Religion of temporary wives

Why any woman would want to belong to this religion is beyond me.

After a one week closed trial, Khadijeh Shahla Jahed was found guilty of the premeditated stabbing of Laleh Saharkhizan, the wife of the former international player and top coach Nasser Mohammad Khani.

If the sentence - which was disclosed yesterday - is confirmed by the supreme court, she will be hanged.

Khani, a star in the late 1980s who went on to coach Teheran's Persepolis club, was in Germany on a training trip at the time of the killing almost two years ago.

Shahla Jahed had been his temporary wife, a practice approved of in the Islamic republic. Their temporary marital status meant that Khani escaped any charges of adultery.

In Shi'ite Islam, Muslim males can take temporary wives for periods ranging from a few hours to several decades.

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