cw, Canterbury, UK Polygamy, like female genital mutilation, the hijab and the burka, sequestration at home, the prohibition on forming relationships with men other than husbands and brothers, stonings to death for alleged adultery, is just another aspect of the oppression of women in Islam.
Josh, Houston, TX, USA This is one more wake up call to the whole western world – look at what is ahead – DIVISION – separate legal systems to placate a religious group that refuses where ever they go to assimiulate into the countries that open their arms and take them in – in the end they will FORCE YOU to SUBMIT to them rm, pv, usa All this anger is because it involves Islam.
Leigh Vernier, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia the tradition arose because many men were killed in wars and Mohammad said that men should take care of the widows and families by marrying them It has lasted for hundreds of years and there is no justification for it today and it is just a licence for to be bigamous It is not beneficial to women bill, ely, The Mnuslim Parliament of Great Britain indeed!!.
However the prophet did show the example for what islam thinks of women marrying a 4 or 7 year old I have forgotten which age E.Beal, Toulouse, France Yet again irrespective of the religion in question, it is the woman who is the victim.It underlines the extreme hypocracy underlying Islam that under any circumstances a man is allowed to marry 4 woman.
Source: http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/relationships/article5400567.ece
