Kenyans have received the news of mandatory polygamy by men in Eritrea with a mix of bewilderment and excitement.
Activists have posted a memo allegedly by the Government of Eritrea asking men to marry at least two wives due to acute shortage of men occasioned by casualties during the civil war with Ethiopia.
In the statement written in Arabic assures of government support to the polygamous marriages.
The activists translate it thus, “Based on the law of God in polygamy, and given the circumstances in which the country is experiencing in terms of men shortage, the Eritrean department of Religious Affairs has decided on the following .”
First that every man shall marry at least two women and the man who refuses to do so shall be subjected to life imprisonment with hard labour.
“The woman who tries to prevent her husband from marrying another wife shall be punished to life imprisonment,” alleges the activists in their translation.
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Strange news as half of the population are Christians. What their churches say about this or is this order only for Muslims?
Polygamy is not exclusive Muslim practice just look a Swaziland and its king, or nearly every culture at least historically had a polygamous practice.
Do you think the pious don't sin?
They merely:
Veiled themselves and didn't flaunt it
Sought forgiveness and didn't persist
Took ownership of it and don't justify it
And acted with excellence after they had erred - Ibn al-Qayyim
As it says in the article, ahki. There's a man shortage, so women will need to share.
I told my wife about this yesterday and she was all 'We're not moving to Eritrea'
Re: Eritrean government asks men to marry at least two wives or face imprisonment
It´s quite unlike it would happens in every marriages. And in Eritrea, military service is compulsory for women too. Eritrea’s army is now one of the largest in Africa.
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