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Nikah mut'ah [1] [2] Arabic: نكاح المتعة, romanized: nikāḥ al-mutʿah, literally "fun sex", [3] "pleasure marriage"; temporary marriage [4]: 1045 or Sigheh [5] (Persian: صیغه ، ازدواج موقت) is a private and verbal temporary marriage contract that is practiced in Twelver Shia Islam [6] in which the duration of the marriage and the mahr must be specified and agreed ...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Lady Ferguson ( / ɑːˈjɑːn ˈhɪərsi ˈɑːli /; Dutch: [aːˈjaːn ˈɦiːrsi ˈaːli] ⓘ; Somali: Ayaan Xirsi Cali: Ayān Ḥirsi 'Alī ; [ a] born 13 November 1969) [ 1] is a Somali -born Dutch-American writer, activist and former politician. [ 2][ 3][ 4] She is a critic of Islam and advocate for the rights and self ...
A misyar marriage ( Arabic: نکاح المسيار, romanized : nikāḥ al-misyār or Arabic: زواج المسيار, romanized : zawāj al-misyār) is a type of marriage contract allowed by some Sunni Muslims. The husband and wife thus joined are able to renounce some marital rights such as living together, the wife's rights to housing and ...
Trapped in a Catholic mission sheltering dozens of women and children from the war raging on the streets of Khartoum, Father Jacob Thelekkadan punched new holes in his belt as the supplies of food ...
Two-time major champion Minjee Lee of Australia managed a strong wind and caught a break with rare sunshine in a wet Scottish summer with a 5-under 67 on Thursday for a one-shot lead in the ISPS ...
Macy’s decision to close nearly a third of its stores will spark change in malls and communities across the U.S. Some of those transformations may catch shoppers by surprise. The retailer said ...
Then Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt (left) with co-founders Sergey Brin (center) and Larry Page (right) in 2008. Google LLC (/ ˈ ɡ uː ɡ ə l / ⓘ GOO-ghəl) is an American multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial ...
It was 15 years ago today that UFC 100 went down in Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Events Center. It reportedly sold somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.6 million pay-per-view buys, took in more than $5 ...