Polygamy immigrants

Islam stipulates that a man can have four wives.

Some Arab countries, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, etc.

Senegal and Swaziland in Africa.

Our neighbor Thailand is also polygamous. Mormons in the United States not only allow polygamy, but also allow polygamy.

Senegal, Uganda, Libya, Swaziland, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Morocco and Somalia.

In today's African continent, many countries practice polygamy. But with the development of the times, polygamy has become a controversial topic, with supporters and opponents. Tunisia and other African Arab countries have long abolished polygamy in law, and Benin and other African black countries have recently announced the abolition of this backward system.

Senegal is regarded by the west as a country with good democracy, but it is a country with stubborn polygamy. Before the adoption of the new Constitution in 2000, Senegalese President Wade put forward many articles on women's liberation, but refused to abolish polygamy, believing that it was an "ancient tradition" and could not be banned. What's more, there are heads of state who openly defend polygamy in Africa. For example, when a United Nations report in 2003 pointed out that polygamy was one of the reasons for the excessive number of HIV carriers in Swaziland, King Mswati III of Swaziland played the devil's advocate on TV. It turns out that polygamy is completely legal in this country, and men can have several wives. The 37-year-old King of Mswati III has had nine wives and two "fiancé es" since his first marriage at the age of 18. And his father, the old king Sohuza, according to his official autobiography, from 192 1 to 1982, Yi * * married 120 wives. The King's speech in Swaziland shocked the world because the HIV/AIDS carriers in Swaziland are close to 40% of the population, which is the highest in Africa. According to the Africa Network, in many African governments, many ministers practice polygamy, and even the presidents of individual countries are polygamous.

polygamy

Perhaps the most striking thing in the eyes of Westerners is that Islam allows polygamy. First of all, it needs to be clarified that Islam does not consider polygamy as a universal system. Musheng has only one wife for most of his life. He married Cardiga at the age of 25 and remained monogamous until he died at the age of 50.

Monogamy is normal, while polygamy is the exception.

However, we can say that although polygamy has been abused by people at some time and in some areas, it does have its advantages in some cases. In some cases, it may be a compromise marriage system; In other cases, this may be a good arrangement with positive effects.

The most obvious example is that during the war, many women's husbands or lovers will be killed on the battlefield, and no one cares. We can look back at the deaths caused by World War I and World War II. Millions of women lost their husbands or lovers, leaving them and their children without financial resources and no one to take care of and protect them. In this case, if we still insist that every man is only allowed to marry one wife, what about millions of helpless women? They have no hope of finding a husband. To put it bluntly, if they want to remain chaste, they will be childless and lonely all their lives; If they are willing to be mistresses, she won't get the right recognized by law, and her children can only treat them as illegitimate children, without protection. Most women don't like these two ways. In any case, they always want to have a legitimate husband and family and get security protection.

In this case, polygamy is a compromise. They need to face the reality, and would rather have several women than no husband at all. If the situation requires, instead of secretly keeping mistresses from the first wife, why not establish a polygamous system that is recognized by the public?

There is no denying that polygamy with mistresses is very common in Europe and America. The difference is that Westerners have no legal obligations to their mistresses and their children, while Muslim husbands have full legal obligations to their second, third and fourth wives and their children.

In addition to the war environment, there are other situations, which shows that polygamy in Islam is a better system. For example, the first wife is disabled or has a chronic disease. Of course, some men can tolerate these situations, but we can't deny the potential dangers. In some cases, a second marriage is acceptable to all three parties.

In some cases, the wife has no children, but the husband really wants to have children. According to western law, if the wife has no children, there is nothing the husband can do. He has to bear the fate of childless, otherwise he will have to divorce his wife in order to marry someone else. However, if polygamy is recognized and everyone agrees to remarry, then divorce can be avoided.

In other cases, the marriage broke up and the husband fell in love with another woman. This kind of thing happens from time to time, which is generally called love triangle. According to western law, a husband can't take a second wife unless he divorces his first wife. But the first wife may not want to divorce, she may no longer love her husband, but she may still respect him ~ in order to maintain the family, gain a sense of security, for herself and for the children. Similarly, the second woman may not want to destroy the man's first home. When these things happen, the men and women concerned will naturally realize the benefits of polygamy, because divorce or secretly keeping mistresses are not good ways to solve things.

The reason why I put forward the above example is because most westerners have an illusion that polygamy represents the blessing of Qi people, and they can't enjoy tenderness and beauty without considering its useful side, which will bring feasible solutions to social problems in the West. I said so much, the purpose is not to advocate polygamy, not to ask people to abuse this system, but to hope that people will not condemn it without knowing its function, because this system may also be beneficial to society.