Yes! Finally the truth shall be known. Men having multiple wives actually "protects the rights of women" rather than reduce them to the level of chattel and property collected by a male.
Silly me.
Sheikh Khalil Chami of the Islamic Welfare Centre in Sydney's Lakemba today said polygamous marriages, although illegal, existed in Australia and should be recognised.
"... Not an open door but in a way everyone will have control," he told Triple J radio's Hack program.
"It's a bit hard, very difficult, but unless we face it, how (do) we overcome it?
"If you know there is law that will help you, there is community will help you. Why not? Why not change the law?"
Far be it from me to expect Australians to....you know, obey the freaking law. I guess I must be one of those Islamophobes!
Of course, no news item on Islam in Australia would be complete without a comment from resident muppet Keyser Trad.
Mr Trad once proposed to another woman with the consent of his wife, Hanefa, but the second marriage did not proceed.
"I certainly would not have entertained the thought of having a relationship without a religious marriage and I thought the relationship with that person was developing to the stage where we had become too friendly with each other," he told the program.
"Rather than entertain any thoughts of an affair I thought the only decent thing to do was to consider a proper commitment to that person.
I'm sure Mr Trad would be just as accepting if his wife told him that she'd decided she wanted a few more husbands, and would like to boink them in the marital bed. Wouldn't he?
Posted by Quentin George at June 24, 2008 09:30 PMHmm
"In a sense, it's a compliment to the original partner that if he didn't find marriage to be so good why would he go into it again," he said.
"In a sense, he's saying that his first wife has made life like heaven for him so he's willing to provide the same service, love and support to a second woman."
hmmmmmmmm
Asked if it was just about wanting sex with more women, she said: "Yeah it can be, but having it in the right way instead of having it in like go to prostitute or just date".
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Posted by: slobbodany at July 12, 2008 06:20 PM