21 July 2011

Polygamous Sharia marriages don't belong in Britain

.... Islam has much to teach British culture: abstemious self-discipline, respect for elders, modesty, charity.

But its treatment of women is too often objectionable: in many parts of the Islamic world, girls are discouraged from continuing their education once they enter puberty; honour killings and forced marriages are frequent; women who seek divorce rarely get a hearing.

Women, in other words, are short-changed by Islam, and polygamy is one reason for this. When a man knows he’s worth four wives, his attitude to the fairer sex is bound to be unfair. [telegraph.co.uk] Read more