Paying for something will only encourage more of it, and there will even be conversions to Islam by people who want to take advantage of this. Britain’s Islamization is proceeding nicely, and anyone who raises a dissenting voice is ruthlessly silenced, so all is well and all manner of thing shall be well.
“Wives With Benefits: Immigrants With More Than One Spouse Win EXTRA Payments Under New Reforms,” by Simon Kent, Breitbart, January 24, 2016:
Immigrants with many wives stand to make substantial financial gains under looming changes to Britain’s welfare system.
Polygamous marriages, which form a common thread in Islam, are recognised in Britain but only if they take place in countries where they are legal. Now a House of Commons library paper, published earlier this month, has highlighted a loophole that will allow additional wives coming to the UK to claim a full single person’s allowance while the husband and his first wife still receive their respective benefits.
At present additional wives receive reduced individual income support, meaning the husband and his first wife receive up to £114.85. Subsequent spouses living under the same roof receive a reduced allowance of about £40 each.
The foreshadowed changes mean some polygamous households may receive more under universal credit than under the present benefit and tax credit system. The paper said:
“The Government decided that the universal credit rules will not recognise additional partners in polygamous relationships,” the paper states.
“This could potentially result in some polygamous households receiving more under universal credit than under the current benefit and tax credit system.
“Treating second and subsequent partners in polygamous relationships as separate claimants could in some situations mean polygamous households receive more under universal credit than they do under the current rules for means-tested benefits and tax credits.
“This is because the amounts which may be paid in respect of additional spouses are lower than those which generally apply to single claimants.”
The news comes as universal credit (UC), introduced in April 2014, is applied to more Jobcentre areas, including Kent and Leicestershire, from tomorrow. More, including Cambridge and Hull, are set to introduce it before April this year.
UC is to replace all means-tested benefits and tax credits for families of working age and is gradually being introduced to new claimant groups and areas including those in polygamous unions.
This is not the first time that Islamic marriage traditions have been highlighted in the UK.
As Breitbart London reported, last year Britain’s first female sharia law judge stated that the “government cannot ask Muslims not to have more than one wife”.
That revelation came on the back of a report by the Times newspaper which claimed that Britain is experiencing a “surge” in Sharia marriages, as young British Muslims adopt a more hardline religious stance than their parents.
According to The Times:
“As many as 100,000 couples are living in such [sharia] marriages, which are not valid under UK law, experts said. Ministers have raised fears that women can be left without the right to a fair share of assets if the relationship ends, while others are forced to return to abusive “husbands”.
“A leading Islamic family lawyer warned that the increase in Sharia ceremonies among the 2.7 million-strong Muslim population in Britain was also behind a growth in ‘secret polygamy’.
“Probably a quarter of all couples I see involve polygamy issues,” Aina Khan told The Times. “There has been a huge rise in recent years because people can have a secret nikah [Islamic marriage] and no one will know about it.”
A spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions told the Daily Express: “The previous system accommodated polygamous marriages but this Government has done away with it. Under new rules any additional partners who are unemployed have to claim benefits independently and will need to sign a claimant commitment, and look for work like anyone else. They will also not get benefits for housing costs if they are living together.”
It has been claimed that Muslim men are having up to 20 children each because of polygamy and the rise of “religiously-sanctioned gender discrimination” under Sharia Law.
Baroness Cox, a cross-bench peer, has highlighted a series of “shocking” examples of the impact of Sharia law on Muslim women in Britain as she called for them to be given greater protection.
Bigamy in the UK is a crime under Section 57 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 however in 2008, the Blair government gave the go-ahead for husbands with multiple wives to claim extra welfare benefits, so long as the weddings took place in countries where the arrangement is legal (as is permitted under Islamic law).

old white guy says
in Ontario Canada muslims can get extra welfare benefits as well. it matters little that bigamy is illegal.
Marty says
In the UK we used to have Married Couples’ tax allowance for obvious reasons.
It was scrapped in the name of “equality” over a decade ago.
Simultaneously mohammedan immigrants who had married up to four “wives”
legally in mohammedan countries were are allowed to bring them in as dependents.
The man & his senior wife would get subsidised “council housing”
the rest of the harem would each get their own council flat & the man would spend a few
days at each address according to his whim.
Numerous children are created this way & massive strains put on social cohesion
& state services such as NHS & schools.
As of about 5 years ago there were about 10,000 UK passport holders (I won’t call them
citizens) in these contemptible relationships.
Paid for by he rest of us.
Jay Boo says
Britain needs to give them — exit visas.
t. says
“Aina Khan told The Times. “There has been a huge rise in recent years because people can have a secret nikah [Islamic marriage] and no one will know about it.””
