Saudis campaign to take 4 wives

Solution to spinsterhood: Take 4 wives

By YOUSUF MUHAMMAD

ARAB NEWS
Published: Jul 6, 2010 23:57.

JEDDAH: A group of young Saudis has strongly advocated polygamy as a way to end spinsterhood among women in the country.

They have launched a Facebook campaign called “We Want Them Four,” asking every capable Saudi man to marry four women to reduce the number of spinsters in the country.

There are no statistics on the number of unmarried women in Saudi Arabia, but their number is believed to be high due to the often-extortionate wedding costs.

“Every Saudi and Arab man who is financially and physically able to marry more than one wife should not hesitate to do so in order to end spinsterhood among our women and help cap the high marriage costs that have deterred many young men from getting married,” the campaign page says.

Polygamy for the Sake of Satisfying One's Sexual Appetite Is Allowed

July 23, 2010 Clip No. 2578

Egyptian Cleric Ramadhan Labib: Polygamy for the Sake of Satisfying One's Sexual Appetite Is Allowed

http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2578.htm

Following are excerpts from Egyptian cleric Ramadhan Labib.

Ramadhan Labib,the Islamic religious scholars have said that there are constraints on polygamy. If the wife is ill and the husband needs to satisfy his sexual appetite, or if the husband has a strong sex drive and one wife is not enough for him, he has the right to marry more wives.

Interviewer: So the religious scholars permitted polygamy to satisfy one's sex appetite, even if only for a limited period of time. A man may have a strong sex drive in his twenties and thirties, which later subsides.

Ramadhan Labib: Yes. How is he to satisfy his appetite during this period?

Interviewer: He can get married.

Ramadhan Labib: He has the right to take another wife.

Interviewer: Just to satisfy his sexual appetite?

Ramadhan Labib: Yes. Otherwise, he might satisfy this appetite in forbidden ways.

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If a war breaks out in a Muslim country and many men are killed, and consequently, the women outnumber the men - then polygamy is permitted.



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Malaysian Muslim women unhappy with polygamy

By Sean Yoong (CP) – Jul 22, 2010

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysian children and first wives in polygamous families overwhelmingly oppose the practice because the men seem too stretched to devote enough time and money to them, according to the country's largest study on the effects of polygamy.

Though sanctioned by Islam, polygamy is a hot-button issue for Malaysia's Muslims, who make up nearly two-thirds of the country's 28 million people. Statements made by about 1,600 members of polygamous households to university researchers appear to bolster claims by women's rights activists, who have long said the practice undermines the well-being of wives and children.

"We do not oppose polygamy, but we believe that monogamy is preferable," Adibah Jodi, a representative of Sisters in Islam, a Malaysian women's advocacy group, said Thursday.

There are no official Malaysian statistics on the number of polygamous marriages, but activists estimate they account for about 5 per cent of all new marriages every year, including ones not legally registered.

Polygamy in the Qur'an

TheReligionofPeace.com
Guide to Understanding Islam


What does the Religion of Peace Teach About...Polygamy

Question:
Does Islam really allow a man to take up to four wives?

Summary Answer:
Yes, a Muslim man can marry as man as four women, and have sexual relations with an unspecified number of slaves as well. Muhammad had eleven wives at one time.

The Qur'an:
Qur'an (4:3) - "Marry of the women, who seem good to you, two or three or four; and if ye fear that ye cannot do justice (to so many) then one (only) or (the captives) that your right hands possess."

Qur'an (4:129) - "Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women, even if it is your ardent desire" (but don't let that stop you, husbands, because your needs come first anyway).

Qur'an (66:5) - "Maybe, his Lord, if he divorce you, will give him in your place wives better than you, submissive, faithful, obedient, penitent, adorers, fasters, widows and virgins" A disobedient wife can be replaced. A man can only have up to four wives, but he can rotate as many women as he pleases in and out of the lineup.

From the Hadith: