Syrian girls 'sold' into forced marriages
Syrian women and girls, some as young as 14 years old, are being 'sold' into forced marriages or prostitution after becoming refugees, aid workers and religious charities have said.


By Ruth Sherlock, Carol Malouf in Zataari refugee camp
6:27PM GMT 23 Jan 2013

In Jordan, hundreds of Syrian females have been affected by an informal trade that has sprung up since the start of the war in Syria, where men use "agents" to source Syrian refugees to use for sex.

Often this is done under the guise of "marriage": The 'dowry', which in Muslim society is traditionally paid by the groom as a guarantee of the bride's security has become a payment for sex. And the "marriage", is an affair that lasts only a few days or even hours.

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Men travelled from Saudi Arabia and other countries to marry girls in the camps. They would pay rent for a home outside the camp and tell the women they would support them. Then they would have sex with them and divorce them one week later."

Mr Hamad said: "They would tell them: 'we will marry you like this now and then formalise it when we go to Saudi Arabia.' But then they would leave and change their phone numbers. Many Syrian girls have been impregnated and abandoned in this way."

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Guards at Zataari camp told The Daily Telegraph that they had frequently received requests by Arab men, mainly from Jordan or Saudi Arabia, to be given access to the camp so that they could find a "nice young bride".

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More overt prostitution is also common among Syrian refugees said Wissam, a Jordanian resident who knows people involved in the trade: "There is a women who acts like an agent, bringing the girls from the camps. The normal cost for one hour with a Syrian girl is 50JD, but if she only recently lost her virginity then you pay 100JD".


Mr Hamad's charity has become one of the bodies connecting male suitors with Syrian brides, but he insists that the practice is not abusive because of the strict restrictions in place: "We initially issued a statement in newspapers and on websites saying we would not accept requests from Arab men to marry these girls. But that backfired; we became flooded with more requests! I then realised that many of these men have genuine intentions."
The charity says it has married Syrian women to Muslim men from across the Arab world and from European countries, including Britain and France: "Most of our requests came from France. Sheikhs there called me and told me that I could not refuse to help with the marriages. They have good intentions and we only put them in contact with women if they abide by strict regulations that guarantee her well-being."
Agencies have sprung up in Jordan and in countries as far away as Libya, to match men with their Syrian women. "Men bargain a price for the girl, then the agency sends a woman employee into the camp and meet with the family of a girl to see if they will accept that price," said a Syrian woman who did not want to be named, who works for a women's rights' organisation.
Living in squalid conditions and deeply traumatised by their experiences in the Syrian civil war, many families see marrying their daughters to wealthy strangers as the best chance their daughters have at a normal life, an aid worker in Zataari camp who did not want to be named told the Daily Telegraph.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9821946/Syrian-girls-sold-into-forced-marriages.html

It's unfortunate this has to go on for a long time. Syrian government is not ready to tackle the situation. Poor minors, they really don't have a say. smh

These pleasure marriages, also known as “misyar” marriages, are legally nonbinding marital contracts which have long been used in Islamic countries to give religiously legitimate cover to a sexual relationship, especially those relationships involving underage girls.

In fact, so popular are temporary misyar marriages among upscale Muslim men that a cottage industry has sprung up in Egypt among Arab sex tourists looking to circumvent Egypt’s ban on pre-marital sex by purchasing underage Egyptian girls for pleasure marriages.

Now that deviant practice is being introduced into Syrian refugee camps. There newly purchased child brides are taken to rented houses outside the camps by their “husbands.” After having their fill of sex, the men will quickly divorce the girls, in many cases often only days and even hours after the nuptials.

According to an official with a charity that works with Syrian refugees, “Many Syrian girls have been impregnated and abandoned in this way.”

The growing sale of these Syrian girl refugees is being fueled by the crushing poverty and harsh living conditions faced by Syrian families living in refugee camps scattered throughout Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Turkey.

As Um Sarah, a Syrian refugee mother who arranged marriages for her 14 and 15-year old daughters, said, “As a single mother, I cannot support them. I cannot feed them. I wanted to make sure they are OK.”



Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of Syria’s 650,000 refugees are women and children, making them especially vulnerable to the dangers of trafficking, exploitation, and sexual abuse.

That exploitation has found its form in the booming Muslim male interest in securing the services of young Syrian girls, interest that includes the establishment of agencies offering to arrange marriages for would-be grooms to Arabic online forums for men “seeking marriage from Syrian girls.”

Disturbingly, in most all these cases, the younger the girl, the more desirable she is in the eyes of the intended pedophilic groom.

http://frontpagemag.com/2013/frank-crimi/the-selling-of-syrias-refugee-child-brides/

na wa o! smh "cries "

Marrying an underage girl is part of the Sunnah.

These Muslims are only following the example of their prophet Mohammed who married an underage girl himself.

These are the true pedophilesMuslims

what sexxual pleasure will a man get from a minor? This is ridiculous!

Some men need 2 b left with me in a room 4 just 30mins, n dey will come out changed men!!!
I weep 4 d young lots, will find a way 2 meet to dia needs.

jackbauersballs: Marrying an underage girl is part of the Sunnah.

These Muslims are only following the example of their prophet Mohammed who married an underage girl himself.

These are the true pedophilesMuslims

GBAM!!!

berem: what sexxual pleasure will a man get from a minor? This is ridiculous!

ask yerima. These paedoes won't let the kids be.

Moslem men are wicked

Funny enough supporters of this evil act always come up with religious and "moral" justification of their evil action against muslim women.

Yet you won't hear an outcry

Why didn't this thread make frontpage?
Hehehehehe