It never ceases to amaze me how consistently Arabic Islamic terms and words are sanitized in translation for native western audiences. Aina Khan talks about secret nikah which is immediately followed with (Islamic marriage)!!
That is absolutely misleading as nikah, in Arabic, is the act of f*cking, plain and simple.
“It has been claimed that Muslim men are having up to 20 children each because of polygamy and the rise of “religiously-sanctioned gender discrimination” under Sharia Law.”
With a production of 20 children a piece for Muslim men compared to an on-average of two a piece for non Muslim men, how many years do you think it will take Britain to be totally under an Islamic Crown?
gravenimage says
You are quite right, t.
A Muslim “wedding” has a man, typically the girl’s father, sign over the use of her vagina to her husband.
The bride need not even be present, and usually isn’t.
pilgrim says
What you are witnessing is the deliberate Islamization of the West.
nicu says
Exactly – their break our laws and get benefits for it !
And so they breed like rabbits ….
Baucent says
“as young British Muslims adopt a more hardline religious stance than their parents.”
This is an important phenomena in muslim immigrant communities that doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Successive generations of muslim migrants become more orthodox and devout over time. And that is counter to the popular myth that generation 1 and 2 will become more secular in the West.
So look at the million muslims that poured into Germany with this thought in mind; their children will be even more religious.
roger says
Europe reminds me of a great big funnel spinning faster at the centre and sucking every one into the left wing, Muslim fawning vortex and destroying all reason and decency.
duh_swamo says
Does he look like he is ready to get a job and go to work?
Dan says
He’s basically a pimp, except he’s not farming his stable out for payments for sex. They’re whoring off the government instead.
In the split level I rent, a Muslim lived below for nearly a year, and once or twice a month some new mailman wouldn’t sort right so I’d get a stack of his mail. There must have been a dozen different “people” getting mail down there, and almost all some kind of government assistance.
In stead of giving it to the guy, I’d return it to the post office, saying I was the only person getting mail in Suite “A,” and even “innocently” wondered if some mail scam thing was going on in Suite “B” cause of all mail going there but…
Nothing.
Nada.
Nyet.
Guess I should be happy the postal service didn’t file some kind of discrimination charge against me.
Stephen says
“Getting more than one wife” is Not come from the Koran.
It was not also come from Mohamed the false prophet at all. He didn’t say that at all. He married n killed n raped so many wives n female slaves.
It came from the writer(s) in the Koran.
What’s the first origin of the Koran mentioned that the followers got to hv more that one wife ??
You are encouraged to read the whole book of Koran n will discover many things which the muslims are lying everybody.
Darryl Kerney says
Stephen,
https://whatisquran.com/320-polygamy-in-islam.html
Stephen says
This is man-made rules n laws for muslims but not come from Allah or God
chanah says
excuse me are you saying that the islamic law is from god?
E Ward says
Stephen says:
“Getting more than one wife” is Not come from the Koran
Koran Sura 4:3–(-Took me all of a minute to find.)
:And if you be apprehensive that you will not be able to do justice to the orphans, you may marry two or three or four women whom you choose. But if you apprehend that you might not be able to do justice to them, then marry only one wife, or marry those who have fallen in your possession.
This is from the KORAN Stephen…what more do you need? Next question?
gravenimage says
I think Stephen is just saying that Muslims *believe* these vile laws come from Allah himself, and they despise civilized laws as “man made”.
OP says
Any Brits on here, I’m deeply curious as to your opinion of all this. I mean how sustainable is it to support all these non- contributing families? Is your country that wealthy?
Judi says
Yes, but what I’ve got to say isn’t printable!!
pilgrim says
What you see now is the end result of a policy of deliberate and gradual Islamization of the West. This policy was initiated, not by the Muslims, but rather by certain persons in elite circles of the West. It is a decades old policy but long before they crafted this wickedness, the Bible warned about it. The beast shall be a leopard but its feet will be of a bear. The leaders of the West knew its destiny. They want to fulfil it. I say to all Christians in the West, prepare for when your countries become your worst enemies. When you can no longer save the countries, help the people. God help us if that day might be delayed but I fear it is here already.
mortimer says
Polygamy is pernicious and should receive no recognition whatsoever. Polygamy should be punished by imprisonment.
Singh the Sikh says
If one group is allowed more than one wife why not others?
Why discriminate? Make it free for all.
Why give only muslim men preferential treatment?
In fairness, also allow women more than one husband.
Let the madness prevail.
Can the Cameron govt can be sued for abuse of taxpayer funds?
