Of course. Polygamy is allowed in the Qur’an (4:3). Thus for a believing and informed Muslim there can be no dissent from this. The fact that it reduces women to commodities and has been a source of untold misery over the centuries is immaterial.
“Saudi cleric says it’s haram for women to be angered by polygamy,” by Mariam Nabbout, StepFeed, October 5, 2018:
Saudi cleric Abdullah al-Mutlaq sparked controversy on Twitter earlier this week after a statement in which he encouraged men to take second wives went viral.
The Islamic scholar, who is an advisor to the kingdom’s royal court, made the statement on state television program “Fatawi” (Religious Edicts) during a segment in which he was asked about solutions to spinsterhood.
“Some women don’t help men in treating their multiple wives fairly and equally. The moment she learns her husband is about to take a second wife or already did, she goes crazy,” he said.
The cleric went on to say that a woman’s shock or anger in reaction to her husband taking a second wife is considered “haram” (unacceptable in Islam.)
“This is not acceptable, it’s haram. I swear to God on this, I’ve seen women who refused to stay in marriages after their husbands took second wives. I’d ask them to wait and give their husbands a chance and they wouldn’t accept that,” he added.
Concluding his statement, Al-Mutlaq added that instead of being envious of their husbands’ new wives, women should ask God to bless their partners’ second marriages.
The cleric’s statement has been making the rounds on Saudi Twitter for the past two days, dividing tweeps along the way….
Mac-101 says
U know Islam will conquer us. What western man can control one wife, let alone FOUR! ?
gravenimage says
Wife beating, threats of summary divorce, and “Honor Killing* aren’t really all that amusing, Mac.
Mac-101 says
It is when no one asks where all the extra women come from. Islam encourages Muslims to kill infidels and take the women’s mothers, Daugherty and sisters as sex slaves and if they’re really lucky as a 4th wife?
Mac-101 says
Sorry women should have been men.
All as done by Mohammad!
gravenimage says
True, Mac.
Mac-101 says
It’s not funny but true. Society has turned men into girly men.
My above comment should have been men not women
Lastly Muslims are just following the example set by Mohammad !
Peter WF says
Many of the “refugees” are single men. Deselected by their polygamous society but alive and complete. So where do they go to find some women? Go west young man go west!
Mac-101 says
Good point. Ole Western Women will give em riches on top of dat just like Mo’s first wife. LOL!
elee says
Somebody want to explain to me why hundreds of millions of women put up with this? Time for a little cultural imperialism……unless of course you believe in this !@#$ too……
mortimer says
elee, This is yet another example that Islam is FALSE.
Any woman who can tolerate polygamy obviously married for money, security or status… but not for love. No one can bear the thought of the love of their life cheating on them.
The sheikh is a total moron in matters of the heart. You cannot command people not to have their personal feelings.
gravenimage says
There is not much love in Islam, Mortimer.
And many–in some places, most–women in Islam marry because they are forced to, not out of love or even for money and status.
b.a. freeman says
we have to cut muslim women a little slack, since they’re the property of their husbands. if a muslim man is angered enough by his wife, he can just say the triple talaq and divorce her; she has no say in the matter. he can also just beat the s**t out of her; pervert muhammed allowed that behavior through his fake god allah, so muslim men are allowed to beat their wives, brutally if they so desire. the bottom line is that any woman who tried to stand up for her God-given (but islamically-withheld) rights could very likely end up dead, with no repercussions for her husband and murderer.
gravenimage says
Grimly true.
mortimer says
IT IS ILLEGAL TO BE AFRAID of the effects of POLYGAMY.
It is FORBIDDEN to be POLYGAMY–O-PHOBIC !!!
FYI says
It is acceptable for the muslim man to have FOUR wives but..
It is completely unacceptable for a muslim woman to have FOUR husbands because you see{sarc},in islam,THAT would be morally wrong wouldn’t it?
Polygamy is ok for the muslim male.
Polyandry is forbidden for the muslim female.
That’s not fair is it?But then..
allah has an appaling misogynistic attitude to women koran 2:282
A woman’s legal testimony=HALF that of a man koran 2:282
The son’s inheritance=TWICE that of a daughter k4:11
A women is HALF the worth of a man.
gravenimage says
+1
mortimer says
Robert Spencer accurately reflects the DYSFUNCTIONALITY of POLYGAMY: it has “been a source of untold misery over the centuries …”
Not only the wives suffer, but Muslim children suffer as well from their philandering, absentee fathers.
Such children grow up with deep resent and emotional turmoil.
gravenimage says
All sadly true, Mortimer.
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
Yes polygamy is a blessing to protect diginity of women. A wife should, therefore, take polygamous family life as a sacrifice to save other women from being molested through sex outside marriage.
