It's good that there is any debate at all over this. "Cleric's 2nd wife sparks polygamy debate," by Sugita Katyal for Reuters, with thanks to James:
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A popular Indonesian Islamic cleric's decision to take a second wife has sparked a fiery debate about polygamy laws in the world's largest Muslim country where multiple marriages are only banned among civil servants.The turban-clad but leather-jacketed Abdullah Gymnastiar's announcement prompted the government to consider extending the ban to lawmakers, a move that sent many legislators leaping to the defense of polygamy arguing that it is allowed under Islam.
"If the government wants to regulate polygamy, it has to do it correctly because Islam allows polygamy with some strict conditions," Ichwan Sam, secretary general of the Indonesian Ulema Council, an umbrella group of Muslim clerics, told Reuters.
"There should not be an impression that government regulations or laws are reducing religious teachings."
Wonder how old the second wife is - maybe 9?? Of course - that's one of the "strict conditions".
I propose legislation against infidel slavery. Will it be opposed because "There should not be an impression that government regulations or laws are reducing religious teachings"?
Interesting how Islamaniacs get all hyper when THEIR rights to rape and have countless wives are being infringed upon yet it's perfectly alright for them to infringe upon the rights of infidels in both the ummah AND overseas. Methinks there is a wee bit of hypocrisy going on here.
Sounds like the guy really wants one of those temporary muslim weddings that last one nite. The old wife may go for that.
Reminds me of the an incident a couple months ago. I saw this moslem at the General Post Office. He was with two head-scarf clad women and they seemed indignant having to wait in line with the infidels.
The guy nearly exploded when I called him a smelly polygamist. You gotta wait in line just like everyone else you smelly polygamist! The women were seething like snakes! I followed them out to see what they might be up to. Got bored with it after a while and lost them in the crowd.
I figured if they had a bomb on them they'd surely have set it off while I was around LOL.
does it bother anyone else, that the great prophet had sex with a 9yr. old girl? and this old fart created a whole religion?