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Now apply this to spiritual pollution.
If watching 2 people being affectionate towards one another is spiritual pollution then maybe your spiritualism sucks ass ?
I'm sort of assuming they look the other way and give wrist slaps out for stuff they find it hard it ignore. But at the same time half the fans will be assuming that's the case and with enough narcissists assuming the rules don't apply to them it could setup an interesting show down.
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Probably not, Qatar is mostly sunni islam.
http://nirmukta.com/2011/10/13/misyar-temporary-marriage-in-... A quick Google tells me they probably practice temporary marriage as well but call it something else (and details differ). Anyone actually knowledgeable, please chime in.
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if a man travelled to USA with a 10 year old wife he could end up in prison for decades, while in many cultures such an arrangement is normal and accepted. if we wanted to achieve "absolute tolerance" we would simply have to remove all laws because they are all intolerant in some way against someone. tolerance does not mean that we have to accept the behavior of people who act in ways which are offensive to us. toler…
> if a man travelled to USA with a 10 year old wife he could end up in prison for decades, while in many cultures such an arrangement is normal and accepted. This isn't about whether or not to wear shoes indoors or not. It's not about regional cultural quirks, but about fundamental human rights. What actually constitutes fundamental human rights depends on the framework, but the correct one (and importantly the one F…
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Certainly you would agree there are bounds to personal liberty.
If you are not harming anyone, there is no limit. E.g.: I would not want to see people murdering each other even if they are consenting. I would not ever eat dog meat, but I am fine with other people eating dogs or cows or pigs or whatever. You can throw your punch anywhere, as long as my nose is not in there. (Take this sentence literally) Please do not get into the metaphysical debate of what harm will mean broadly…
Are you sure? What if they publicize it? And why is "harm" (as vague as that can be) the main determinant of how one should act? What if such harm is not immediately obvious to us?
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As there's no such thing as "life partners" in sharia law.
It seemed clear they were saying common law marriages (assumed after a period of time) aren't respected there.
I will try to flag all companies in my mind that are advertising on this event and then continue to avoid them if possible.
To the neighbour that I cannot reply to: > Please respect conservative views on life too. I think it is a good idea to marry first especially if you are a woman. I respect all kinds of viewpoints as long as they respect other viewpoints as well. A viewpoint that tries to jail people for their very personal decisions is inherently not respectable, because it is itself by definition lacking respect.
So, just get married for a night, then ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikah_mut%27ah : “Nikah mut'ah Arabic: نكاح المتعة, romanized: nikāḥ al-mutʿah, literally "pleasure marriage"; temporary marriage: 1045 or Sigheh (Persian: صیغه ، ازدواج موقت) is a private and verbal temporary marriage contract that is practiced in Twelver Shia Islam in which the duration of the marriage and the mahr must be specified and agreed u…