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Re:Backpage.com seized by U.S. justice authorities by JetSpiegel on Friday April 06, 2018 @05:47PM (#16777764)
There is this funny practice if temporary marriages too.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikah_mut%27ah

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Re:Backpage.com seized by U.S. justice authorities by Fnoord on Saturday April 07, 2018 @05:51AM (#16780094)
> The iddah is intended to give paternal certainty to any child/ren should the wife become pregnant during the temporary marriage contract.

Offtopic but damn this is clever (back in the days).

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Re:Backpage.com seized by U.S. justice authorities by RangerScience on Friday April 06, 2018 @06:14PM (#16777968)
That's fascinating. People gonna sex, and other people gonna sex 'em up, no matters what else. Where there's a will there's a way and all.
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