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<blockquote data-quote="druryj" data-source="post: 3311708" data-attributes="member: 10465"><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 13px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Alternate Title: Sex Before Marriage in Iran</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 13px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 13px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32833363" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32833363</a></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 13px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 13px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">The concept of marriage in Iran is in a bit of a pickle. (In fact, it could be argued that Iran itself could soon be in a bit of a pickle). But that's being covered elsewhere and I should not digress...</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 13px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 13px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Iran has a huge population of 20-30 somethings, (well, for now, anyway) and it is <em>very </em>expensive to have a traditional wedding there. Social barriers, enforced by Sharia law and overseen by those nattily-dressed, bearded ones called Mullahs also make it very difficult for young people to meet in a way like we here in Devil Country USA enjoy. There just aren't casual bars, parties, or functions like we have in the West that serve as a means to perhaps "meet your Honey" or to enjoy a casual hook-up. </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 13px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 13px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Sex before marriage is against Islamic law, and can get you stoned or worse. So what's a lusty young man to do? Get caught in flagrante delicato in the back seat of dad's old car? Risky. Really, really risky. Doin' the deed outside of marriage just don't happen much there, much to the chagrin of many warm-blooded, young Iranian men especially. I limit the topic here to men, as women in Iran just don't matter much anyway.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 13px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 13px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">In their infinite wisdom, and so as not to offend allah, the Islamic Republic of Iran has thus come up with the concept of "sigheh", or "temporary marriage". Sigheh is a solution to the plight of many a young, single man, or an already married man who might be temporarily working away from home, you know, building IED's up in the hills with a few pals or plotting a variety of terrorist attacks against the USA and Western Europe. (Hey Honey, I'll be gone a couple of weeks, I gotta go ram a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.)</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 13px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 13px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Sigheh allows for legal, temporary marriages, thus, legal, allah-approved sexual activity may occur during this time that one is "married." Both single, as well as married MEN may take advantage of the terms of sigheh. No actual license is required, just the blessing of the local Mullah and an agreement of the length of time that one is "married" to the lucky bride. One may enter a sigheh contract for as little as 30 minutes, or up to several weeks, even months, or years. depending on your circumstances and of course, how much coin you got in your pocket and whatever the Mullah is charging these days.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 13px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 13px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">"Damn Mohamed; I'm horny!' Exclaims Saleh bin Qassadi. "Hey back off Bro! Don't look at me!'' says his pal, Mohamed. "Go talk to Mullah bin Hosseini over at the Mosque, he'll hook you up with a ''sigheh" bro. "Of coursed, the marriage license fee he'll charge you all depends on how hot she is, and how long you wanna be married, but you can marry an ugly one for a hour or two for pretty cheap." </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 13px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 13px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="druryj, post: 3311708, member: 10465"] [LEFT][SIZE=13px][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Alternate Title: Sex Before Marriage in Iran [URL]https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32833363[/URL] The concept of marriage in Iran is in a bit of a pickle. (In fact, it could be argued that Iran itself could soon be in a bit of a pickle). But that's being covered elsewhere and I should not digress... Iran has a huge population of 20-30 somethings, (well, for now, anyway) and it is [I]very [/I]expensive to have a traditional wedding there. Social barriers, enforced by Sharia law and overseen by those nattily-dressed, bearded ones called Mullahs also make it very difficult for young people to meet in a way like we here in Devil Country USA enjoy. There just aren't casual bars, parties, or functions like we have in the West that serve as a means to perhaps "meet your Honey" or to enjoy a casual hook-up. Sex before marriage is against Islamic law, and can get you stoned or worse. So what's a lusty young man to do? Get caught in flagrante delicato in the back seat of dad's old car? Risky. Really, really risky. Doin' the deed outside of marriage just don't happen much there, much to the chagrin of many warm-blooded, young Iranian men especially. I limit the topic here to men, as women in Iran just don't matter much anyway. In their infinite wisdom, and so as not to offend allah, the Islamic Republic of Iran has thus come up with the concept of "sigheh", or "temporary marriage". Sigheh is a solution to the plight of many a young, single man, or an already married man who might be temporarily working away from home, you know, building IED's up in the hills with a few pals or plotting a variety of terrorist attacks against the USA and Western Europe. (Hey Honey, I'll be gone a couple of weeks, I gotta go ram a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.) Sigheh allows for legal, temporary marriages, thus, legal, allah-approved sexual activity may occur during this time that one is "married." Both single, as well as married MEN may take advantage of the terms of sigheh. No actual license is required, just the blessing of the local Mullah and an agreement of the length of time that one is "married" to the lucky bride. One may enter a sigheh contract for as little as 30 minutes, or up to several weeks, even months, or years. depending on your circumstances and of course, how much coin you got in your pocket and whatever the Mullah is charging these days. "Damn Mohamed; I'm horny!' Exclaims Saleh bin Qassadi. "Hey back off Bro! Don't look at me!'' says his pal, Mohamed. "Go talk to Mullah bin Hosseini over at the Mosque, he'll hook you up with a ''sigheh" bro. "Of coursed, the marriage license fee he'll charge you all depends on how hot she is, and how long you wanna be married, but you can marry an ugly one for a hour or two for pretty cheap." [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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