Sayyad Fadhil Milani, spiritual leader at the Al-Khoei Centre in Brent, north-west London, is widely regarded as the UK's most senior Shia Islamic scholar and has written about the mut'ah marriage in his book Islamic Family Law.

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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words--ah, the power of words has no limits.

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Ah, but in one crucial respect, during this recession the US has moved much closer to having a Euro-style social safety net.

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