That’s what this – abuse of taxpayer funds – enticement for muslims to not work, stay home and re-produce like hell.
sidney penny says
Sharia Law does not allow other groups(nonmuslims) to have more than one wife.
Sharia Law does not allow women to have more than one husband.
So yes, Islamic Law ,Sharia Law discriminates.
So yes, Cameron government discriminates.
So yes,Obama discriminates.
Jay Boo says
So unfair to women.
Why does the Islamic man always get to wear the prettier dress and hold the more stylish handbag?
— His wives tote pack-mule size bags while dressed in Islam’s standard issue black burlap sacks.
gerard says
“Why does the Islamic man always get to wear the prettier dress and hold the more stylish handbag?”
hehe!
gerard says
“Why does the Islamic man always get to wear the prettier dress and hold the more stylish handbag?”
Maybe it’s compensation for living such miserable lives.
Or perhaps it’s Dawa…they’re thinking the average Brit will say “I want a handbag like that!” Just recite the Shahada 3 times and get your free handbag! Very handy for your knife collection.
grace says
Well if they are going to decriminalize bigamy, do it for everyone. And also let women claim 5 husbands.
Actually, better to make them all sod off back to the middle east.
Dave J says
That’s it, I’m converting! Always wanted a different wife for every day of the week and the gov pays for their upkeep. (Which is not that expensive – how many black burlap sacks does a girl need?). Of course I’ll be so exhausted from all that fornicating I won’t be able to work either, so the gov can support me as well.
What a great “religion”! Only flaw I can see is what happens when there are no more infidels left to keep paying their taxes and funding my cultural lifestyle, plus the 20 children I have fathered?
Frank Bitets says
If you have more than 1 spouse, at the same time, that is BIGAMY. And that is a criminal offense in CIVILIZED countries! HELLO….GREAT BRITAIN….when did you decide to go Neanderthal?
robert says
canada will be next and the welfare scams will start-could be that they have already.our current liberal politicians are a bunch of air heads that are going to destroy canada by allowing this to happen.
Darryl Kerney says
“the welfare scams will start”
they are already happening for years in Canada !
i’ve read of cases of muslim men with multiple wives ALL receiving welfare.
Kepha says
this is why Western law needs to state clearly and unambiguously that marriage is between one man and one woman.
What else can we expect? If we say a man and a man can make a “marriage”, then how can we logically say no to polygamy?
Amy glass says
Heterosexual patriarchal polygamy is NOT a slippery slope of gay marriage. Religious communities have been practicing heterosexual patriarchal polygamy for millennia whilst simultaneously oppressing homosexuals. In fact, the countries where heterosexual patriarchal polygamy is legal are the most homophobic and unsurprisingly, sexist as well, whereas the countries most favorable to gay rights are the least likely to encourage heterosexual patriarchal polygamy. If anything, heterosexual marriage is the slippery slope for this: after all, if you allow a man to marry one wife, why not two???
gerard says
One Law for us. Another for muslims
Katnis says
First there’s the exception for multiple wives. Next is the exception for child brides. Why bother having any laws in the first place?
gravenimage says
Yeah–I wondered if exceptions for child brides was next, as well. *Ugh*.
salim says
So the supposedly civilised world now endorses dreadful and morally wrong practices.
In a civilised world, marriage is a one husband/ one wife relationship. A relationship with more than one woman is adultery and morally wrong.
And Europe descended to the level of nurturing it!!
But now I believe anything about the British; they are determined to be in the lead of the Islamisation of Europe.
Last month they said they will change the examination time table to suit muslim. Now they endorse polygamy and pay benefits for extra wives!!
With such logic they soon may fund pilgrimage trips to mecca
What is next? funding jihad trips to Syria and Afghanistan (unless they are already doing it).
billybob says
What’s next? Why logically, they should recognize the Muslim man’s right to sexual slaves, if he gained them in his country of origin lawfully according to Sharia law. After all, the difference between an extra wife and a sexual slave is only hair splitting. These “wives” may well have been forced into marriage. Does British law providing for these extra wives account for that?
This whole thing about how England has fallen for all of this is really shocking! How can they be so stupid as to deliberately Islamize Briton? I wonder if corruption plays a part in this. Are all these politicians taking bribe money from Saudi Arabia or someplace?
As an aside, I was wondering how Pamela Geller’s bus ads would go over in London, specifically, the ad she put up to help young women who are potential victims of honour killing leave Islam. Would somebody trying to put up such ads be prosecuted for a hate crime in England?
salim says
I believe Pamela Geller was banned from UK together with Robert Spencer, so her bus is out of question. Why Britain is doing this? I don’t know. I don’t think money is a factor. Treason? but how come so many politicians are affected? The UK is moving towards Islam, Germany and Sweden will follow.
