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Home Front: WoT
Doctor claims he wanted wives, not jihad
2007-05-11
The former New York doctor accused of swearing allegiance to al Qaeda told a federal jury yesterday he was more interested in polygamy than terrorism.

Rafiq Sabir testified in Manhattan federal court that when he worked in Saudi Arabia in 2005, he reflected on the virtues of multiple wives. He read Islamic texts on the subject and wanted to convince his wife it could work. "I wanted to have another wife. She was not for that at all, polygamy," Sabir said. "I figured I could come back [to the United States] and talk to her about it, at least talk."

A father of four kids with a complicated marital history that includes at least four wives, Sabir said he believed polygamy was the solution when his current wife refused to have more kids.

"While you were in Saudi Arabia, did you attempt to get involved with al Qaeda?" defense lawyer Ed Wilford asked. "No. Absolutely not," the doctor replied. Federal authorities say he promised to treat injured jihad fighters.
Posted by:ryuge

#10  There was an article recently on some animal who had six women pregnant at the same time, none of them his wives. He found himself in front of an incredulous judge wanting an explanation of the circumstances. His response: "I be concubining."
The muzzies have nothing on this worthless piece of homegrown dog feces. I have two questions: where were these women's thinking abilities when they stripped and got into bed with this man, and where were the American citizenry's thinking abilities when they permitted laws to be passed that would force taxpayers to provide for the spawn of such pairings?
http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070310/NEWS01/703100357/-1/CINCI
Posted by: Mac   2007-05-11 21:29  

#9  Allan favors perverts.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2007-05-11 15:25  

#8  One shelf is enough to stock.
Posted by: USN. Ret.   2007-05-11 14:35  

#7  when he worked in Saudi Arabia in 2005, he reflected on the virtues of multiple wives.

I wonder what he did in Saudi Arabia? Did he have four wives in the U.S.?

Four wives is either polygamy or bigamy in the U.S.--as well as crazy.

Agreeing to treat jihadists would be against the law I would think.
Posted by: JohnQC   2007-05-11 12:28  

#6  Likle it or not, doc, when ya get the wives, the jihad usually comes with them...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-05-11 10:05  

#5  Not very PC to say it, but was he not aware that here in America, a whole class of men has gone polygamy one better - they have many children to several women, and NO wives. I mean, if it was more kids he wanted. Just sayin'...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2007-05-11 09:16  

#4  with a complicated marital history that includes at least four wives

I have just one wife, and that is a challenge amongst itself. These people are just plain crazy to have more than one. It doesn't surprise me that they try to pull Islamic justification in a country that it is illegal. In England it is becoming a huge problem. That and Sharia courts to justify it.

I remember seeing a similar story in the NYT a few months back.
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Thousands of New York's African immigrants are thought to be practicing polygamy as they did in their native countries, where it is legal; practice is clandestine because polygamy is grounds for exclusion from US under immigration law; no agency is known to collect data on polygamous unions, and many agencies that deal with immigrant families in New York have adopted don't-ask-don't-know policy; some men have one wife in US and others abroad; Islam is often cited as authority that allows polygamy, but practice is cultural tradition in Africa that crosses religious lines, and some Muslim lands elsewhere sharply restrict it; some African immigrant women speak bitterly of polygamy, saying they had no choice but to accept their husband's other wives; many women accept situation, fearing to expose their husbands to arrest or deportation; presence of polygamy in New York was revealed after March 7 fire in Bronx that killed woman and nine children in two families from Mali; owner of house and father of five children who perished had two wives in that home, on different floors
Posted by: Delphi2005   2007-05-11 08:42  

#3  #1 - Jim, ya see, if he joined alQaeda, he would be helping to impose Sharia on the US and the rest of the world, so his wife would just have to agree.
It's all very logical if you think about it.
Posted by: Rambler   2007-05-11 08:38  

#2  with a complicated marital history that includes at least four wives

Western style serial monogamy or Muslim polygamy, which is illegal in the US?
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-05-11 08:25  

#1  I don't think you need to join Al-Q to have more than one wife. Just being a muslim is enough to entitle you to be a sub-human polygamist.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2007-05-11 08:21  

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