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One article I got from a mailing list I join. It was taken from a newspaper in
Ryadh.

Gulf News (Riyadh)June 16,
2006

‘Marriage gangs’ prey on youths.

Mariam Al
Hakeem, Correspondent

Riyadh — With the beginning of the summer
holidays, a large number of Arabs, especially from the Gulf states, are
traveling to tourist destinations in various parts of the world, especially
in the Far East, looking to enjoy themselves and relax.

Most of them
want to enjoy their holidays in picturesque places, Visiting historical
monuments and taking in the culture.

Some of them, however, will want to
take advantage of the opportunity to try out temporary marriages. They
prefer Indonesia over other countries, mainly because of the low cost of living
there.

This has resulted in the mushrooming of marriage bureaus in
Jakarta and other major Indonesian cities in recent years.

Organized
gangs have also grown up who prey on Arab tourists and try to lure them with
promises of low-cost marriages and then cheating them.

Several Saudi
youths, who became prey to these gangs, shared their Bitter experiences with
Gulf News.

They were lured by the false promises of the gang members of
"marriages to beautiful young women under 18 at cheap rates."

In most
cases, their brides abandoned them and ran away within few days of the
marriage.

When they then contacted the marriage bureaus, the employees
washed their hands of blame saying that it was not their responsibility to
ensure that their brides stayed with them.

According to the youths,
who declined to be named, marriage ‘mafias’ Are common in Jakarta, and their
activities pivot mainly around places that Arabs frequent.

The gang
members introduce themselves as representatives of licensed marriage bureaus
and offer marriage proposals.

The marriage ceremonies are then held at
marriage bureaus in the presence of a licensed marriage notary and two
witnesses. The dowry normally ranges between two to three million Indonesian
Rupiah (Dh1,000-1,500).

One of the Saudi youths, who was cheated by the
gangs, told Gulf News:
"While I was taking my meals at an Arab restaurant in
Jakarta, I heard some young men asking whether anybody wanted to get married
to beautiful young girls. I did not pay any attention to them in the
beginning.

"When they repeated the offer for the third time, I was
interested and expressed my willingness.

"They then took me to a
marriage bureau and I was introduced to a man called Haider.

"After a
short while, Haider paraded five young women in front of me and asked me to
select one. When I had chosen one of them and agreed on a dowry of four
million rupiah (Dh1,468), the marriage notary appeared with witnesses and
solemnised the marriage ceremony," he said.

"When I took my bride to a
nearby hotel, she was clearly bewildered. While I was trying to be friendly
with her, she asked me if she could go out to the nearby pharmacy to buy
some medicine and I agreed not knowing that she would never return," the
young man said.

The same was the case with another Saudi youth but with a
slight difference. He went to the marriage bureau and told the story of his
wife’s disappearance.

The bureau staff members promised to help him
find her. On leaving the building, he saw his bride going into the same
office in the company of some other girls in order to be paraded in front of
the new "victims".

When he tried to stop her, the security guards
held him and the door was slammed shut.

Some of the Saudi victims
managed to lodge complaints with the police.

A policeman was sent with
the youths to the marriage bureau in search of Haider but the police could
not trace him and the staff at the bureau told the police that he was not
"in sight".

My comment:
It shows how people just play
on marriages. First, those guys who are greedy for sex. Then, they are just made
use by women who need money. Third, those "bureous" to get profit as much as
possible from this "hidden" prostitute case.
How much are they sure that God
likes this kind of thing? They just ABUSE God’s verse.

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