Salome says
Puts a whole new complexion on the idea of ‘friends with benefits’.
Voytek Gagalka says
Only waiting for the voices calling this as a discrimination (that they’re, for now, recognizing polygamy arranged only in foreign countries where it’s allowed (in Mohammedan countries that is), and subsequently for more demands from Allahists to allow polygamy also in countries of their current residence. Only waiting for that! Bloody Allahists and their polygamy!
Karen says
“…“government cannot ask Muslims not to have more than one wife”.
Why not? Says who? Some Sharia judge? Since when can Muslims not be asked to obey UK law?
“…so long as the weddings took place in countries where the arrangement is legal”.
Well, that’s where it will start, but it certainly won’t stop there. Hey, UK government dummies, don’t you see the loophole? Muslim men can continue to be residents of the UK, and continue to travel overseas and marry additional wives. And their sons can and will do the same, and their sons, and their sons…..
So, the practice will not stop at the initial point of immigration to the UK, and die out in a generation; it will propagate exponentially to future generations.
Muslim women in the UK should think hard about this; polygamy is very much against their own best interests.
islam :- the religion of con artists says
In our neighbour hood a muslim family “turned up” 1 man, 4 wives and 13 kids, they got all the govt. benefits, extra housing allowance etc.. etc…
The man ( his fatherhood is in doubt, but who would know ) then slinked of back to the fighting, got himself killed, thereby dumping 17 (yes seventeen) burdens ON OUR WELFARE SYSTEM FOR LIFE ………………
Islam :- the religion of con artists says
………..And how hard would it be to play the shell game with these Middle Eastern Godesses in black potato sacks, who would know who they are, who would know what they look like, you can bet some poor Welfare Bureaucrat isn’t going to risk getting killed by offensively asking to look at their faces …..
The muslim men are playing “pass the potato sack” in OUR system with OUR money ……..
billybob says
Maybe some of these Middle Eastern Goddesses in black potato sacks are actually adolescent boys. Has anyone checked?
gravenimage says
Also true. I’m sure in some cases multiple Muslim men are collecting “benefits” for the same Muslimahs.
Angemon says
Translation: it’s not a crime when a muslim does it.
Cy Halothrin says
Shouldn’t they also be getting immigration visas and extra welfare benefits for their slaves? I mean why wouldn’t you want to support with your taxes a nice Muslim family consisting of a husband, four wives, 17 children, plus 8 kidnapped slaves (including male and female child sex slaves)?
Anything less would be racist.
gravenimage says
UK: New reforms give immigrants with more than one wife extra benefits
……………………….
Isn’t bigamy a *crime* in the UK?
This will only encourage Muslims openly practicing in the West–at least now they have to hide it.
This isn’t “reform”–it’s surrender. Suicidal madness.
Dude says
What about a 2nd wife who is 6 years old? Is that okay as long as the marriage takes place in a country where it’s legal?
gravenimage says
By the way, every so often some Muslim apologist says polygamy is OK because it’s only practiced by men who can afford to support multiple wives.
This sure as hell gives the lie to that.
The Muslim creep in the photo looks able-bodied. Why would he be collecting welfare–except that he considers it “Jizya” from the filthy Infidels?
sidney penny says
“Bigamy in the UK is a crime under Section 57 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 however in 2008, the Blair government gave the go-ahead for husbands with multiple wives to claim extra welfare benefits, so long as the weddings took place in countries where the arrangement is legal (as is permitted under Islamic law).”
Which means UK applies Islamic Law (Sharia) indirectly!
Westman says
الحرية هي أعظم . هل لديك لك ؟ – Freedom is the greatest. Do you have yours?
Lioness says
Seems like Britain is encouraging and rewarding polygamy. British laws no longer count there, it’s sharia full speed ahead. Next to be legally recognized: child marriage, but not before the girl turns 9.
Fred Smith says
Wow! Four wives, you get to wear pajamas 24-7, crank out as many babies as you like and the government pays for it all? “Mein Führer, I can walk!”
E Ward says
The Polygamist (sing to O Christmas Tree)
Polygamy, Polygamy— He roosts in welfare branches
Polygamy, Polygamy—Around their laws he dances.
He has three wives within his fold
And soon he’ll own a nine year old
Polygamy! How blessed he’ll be!
He visits welfare branches.
He won’t go home and call it quits
As long as there are benefits.
Polygamy! How blessed he’ll be!
Around their laws he dances.