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| 2009-12-17 | ||
| [Al Arabiya Latest] An article promoting polygamy for women published in an independent Egyptian newspaper has caused a stir as one MP filed a lawsuit calling for a trial and several lawyers lobby the government to ban a television series about the same topic. The article, "My Four Husbands and I," published on Dec. 11 in al-Masry al-Youm, was written by Saudi T.V. journalist, Nadine al-Bedair, and called for women to have the right to marry more than one man as part of gender equality. In the article, Bedair asks why men have the right to get bored of being with one woman and therefore have the right to marry another three, while women do not. "A man would say, 'I am bored. She has become like a sister to me. I am no longer sexually attracted to her.'... Here's what I call cheating begins since traditions and the clerics provide men with the remedy to the ailment of boredom," the article reads. Bedair then asks what happens when the woman gets bored as well or rather if she has not been enjoying her marital life from the very beginning. "But a woman does not cheat, not because she is not bored. In fact, she might have not felt one ounce of pleasure since the very first night of this arranged marriage. But traditions and the clerics force her to stay at home and shut up."
"Until then, the question remains: What happens when I am bored of him or if I feel he is like a brother to me?"
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 polyandry? Say that out loud and it sounds like a place you take your leisure suit to for cleaning. well, to me it does..... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2009-12-17 22:15 |
| #13 Listening to this discussion - perhaps Mohammad confused Heaven and Hell - mixing them up badly. Sort of chose tails when it should have been heads. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-12-17 19:42 |
| #12 Oops: One of my faves: Koran 37:22 - (And it is said unto the angels): Assemble those who did wrong, together with their wives and what they used to worship, instead of Allah, and lead them to the path to hell. Sort of the islamic version of suttee. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-12-17 15:55 |
| #11 Women going to heaven is not mentioned in the Quran. But: Bukhari 2:28 - The Prophet said: "I was shown the Hell-fire and that the majority of its dwellers were women who were ungrateful." Hadith Kanz al-Ummal 22:10 - Says 99% of women go to Hell. One of my faves: Koran 37:22 - (And it is said unto the angels): Assemble those who did wrong, together with their wives and what they used to worship. Sort of the islamic version of suttee. Islamic heaven is a very exclusive place, filled with murderers, rapists and thieves who gave a 20% cut to Mohammed. More islamic female goodness. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-12-17 15:50 |
| #10 So I've always wondered... do muslim women get 72 virgins in heaven. too?... They do go to heaven, right? As far as I can tell, Spanky Spealet7212, a good Muslim woman gets to be head girl in her husband's harem, and female Muslim shahids (martyrs, aka suicide bombers) get to bring up to Paradise a number of family members who otherwise might not deserve the privilege. But google "Muslim woman Paradise" to see what others say. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-12-17 15:41 |
| #9 So I've always wondered... do muslim women get 72 virgins in heaven. too?... They do go to heaven, right? |
| Posted by: Spanky Spealet7212 2009-12-17 11:45 |
| #8 CB: the word you're thinking of is "polygyny". Polygamy includes group marriage (highly unstable and thus rare), polyandry (even rarer than group marriage, outside of Paint Your Wagon), and polygyny, which sadly is highly common, often in illicit practice where it's not actually legal. Polyandry lacks the value-added appeal of polygyny (aside from the hormonal/jollies aspect of things), which is the ability of the harem-owner to maximize reproductive opportunities. No matter how many husbands a wife might have, she's only going to have one kid every ten months for her reproductive lifespan. Barring twins and without recourse to reproductive technology, that is. Things might get fun once somebody invents a viable uterine replicator, though... Polygyny apparently is a demographic minus from a societal point of view, but for the winners in the harem lottery, they can easily field their own soccer teams. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-12-17 11:11 |
| #7 wow, Ms. Bedair has some cojones. Good luck w/this. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2009-12-17 09:49 |
| #6 I like her sense of humor. It would be fun to listen in on some Muslim good ole boys trying to rationalize away her arguments. Sadly, I doubt that few would try to debate the issue but would simply suppress. |
| Posted by: Oregon Doodle 2009-12-17 09:03 |
| #5 Of course Ms al-Bedair had to go abroad to get such an opinion published. Think of what would have happened had a Saudi newspaper published her opinion piece. The Cairo newspaper al-Masry al-Youm is already being sued for promoting vice and, from the article: When asked about freedom of expression, Hefez replied that there is a huge difference between freedom and apostasy and argued that BedairÂ’s article belongs to the second as she crosses redlines and promotes sins. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-12-17 07:54 |
| #4 Fatwa in 5..4..3 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-12-17 05:10 |
| #3 Why that's downright unislamic. I like it! |
| Posted by: ed 2009-12-17 00:59 |
| #2 You think someone in Egypt is going to know 'polyandry'? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-12-17 00:51 |
| #1 Doesn't she mean "polyandry"? Because I would think polygamy for women would imply that I could get a harem of other women, and frankly....I would rather have a bunch of men around. |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2009-12-17 00:16 |