Why does Islam allow polygamy?
By Farhan Iqbal, Imam Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Canada Marriage is a sacred institution in Islam with very important objectives. In most cases, the objective is achieved through monogamy. However, in […]
Survey finds 70 per cent of Malaysian Muslim women believe polygamy is a right for men
Prominent women’s rights activist Marina Mahathir says there is a disconnect between what Muslim women expect and what happens in real life By Tashny Sukumaran A whopping 70 per cent […]
Polygamy crackdown leads to fierce debate
BBC TrendingGoing in-depth on social media 17 July 2017 Share this with Facebook Share this with Twitter Share this with Messenger Share this with Email Share A crackdown on polygamy has led to an intense online debate in a former Soviet republic. The most recent controversy in Uzbekistan kicked […]
More Honey, More Money: Iraqi MP Wants to Pay Men for Polygamy
© AFP 2017/ STR MIDDLE EAST 17.03.2017 An Iraqi MP has proposed reducing the number of widows in the country by providing financial incentives for polygamous marriages. © AFP 2017/ […]
Polygamy and the Social Media
No, I am not introducing a new ‘App’ or ‘Matching Service’ for potential ‘recruitment’ into polygamous unions via social media. What I am referring to is the problem of polygamous husbands using the social media or just spending some time on the Desktop Computer. All of us, whether married or […]
Lust before law: Israel’s top rabbis ignore legal boundaries, encourage polygamy
A Jewish bride sits next to her groom during the Mitzvah Tans dance ritual following their wedding in an ultra-orthodox neighbourhood in Jerusalem. (AFP/File) Each year, a number of Israeli rabbis affiliated with the rabbinate give permission for dozens of Orthodox Jewish men to take a second wife, despite the […]
Nigerian man with 97 wives says he is still ‘very much alive’
The Independent Adam Withnall © Provided by Independent Print LimitedNigeria’s most famous polygamist has denied rumours of his death, saying he is still “very much alive” at 92 years old, and plans to continue taking more wives. Mohammed Bello Abubakar is a controversial figure in the town of Bida, Niger […]
‘I was born polygamous’: Outrage as Muslim who runs ‘second wife’ dating site says wanting multiple partners is as natural as being gay
Azad Chaiwala runs two websites Secondwife.com and Polygamy.com Claimed polygamous men are born that way on Good Morning Britain Piers Morgan called him ‘a bit randy’ and called site backdoor Sharia law Aaliya Brown, site member, defended woman’s choice to be second wife By JAMES DUNN FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 11:17 […]
Bad news for guys dreaming of taking Bosnian 2nd wife
ARAB NEWS | Published — Saturday 2 July 2016 A woman takes a picture with a smartphone on the Smetovi mountain range near Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in this December 20, 2015 file photo. (REUTERS) JEDDAH: Bosnian authorities have stipulated that Saudi citizens wishing to travel to Bosnia Herzegovina must […]
Take that, monogamy! We’re actually hard-wired for polygamy, which helps explain why so many cheat
Monogamy is mandated throughout the Western world, infidelity is universal. A leading biologist explains why David P. Barash Reprinted from “Out of Eden” Infants have their infancy, and adults? Adultery. Even though monogamy is mandated throughout the Western world, infidelity is universal. Revelations of marital infidelity occur regularly, often among […]
Love your wife? This man wants to help you to find another
Azad Chaiwala founded SecondWife.com to help Muslim men find exactly that, but he says he’s seeing growing demand from women, non-Muslims and people seeking polygamous love in monogamous lands — like Canada. Azad Chaiwala founded secondwife.com to help connect Muslims seeking polygamist relationships. (SECONDWIFE.COM) By OLIVIA WARDForeign Affairs Reporter Sun., […]
Polygamy in Chinese culture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy#Polygamy_in_Chinese_culture Since the Han Dynasty, technically, Chinese men could have only one wife. However throughout the thousands of years of Chinese history, it was common for rich Chinese men to have a wife and various concubines. Polygyny is a by-product of the tradition of emphasis on procreation and the continuity […]
African polygamy: Past and present
James Fenske 09 November 2013 Several theories link polygamy to poverty. Polygamy is concentrated in west Africa and has declined in recent decades. Geographic variation in women’s agricultural productivity does not predict differences in the prevalence of polygamy, but historical inequality and exposure to the slave trade do. Although […]
The polygamy hoax that spread from Iraq to Eritrea
BBC Trending BBC TrendingWhat’s popular and why 30 January 2016 Image copyright@asmali77 / TwitterImage captionThe hoax spawned a host of jokes online A false rumour that men in Eritrea would be legally obliged to marry at least two women went viral this week. But it’s a hoax that has hit […]
EXCLUSIVE: Migrants with more than one wife will get EXTRA benefits under new reforms
IMMIGRANTS with many wives will actually get extra benefits under reforms to Britain’s welfare system. By CAROLINE WHEELER PUBLISHED: 04:01, Mon, Jan 25, 2016 GETTY Immigrants with many wives will get extra benefits under reforms to Britain’s welfare system Polygamous marriages, largely confined to Muslim families, are recognised in […]
Book Review: Polygyny: What It Means When African American Muslim Women Share Their Husbands
Book by Debra Majeed Details: 192 pages 6×9 Cloth: $74.95 ISBN 13: 978-0-8130-6077-4 Pub date: 6/30/2015 Sample Chapter(s): Table of Contents Excerpt “Captivating, provocative, and groundbreaking. Taking up the mandate that women’s realities matter, Majeed writes with depth and analytical rigor about a topic we have scarcely begun to understand.”–Amina […]
Conditions for polygamy in Islam
Author: Zainab Qadri Here are some conditions for the practice of polygamy in Islam. 1. Justice or fairness. The Quran says: “And if you fear that you shall not be […]
NY Times Op-Ed: The Prospects for Polygamy
Source: NY Times By Ross Douthat ON every issue save abortion, social liberalism is suddenly ascendant in America. The shift on same-sex marriage has captured the headlines, but the change […]
Woman who dropped out of Cambridge PhD to enter into polygamous marriage to Muslim businessman with two other wives
– Nabilah Phillips dropped out of Cambridge to marry Hasan Phillips – She is one of three women married to the businessman and charity worker – There are as many as 20,000 polygamous Muslim marriages in Britain – New documentary, The Men with Many Wives, exposes rise in these unions […]