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Pilgrims to the Imam Reza Shrine -- one of Iran's biggest tourist centers -- are getting a special holy offer according to Planet-Iran .com, which is a website devoted to translating news and documents from Persian to English and letting the rest of us see for ourselves the bizarre world of the ayatollahs. The document, dated July 18, offers, well, temporary marriages since "Marriage is among the traditions of the Prophet Mohammad" according to the Shrine's "Bureau of Temporary Marriages". The temporary "marriages" are to females between the ages of "12 and 35" and range in time from five hours...

Syrian Women's Rights Activist Bassam Al-Qadhi: The Syrian Government is Lenient Towards 'Honor Crimes'; 'Do We Need 10 Million Syrian Women To Be Killed Before We Face Up to the Problem?'   http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD226809 Following are excerpts from an interview with Syrian women's rights activist Bassam Al-Qadhi, which aired on Al-Dunya TV on February 11, 2009: To view this MEMRI TV clip, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2040.htm. TO VIEW THIS CLIP AND OTHERS, YOU MUST LOG IN/REGISTER FOR MEMRI TV, AT http://subscriptions.memri.org/content/en/member_registr_tv.htm. REGISTRATION IS FREE OF CHARGE."The Problem With Us is Not That We Kill [Women], While Others Do Not - The Problem...