CogitoErgoSum says
My eyes have been opened! The act of taking a second, third or fourth wife is actually an act of mercy. It keeps a woman from being beaten and raped outside of marriage and turns it into a family affair where the beating and rape may be done by a husband and not by a stranger. That which is illegal is transformed into that which is legal and it cannot be put asunder by any woman. (Of course, the husband can say “I divorce you” three times to a wife whom he no longer needs or wants to save … because an old woman should be okay since she is no longer in as much danger of being molested as a young woman is.) It all makes perfect sense if you think about it …….. really hard.
gravenimage says
The appalling Ibrahim itace muhammed wrote:
Yes polygamy is a blessing to protect diginity of women. A wife should, therefore, take polygamous family life as a sacrifice to save other women from being molested through sex outside marriage.
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Let’s unpack this, shall we? Ibrahim itace muhammed is saying that women have to sacrifice and accept polygamy, because if they don’t then Muslims will rape unmarried women.
Do Muslim men have to make any sacrifices? Of course not–they can either marry up to four women–including small children–or they can rape unmarried women in the streets.
God, I hate Islam.
Ibrahim itace muhammed has also made the ludicrous claim that there are four girls born for every one boy–whereas, of course, the rates everywhere unless artificially altered are roughly 50/50.
WPM says
Where are America,s femnazis on this issue , too busy wearing pussy hats, worry about bakers not baking cakes for gay wedding and having public bathrooms built for the 16 different sexually “life style ” chooses in America. Having public funds for advertisements about the shame of manspreading on public transportation .Not a pip about polygamy, honor killings ,child marriages going on in Islamic societies all over the world {even when it is done increasing by Moslems living in the West}. Cowards all of them appeasing Islam will get you more abuse by Islam in society at large. Having a second or third wife in Islam is like some man in western society owning two or three cars if he can afford them just another item to own.
Malcolm Jackson says
Why does Nigel Farage support Islam?
What does Nigel Farage not understand about Islam?
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=328000961113983&set=p.328000961113983&type=3&theater&ifg=1
Emilie Green says
“Saudi cleric says it’s haram for women to be angered by polygamy”
What a great con man this Big Mo was. Set up a rule favoring what you want done even if it involves theft of property or dignity or both. Then declare any griping about this unfair rule as sinful.
gravenimage says
Spot on, Emilie.
islamic text says
India: Woman forced to sleep with father-in-law to satisfy Qur’an’s requirements for remarriage –
Remember stories like this when Muslims try to tell you how moral and into family values they are.
Nikah halala — a temporary marriage allowing a woman to return to her previous husband after a divorce. This is based on the Qur’an.
Allah’s regulations for divorce emphasize regarding women that “men have a degree over them” (Qur’an 2:228). This may be why men can divorce their wives simply by saying, “Talaq” — You are divorced — but women may not do this. Such an easy procedure leads to divorces in a fit of pique, followed by reconciliation — and the Qur’an anticipates this and attempts to head it off by stipulating that a husband who divorces his wife three times cannot reconcile with her until she marries another man and is in turn divorced by him: “And if he has divorced her [for the third time], then she is not lawful to him afterward until she marries a husband other than him” (Qur’an 2:230).
“Woman Forced to Sleep With Father-in-law Under Nikah Halala, Faces Death Threats for Speaking Out,” by Qazi Faraz Ahmad, News18, July 16, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Ad for an Islamic temporary husband — in Ontario
Here is an ad for a nikah halala — a temporary marriage allowing a woman to return to her previous husband — in Scarborough, Ontario:
gravenimage says
So true–there is nothing moral about Islam.
Grizzly says
Of course not! Just open the Koran, Hadith, & Sirah just about anywhere & you’ll know that demons exist.
Islam is proof positive that evil exists… & that people are stupid for following it.
gravenimage says
Muslim cleric says it’s forbidden for women to be angered by polygamy
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Muslim men even want to control the emotions of their victims.
How *dare* the victims be pained? It is the same with dhimmis, who cannot even complain of their being victimized by Musims.
majed says
Suggestion: Before commenting please try to read Qur’an or at least the first few pages of it.
Carol the 1st says
Why not the *last” few pages?
6woods says
And then what? We change our minds? I think it’s reasonably safe to say that the vast majority of commenters here has read much more than just the first few pages of that vile book, and many of the canonical texts as well. I know I have, and I’m not the most well-read here on the subject of islam. On top of all of that, we see news reports EVERY SINGLE DAY of pious muslim headbangers quoting chapter and verse as they commit the latest allah-approved atrocity.
As a western woman, your putrid cult doesn’t frighten. It disgusts me.
gravenimage says
I’ve read the Qur’an several times, in multiple translations.
The first few pages of the vicious Qur’an condemn Jews and Christians, then threatens Infidels and lax Muslims. It goes on to threaten apostates.
Why would any of this make us feel better about the savagery of Islam?
It seems that majed is fine with polygamy. Is he also fine with Islamic pedophilia, forced marriage, wife beating, and “Honor Killing”? Most likely.
6woods says
And then what? We would change our minds? I think it’s reasonably safe to say that the vast majority commenting here has read much more than “the first few pages” of that vile book, and many of the other canonical texts as well – I know I have, and there are others here more well-read on the subject of islam than I am. As a western woman, your putrid cult doesn’t frighten me. It disgusts me.
6woods says
Oops! Sorry for the double post. I didn’t think the first one had gone through!
gravenimage says
Hear, hear!