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• 08:18:25 pm on May 26, 2008 | # | |
  Tags: church state relations

  As Toronto mother describes her ordeal, imam admits he has `blessed’ over 30 unions:

  Muslims have thought that if such a challenge on the basis of religion is launched, they would also benefit. But Nik Bala, a family law professor at Queen’s University, believes the case for Muslims is much weaker than that of the Mormons.

  “In Bountiful, the argument of freedom of religion applies, since polygamy is a requirement necessary to get to heaven. Islam permits polygamy, but doesn’t require it to be a practising Muslim,” said Bala. “The freedom of religion argument doesn’t hold up as strongly.”

  of course, non-fundamentalist mormons would disagree with the idea that mormonism requires polygamy for salvation. but i guess it’s an interpretation….

   

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