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Polygamy Britain
The Martian
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Nabilah, her husband and his two other wives are part of a growing number of polygamous marriages taking place in Britain. They are rubber-stamped under Sharia law, which considers polygamy completely legitimate as Muslim men are permitted to take up to four wives.
It is, of course, in complete contradiction to UK law, under which bigamy is illegal and can result in a prison sentence of up to seven years.
But as such marriages are not recognised by English courts — and around 70 to 75 per cent of Muslim weddings go unregistered — those who marry under the system are not subject to prosecution.
As a result, the practice is becoming increasingly commonplace across Britain, with 20,000 polygamous marriages now estimated to have taken place here.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2762988/Strolling-park-London-businessman-THREE-wives-just-one-20-000-multi-wife-marriages-POLYGAMY-BRITAIN.html
Sharia law needs banning. UK law for UK citizens, nothing else.
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you cannot stop anyone [quite rightly] from living with as many partners simultaneously as they wish.
Ding ding. All aboard the self righteous outrage bus.
As always, i love how certain feelings and emotions can be extracted from a line of ascii characters
But yes, let's jump on me again after a blatant fishing attempt from the OP ..
I read this article in the paper and I believe either she or a ex-husband has 8 children and counting - a worse problem.
I don't agree with China's strict one-child-only policy but I hope it's rare for Muslim couples ( or indeed devout Christian couples ) to have 4 kids or more because they don't believe in contraception. Those 8 kids may now be responsible for 40+ descendants ( who would all need housing ) and those descendants responsible for 100+ more and on it goes. Britain's population has been kept down because we had an average of 2.4 children for many decades.
i`m not even bothering with the content of your post but again, how would "banning sharia law" be relevant to or in any way tackle this?
Muslim men can have more than 1 wife but Muslim women can't have more than 1 husband - under Islam.
It really doesn't fit with 'equal opportunities' Britain and confirms a stereotype about men.
Also, four wives = four mothers in law. Think about that.
I didn't say anything about banning sharia law. I dislike Christian couples who don't believe in contraception as much as Muslim ones and irresponsible male chaves who have 10 kids with 6 different women.
Yep, because the women are only allowed 1 husband.
why did you quote me then?
Don't they? Contraception isn't forbidden in the Quran so it is a matter for interpretation... therefore there are some Muslim scholars who say it is wrong... but most say it is ok for a couple to use it. The only proscription I know of is irreversable sterilisation unless medically required, as scholars think it wrong to permanently stop the opportunity to have children.
I was quoting the "you can't stop anyone, quite rightly" part of your post because you came across as sympathetic to Muslim men who have more than 1 'wife' as it were. If you meant that under 'British law' they can't be stopped, that's fine.
However, if every Muslim man behaved like this and were left unchallenged, British law would look like an ass.
Why? It isn't illegal in this country to have relationships outside of legal marriage. You can refer to anyone as your wife if you want as well - you don't need to be married to do so.
This is nothing to do with British law at all, as it isn't being broken... we don't need to 'stop it' any more than we need to 'stop' people from having affairs. It is their business and theirs alone under our laws.
i`m sympathetic to people living their lives in any legally permitted way they choose regardless of religious beliefs.
With regards to Polygamy, I don't believe that anyone has the right to tell consenting adults what type of relationships they should have.
(Incidentally, British law's already an ass, but not because of this.)