.... notwithstanding that situations do exist where women may be forced into polygamous marriages, Murray ignores completely those women who choose to enter into polygamous marital arrangements of their own free will. Women enter into these arrangements for various reasons. Apart from romantic reasons, one trend that has been noted is of women, and ‘career women’ in particular, entering polygamous marriages because they do not want to have ‘full-time relationships’.
Another issue which has been highlighted is the struggles of the increasing numbers of educated, professional Muslim women to find suitable partners who will accept ‘women who wear trousers’. It is a shame then, although all too familiar that Murray should peddle stereotypes about Muslim women as helpless victims of their faith, and of Islam as an immigrant religion. [ENGAGE] Read more
