Polygamy dehumanizes women, reducing them to the status of commodities. The Qur’an tells Muslim men to “marry those that please you of women, two or three or four. But if you fear that you will not be just, then one…” (Qur’an 4:3). It seems fair: a man who cannot be just with multiple wives should restrict himself to just one, but in such matters, what constitutes just behavior is all too subjective and elusive. Islamic authorities have generally understood this to mean equal economic support and equal time in the beds of each.
Yet even if all this were scrupulously managed, an equal distribution of affection wouldn’t be possible. Even Muhammad favored his child bride Aisha over all of his other wives. A hadith has a Muslim making bold to ask him, “Who is the most beloved person to you?” Muhammad answered with one word: Aisha. (Bukhari 5.62.3662) What might his other wives have thought of this? No one dared to ask them, even in these fabricated ninth-century traditions.
“Opening of ‘Foundation for Polygamy’ in Syria met with humour, outrage,” by William Christou, The New Arab, October 18, 2021 (thanks to Henry):
A picture purporting to show the opening of the “Foundation for Polygamy” in Aleppo province, Syria, was met with humour and outrage by Syrians over social media on Monday.
The office was reportedly opened the previous day and is licensed by the local council of Azaz, a city north of Aleppo under the control of Turkish-backed Syrian opposition elements.
The New Arab was unable to verify the registration of the foundation and the local council of Azaz did not respond when approached for comment.
Ahmad al-A’lwan, who first reported the foundation’s opening, said that it will “correct misconceptions of polygamy and defend it as a sharia concept which has been distorted by the enemies of Islam”.
The logo of the foundation is a man surrounded by four women, the maximum number of women allowed for Muslims to marry.
Syrians largely responded to the news of the opening of the foundation with derision and tongue-in-cheek humour….
Conservative Islamic customs predominate in the area.
A September report by Syrians for Truth and Justice found that local authorities in opposition-held areas of Syria had allegedly covering-up three cases of femicide.
One of the cases was a so-called “honour killing” carried out after a photo of one of the victims without a hijab circulated on social media….
revereridesagain says
There’s enough dehumanization of women going on without the slaves of Allah chiming in yet again. If child marriage and forced marriage are forms of rape, what is forcing the victims of rape to bear the offspring of the rapists?
“But but but it’s not the baaaaaaaaby’s fault!”
Is it the woman’s “fault”? Or the little girl’s? Were their skirts too short or their hair uncovered?
I’m sure there will be “justifications” here invoking “The Lord”. So are they for the “legalized” rape of women and girls, invoking the “lord” Allahoochiekoo.
Do you care about the unearned pain caused to women? Or do gods always come first?
DavidR says
The Center for Polygamy is slated to resume public slave auctions as soon as soon as the World’s moral IQ drops a couple more points.
john smith says
muslims must be demented, who the hell in their right frame of mind would want four wives.
I can’t handle one wife nagging at me, let alone four.
OLD GUY says
John S. the difference is that a muslim man has the right to beat the women that nags him or if she dishonors him he can honor kill her. That tends to keep wives in line. Women under Islam’s sharia laws are nothing more that property that the muslim man can do with what he wants.
Infidel says
Is this being done w/ or w/o the acquiescence of the Assad regime – this Polygamy foundation?
SAFI says
Judging by the so-called “Syrian opposition” flag in the picture I’d say probably without…
gravenimage says
Yep.
gravenimage says
Syria: Foundation for Polygamy opens to ‘correct misconceptions of polygamy and defend it as a sharia concept’
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Of course it’s a Sharia concept–a barbaric core part of Islam. The foul “Prophet” Muhammed was of course a polygamist. His wives included kidnap victims and a child.
I notice there are no specifics here on just what those “misconceptions” are. This is commpm with Muslim apologists–there is no moral defense for this savagery.
Nancy Albert says
With a polygamous society there is an inevitable inducement to war. Children are generally half girls and half boys. When too many men are unmarried they are motivated to pillage for wives. This is the kernel of Islamic aggression.
Polygamy causes a degradation of genetic diversity. You should have two grandfathers, four great-grandfathers and so-on contributing to a normal child. In Islam, the family tree diminishes male genes. A very powerful Islamic leader can wind up with over 45,000 descendants (Ibn Saud). Inbreeding is inevitable. About 80% of illegal migrants from Africa are males, coinciding neatly with 4 wives per man.
Additionally, by having too many children, a father cannot pass on wealth, so it is dissipated. The society fails to grow wealthier. Too often, consanguineous marriages help keep the money in the family… 50% in Somalia, further degrading genetic variety.
China faces a great problem from their one-child policy where males were the dominant choice. Now in their early 20’s there are too few females. We shall see.