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|'''[[Mahr]]''' (Dowry) | |'''[[Mahr (Marital Price)|Mahr]]''' (Dowry) | ||
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|The ''mahr'' is payment for the use of a woman's vagina in sexual intercourse. (see also [[#N|Nikah]]) | |The ''mahr'' is payment for the use of a woman's vagina in sexual intercourse. (see also [[#N|Nikah]]) | ||
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|'''[[Nikah]]''' | |'''[[Nikah]]''' | ||
|نكاح | |نكاح | ||
|The Islamic equivalent of a marriage. Literally meaning "fuck" or "sexual intercourse". Jabiri-Arablu, a contemporary Islamic scholar, defines nikah as “a contract for the ownership, tamlik, of the use of [the] vagina”. The actual Arabic term for marriage is “Zawaj”. (see also [[ | |The Islamic equivalent of a marriage. Literally meaning "fuck" or "sexual intercourse". Jabiri-Arablu, a contemporary Islamic scholar, defines nikah as “a contract for the ownership, tamlik, of the use of [the] vagina”. The actual Arabic term for marriage is “Zawaj”. (see also [[Mahr (Marital Price)|Mahr]], the payment received by the "bride" for nikah) | ||
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|'''Niqab''' | |'''Niqab''' | ||