[BenarNews] A group of Moslem women in Thailand’s Deep South is criticizing a doctor for promoting his services online to help local men find up to three extra wives, saying such polygamous matchmaking doesn’t follow the Prophet’s example.
| Polygamy is only encouraged in Islam when it comes to "oppressed or the orphans among women," and justice can be done by marrying more than one, she said. |
Waemahadi Wae-dao, a physician and former MP from the mainly Moslem southern border region shrugs off the criticism about his fee-based activities as a matchmaker. He says he’s well-intentioned and helping to match men with wives in accordance with the Islamic principle that allows a man to have as many as four spouses.
Wae, who himself has four wives, started providing the services by advertising them on his Facebook page. The idea was to eradicate secret extra-marital affairs and help both parties find good partners in the Deep South, a largely impoverished and insurgency-stricken region on the border with Malaysia. He collects a fee of 12,000 baht (U.S. $315) from men for each successful match. |