The most desirable age for dancing boys is 13 or 14 years-old, which means in order to groom them, they must be kidnapped, rented, or bought at a younger age. Boys targeted for sex-trafficking are often found on playgrounds in the poorest neighborhoods. Thousands of prepubescent and adolescent boys are sold to wealthy and powerful Islamic men for entertainment and sexual abuse. Part of Bacha bāzī mostly involves using small boys for child pornography, sexual slavery, and prostitution. A “bacha bereesh” is a boy without a beard. In addition to permitting sexual acts with little girls, Islam also allows adult men to perform sexual acts with boys, a practice known as “Bacha Bāzī.”īacha bāzī is the transliteration of a Persian phrase (بچه بازی,), which literally means “boy play.” It’s derived from two Persian words, (بچه) “ bacha” meaning “child,” and (بازی) “ bāzī” meaning “game.” The Bacha Baz, “pedophile” in Persian, is the perpetrator.
