There’s a new sex-trafficking scheme hitting India, and this one involves marriage.
Men from around the Islamic world have been traveling to Hyderabad, India, to purchase marriage contracts lasting four weeks.
These “one-month marriages” provide men with young Indian wives, generally from poor families, who must consummate the short-term arrangements. Essentially, men—often already married—come to India with the intent of having religiously sanctioned sex with women other than their wives.
Since Islam forbids prostitution, a short-term "marriage" is arranged instead, often with girls from impoverished families. [Daily Beast] Read more
