The bill that would allow husbands to take additional wives without permission from their first wife has been shelved indefinitely.
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Fatemeh
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thabet
The Nigerian man with 86 wives has agreed to divorce 82 of them.
He was sentenced to death by a group of Muslim scholars in Niger State. The sentence was later lifted.
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thabet
Another article on Egypt’s “marriage crisis”.
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thabet
Muslim women are to be “guaranteed equal rights in marriage under a new wedding contract negotiated by leading Islamic organisations and clerics in Britain”.
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muse
Why are Muslims divorcing? Some interesting comments at Suhaib Webb’s blog. I personally don’t think its necessarily a bad thing - sometimes divorce is the best option and divorcees shouldn’t be stigmatized.
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thabet
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muse
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Andrea Useem
Time to consider making it okay for Muslim women to even consider marrying a non-Muslim guy. This InFocus article, A Few Good Men, raises some important issues (even if the journalistic standards are not high.) but doesn’t mention the fiqh question — how muslim men can marry “out” but muslim women can’t — and how that contributes to the current “marriage crisis.” Question for you: Is it better for a Muslim woman to remain unmarried her whole life, or to find a non-Muslim man and have a chance at a happy married life?
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thabet
The annulment of a young Muslim couple’s marriage because the bride was not a virgin has caused anger in France, prompting President Sarkozy’s party to call for a change in the law.
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muse
Polygamy in Black-American Muslim families in Philly. Some positive stories for a change, thank God.
Frankly I’m not sure how you can treat both wives equally if the second marriage is not legal, and the second wife doesn’t have the advantages that come with a legally recognized marriage. Of course the state could just get out of the business of marriage, but until that happens, how can you treat them both with “equal fairness” as required in 4:3? (I also wonder why the reference to orphans gets left out in current discussions of that verse).
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baraka
WaPo article on Muslims and marriage in America:
