Posted on 02/24/2014 4:19:43 PM PST by nickcarraway
A rare polyandry case in the Middle Eastern kingdom of Jordan has sparked controversy when the four husbands take a dispute over the pregnancy of their shared wife to court.
The London-based Arabic daily al-Hayat reported this week that a court in Jordan’s northern town of al-Ramtha is considering the case, which reportedly involves two Syrian men, a Jordanian and a Saudi Arabian.
Each man claimed to be the real impregnator of the wife, denying awareness that she was married to another man, according to al-Hayat. The court resorted to DNA tests to resolve the dispute.
Many people expressed their shock that such an incident took place in a Muslim society. In many Muslim countries, polygamy is common practice but polyandry is legally and religiously prohibited.
“This is a strange story and the law does not protect dupes,” a person commented on al-Hayat’s report, referring to the four husbands.
Another slammed the marriage as “disguised prostitution.” One commentator asked whether the court was “ruling with God's law or with Hollywood law.”
Laz would hit it!
It’s still gross and demeaning.
...sparked controversy when the four husbands take a dispute over the pregnancy of their shared wife to court... reportedly involves two Syrian men, a Jordanian and a Saudi Arabian. Each man claimed to be the real impregnator of the wife, denying awareness that she was married to another man... In many Muslim countries, polygamy is common practice but polyandry is legally and religiously prohibited.If it's prohibited, it probably has happened plenty of times -- although that's not a given in muzzie societies, because murder happens all the time but is semantically redefined, as murder is illegal even there.
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