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Mother of Child Prodigy Turned Prostitute Asks: Did Our Hunger for Success Destroy Her(Sufiah)
Telegraph UK ^ | 00:34am on 5th April 2008 | KATHRYN KNIGHT

Posted on 04/04/2008 7:40:17 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay

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"Iran has for girls as young as 9, established a system of legalized prostitution, through the practice of "sigheh" or "temporary marriages," by which a mullah arranges a "legal union" between a man and a girl (some as young as nine years old) for a fee. The so-called marriage can last as short as one hour. Under this system, men are free to enter into as many temporary marriages as they so desire, without having any legal obligation or responsibility toward the women and children that they "marry" only to use as sexual objects and slaves.--The silent screams of women and girls: Jerusalem Post.

Should you wonder about the peaceful religion of Islam on prostitution.

1 posted on 04/04/2008 7:40:17 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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2004: Sufiah marries Jonathan Marshall
who converted to Islam.

2 posted on 04/04/2008 7:44:13 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: fight_truth_decay

I’m sure he did it for the faith. :-P


3 posted on 04/04/2008 7:47:35 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Heroism is something that when it is manifest it is undeniable. The same can be said for cowardice.)
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To: fight_truth_decay
The time may be very short between fatwah and...



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4 posted on 04/04/2008 7:48:57 PM PDT by JCG
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To: fight_truth_decay

Man, the top of that father’s head is enormous.


5 posted on 04/04/2008 7:51:52 PM PDT by Krankor (kROGER)
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To: fight_truth_decay

He reminds me of a character from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.


6 posted on 04/04/2008 7:54:31 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: fight_truth_decay

At $258 per hour, it seems that Sufi is still pretty good at math.


7 posted on 04/04/2008 7:54:57 PM PDT by Always A Marine
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Man, the top of that father’s head is enormous.

Yeah, the last time I saw a noggin like that, it was enslaving the USS Enterprie...


8 posted on 04/04/2008 7:57:14 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: fight_truth_decay

So where’s the hubby?


9 posted on 04/04/2008 7:59:39 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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To: fight_truth_decay

Just waiting for the “So? Women LOVE to be prostitutes. It’s easy, fun money for them. It’s just like cooking hamburgers, but more lucrative!” posts that invariably come up on any thread that mentions prostitution.

Meanwhile the quote

“her father Farooq was jailed for 18 months after pleading guilty at Coventry Crown Court to two charges of sexually assaulting two 15-year-old girls...”

is telling, undergirding my continual assertion that virtually all prostitutes:

1) are addicted to drugs and doing the only thing they can do to keep themselves high

2) are actual slaves or

3) got violated as children and are continuing to abuse themselves in a typical self hating psychological self abuse pattern.


10 posted on 04/04/2008 8:00:28 PM PDT by Marie2 (I used to be disgusted. . .now I try to be amused.)
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Man, the top of that father’s head is enormous.

Obviously, he's from Talos IV...

11 posted on 04/04/2008 8:01:16 PM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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Mother of Child Prodigy Turned Prostitute Asks: Did Our Hunger for Success Destroy Her

The mother still is in denial, had nothing to do with a family hunger for success as she still describes it--she had a child molestor of a husband.

I’m sure he did it for the faith

An Islamic faith (the religion of peace) that practices child execution, condems women and girls to death by stoning, and where children are considered sexual objects and slaves.

BUT, it was the race to success that destroyed her daughter.

12 posted on 04/04/2008 8:05:25 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Did you know the actor who plays that role, is actually an actress?


13 posted on 04/04/2008 8:05:33 PM PDT by Krankor (kROGER)
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He looks like an alien from outer space.


14 posted on 04/04/2008 8:06:25 PM PDT by Marysecretary (.GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL)
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To: fight_truth_decay

It is horrible what happened. It isn’t surprising what happened to her daughter. Women don’t become Prostitutes or sex workers who already have high opinions of themselves regardless the silly rhetoric put on display and sadly a large number of them have been molested.

A horribly sad situation...


15 posted on 04/04/2008 8:18:58 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Heroism is something that when it is manifest it is undeniable. The same can be said for cowardice.)
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To: fight_truth_decay

he’s a real hottie...


16 posted on 04/04/2008 8:20:57 PM PDT by RDTF (my worst nightmare is being on jury duty sequestered with 11 liberals)
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Well we know where he was coming from in '04.

"While all Muslims of course condemn terrorism in all its form we should not forget the role of the media in shaping peoples perceptions. The constant and inaccurate references to 'Islamic' or 'Muslim' terrorists risks demonising and alienating the Muslim ummah (community) worldwide as a whole. Terrorist acts are contrary to the word of Allah and the Sunnah (way) of his Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and as such no act of terrorism is 'Islamic' and no terrorist is a Muslim. The MCB should spend more of its time trying to change the media's prejudiced portrayal of Muslims and Islam rather the patronising the Muslim community of this country which it claims to, but does not, represent."-- Jonathan Marshall, Oxford

"The MCB should spend more of its time trying to change the media's prejudiced portrayal of Muslims and Islam" --Jonathan Marshall

Heresycorner says: "Lack of Islam, on the other hand, does not seem to have been the problem. From a devout family, by all accounts, she was fairly observant as a teenager. Her husband, a lawyer named Jonathan Marshall, had already converted to Islam before he met her note timeframe differs). Tracked down by the Telegraph to Saudi Arabia, where he is working for a "leading City law firm", he put their failed marriage down to different priorities:

The reason we split was that I became more observant and Sufiah became less so. That took her in the wrong direction, away from the direction in which I wanted to go. The teachings of Islam are fundamental to your everyday life, so when paths diverge in that respect it is a major issue.

Perhaps she wanted to go out on her own. Or without a veil. Jonathan, who sounds like he would have been a complete prig in any religion, then adds:

"She was confused, really. She didn't know quite what she wanted. She wasn't ready to settle down. Basically, she wanted to be a student."

Well, she was only 19.

If Jonathan Marshall had spent less time with his Koran and more talking to his young bride she might not have ended up in this unhappy situation.

On a more positive note, there had been moves afoot in Malaysia, where her mother was born, to rescue the wayward prodigy. The Straits Times was reporting earlier today that a government minister had launched a "Save Sulfiah programme" which would "come up with strategies to assist Sufiah." Sadly, the minister for higher education later admitted that little could be done, apart from contacting the Malaysian Students Department in Britain. "We just can't bring her back," he said. "She is big now and can decide for herself. She has the right to do as she pleases."

The government is, however, proceeding with another plan it announced at the same time: to encourage an international blogging campaign against Fitna.


17 posted on 04/04/2008 8:23:15 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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Did you know the actor who plays that role, is actually an actress?

Yeah, I grew up on Trek. My dad watched 2x a day after work.

18 posted on 04/04/2008 8:24:05 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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heresycorner.blogspot.com

Link fix above

19 posted on 04/04/2008 8:25:56 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: fight_truth_decay

There is a Russian-origin Mafia in Israel bringing in Russian women to be prostitutes in Israel, many of them kept in conditions of slavery. So the Jerusalem Post might turn its investigative eye closer to home than Iraq.

Yes, prostitution and sex slavery are not legal in Israel. But they are de facto institutions just the same.


20 posted on 04/04/2008 8:36:06 PM PDT by heartwood
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