Source: muslimwriters.org
Last week, the Grand Mufti of Kyrgyzstan was forced to resign amidst allegations of adultery with a woman he says is his second wife. He claimed he had the proper Islamic marriage ceremony with her, but since Article 153 of Kyrgyzstan’s criminal code forbids polygamy, this woman could not have legally been a second wife. Thus came allegations of adultery and calls for his resignation.
It is disappointing to see another religious leader embroiled in a sex scandal. People may remember popular evangelical Christian icon Jim Bakker, whose sexual misconduct with a church secretary was revealed in 1987, followed by convictions of fraud and conspiracy that led to imprisonment. World-famous Christian leader Jimmy Swaggart criticized Bakker for his infidelity but later hypocritically availed the services of a prostitute on multiple occasions and even publicly apologized for having sinned. Ted Haggart — president of the National Association of Evangelicals — was forced to resign in 2006 after it was discovered that he paid a male masseur for sex and crystal methamphetamine for three years. The Catholic sexual abuse scandal exposed priests and …continue reading at muslimwriters.org
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I think the matter with ‘his second wife’ should not just be ignored. If he claims that the lady is ‘his second wife’ then we should investigate the ‘legalization of polygamy’ rather than just accuse…
Issues that are not the same are being equated here. While the main issue in the news is ‘second marriage’ which should be investigated; the others are pure and ‘established’ sex scandals. And that the law of the land does not favour polygamy does not mean that who involves in it commits adultery. A very and pertinent question also is: Will the grand Mufti be allowed to keep his ‘second’ marriage after resignation?