இந்தோனேஷிய பெண்களோடு அரபுகள் விபச்சாரம் செய்ய இந்தோனேஷிய துணை ஜனாதிபதி ஆதரவு

அரபுகள் இந்தோனேஷிய பெண்களோடு தற்காலிக திருமணம் முறையில் விபச்சாரம் செய்வதை இந்தோனேஷியாவின் துணை ஜனாதிபதி ஆதரித்துள்ளார். இது இந்தோனேஷியாவில் டூரிஸத்தை வளர்க்கும் என்றும் இதற்கு ஆதரவு தெரிவித்துள்ளார்

இந்தோனேஷிய துணை ஜனாதிபதி யூசூப் கல்லா டூரிஸத்தை இந்தோனேஷியாவில் பெருக்குவது எப்படி என்ற கான்பரன்ஸில் இவ்வாறு தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

Arabs encouraged to pay for sex with women in Indonesia
Associated Press

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia's vice president said he saw nothing wrong with Arab men paying local women to marry and then divorcing them days or hours later, and suggested the practice -- dismissed by critics as legalized prostitution -- could boost tourism.
Jusuf Kalla made the off-the-cuff remarks at a travel industry seminar on how to attract more Arab visitors to Indonesia. It was not clear whether he was joking, though his comments caused laughter in the audience.

Kalla said that many Arab tourists currently traveled to the hill town of Puncak near Jakarta to enter into short-term marriage contracts with Indonesian women.

"We need different kinds of marketing campaigns, more targeted. At the moment most Arabs go to Puncak. If they go there looking for widows or divorcees, that is not our business, it is not a problem."

"So what if the man goes home, the lady gets a small house that is good isn't it?"

Women activists say the weddings, which are not recognized by the state but are blessed by Islamic clerics for a fee, they are a form of legalized prostitution and encourage poor families to sell their daughters for sex.

Media reports say the practice is common throughout Indonesia, and that most of the grooms are local men.

Puncak is notorious for prostitution, and signs in Arabic at several restaurants and hotels testify to the area's popularity with Arab visitors. But it was unclear on what Kalla was basing his assertion that Arab men were especially involved in short-term marriages.

Kalla was not available for comment Thursday, and he does not have a spokesman.