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2009-12-17 Africa North

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Posted by Fred 2009-12-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#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|| 2009-12-17 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 You think someone in Egypt is going to know 'polyandry'?

Posted by Steve White 2009-12-17 00:51|| 2009-12-17 00:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Why that's downright unislamic. I like it!

Posted by ed 2009-12-17 00:59|| 2009-12-17 00:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Fatwa in 5..4..3

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-12-17 05:10|| 2009-12-17 05:10|| Front Page Top

#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 Bedairs article belongs to the second as she crosses redlines and promotes sins.

Posted by trailing wife 2009-12-17 07:54|| 2009-12-17 07:54|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-12-17 09:03|| Front Page Top

#7 wow, Ms. Bedair has some cojones. Good luck w/this.

Posted by Broadhead6 2009-12-17 09:49|| 2009-12-17 09:49|| Front Page Top

#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|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2009-12-17 11:11|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-12-17 11:45|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-12-17 15:41|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-12-17 15:50|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-12-17 15:55|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-12-17 19:42|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-12-17 22:15|| Front Page Top

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