She uncovers the grooming and exploitation of vulnerable girls and young women, trapped into prostitution and pimped out by a religious elite. A young widow alleges that a cleric from an important shrine sold her to his friends in a prostitution ring, while secret filming reveals another cleric conducting a pleasure marriage with a girl he believes to be only In marriage offices near the shrines, some clerics are offering pleasure marriages.
Nawal Al-Maghafi hears disturbing allegations that some clerics are making money helping men who want sex with very young girls. You're allowed to perform from behind. Do what you desire. Ghaith Al Tamimi was a high-ranking Shia cleric in Iraq until he criticised rising religious extremism and was forced into exile in London. It seems that all the things that we gained in decades of hard work were lost. Two of the three clerics secretly filmed by BBC Arabic describe themselves as followers of Ayatollah Sistani, one of the most senior figures in Shia Islam.
However, in a statement to the BBC the Ayatollah said: "If these practices are happening in the way you are saying then we condemn them unreservedly. Temporary marriage is not allowed as a tool to sell sex in a way that belittles the dignity and humanity of women.
Date: Clerics in Iraq are selling young girls for sex, a BBC investigation has found. Some Shia clerics are using a practice called 'pleasure marriage' to groom vulnerable girls and young women and pimp them out. Search the site Can't find what you need? Search here. About the BBC.
