages - or sigheh, as they are known. "

And yet Iranian Baha'is cannot marry at all. There's justice. Not.

Posted by kovu at June 2, 2007 10:48 PM