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Temporary marriageessay 1994 • Haeri, Shahla
Iran • Middle East > Middle East
In this paper, Haeri discusses the fate in the new Islamic Republic of the legal and religiously sanctioned institution of temporary marriage. Shi'ism accommodated male sexuality by permitting such institutions as polygyny, slave concubinage, and tem...