Right there in an open forum in Trinidad, Imam Muhammed Luqman Abdul-Latif proposed temporary teen marriage as a way to cure promiscuity.

What Abdul-Latif is preaching is a Shia practice called mut’ah, in which a man could have a wife for a short period of time while when traveling long distances. The woman needs permission from her father and a dowry is paid for the “service.” It is much like prostitution of women and is termed a “rental” of the woman.

In defining “rental,” the Islamic jurisprudents say: “It is to gain possession of a benefit in exchange for a specified sum.”

It is not traditionally a situation in which a man and woman live together like Westerners before marriage, but a temporary money contract.

According to Khola Hassan, a Sunni Muslim and spokesperson for the UK Islamic Sharia Council, “there is no difference between mut’ah marriage and prostitution. There is a time limit on the marriage, and the mahr given as a gift [from the man to the woman] is the equivalent as a payment to a prostitute.”

The practice is historically Shia, but it is also found among Sunnis. It is seen in Egypt, reportedly rising among Saudis and even in Britain.

Last year, the Islamic State executed seven women in Mosul for refusing temporary marriage.

Whether Abdul-Latif is Sunni or Shia is not indicated, but what he’s openly advocating is a subjugation of teen girls to satisfy males, in accordance with a Sharia tradition; and furthermore, he’s sneaking in a Sharia practice into a democratic country.

“Temporary marriage may help with teen promiscuity,” Trinidad Daily Express, July 21, 2016: