Polygamy Amongst Ontario Muslims

You know what would straighten out these guys who insist on flouting Canadian law?

A few child support orders, all from different ex-wives, enforced by the garnishing of wages.

When you have 4 exes with kids and they all come asking for $1000 a month in child support, you will be destitute.

And it will serve you right for entering into such stupidity.

This entry was written by Shane Edwards and posted on Sat May 24, 2008 at 11:16 am and filed under Citizenship & Immigration, Culture, Welfare & Social Issues. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

Comments (13) to “Polygamy Amongst Ontario Muslims”

  1. mahmood wrote:

    Good idea but I’m betting the whole kit and kaboodle is on welfare.

    Posted on 24-May-08 at 12:47 pm | Permalink

  2. Charles Anthony wrote:

    These polygamous Muslim men are not the only men in Canada who have fathered children with more than one woman.

    The fact that a cleric endorses the promiscuity is irrelevant.

    Posted on 24-May-08 at 1:08 pm | Permalink

  3. Shane Edwards wrote:

    Yup.

    Makes me wonder about serial monogamists too. Dissatisfaction with one woman costs. Hollywood types can afford to sire children with a half dozen (or more) women. Sadly, all the people who subconciously model their lives after celebrities don’t think of the costs of that lifestyle.

    Posted on 24-May-08 at 1:50 pm | Permalink

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    Posted on 24-May-08 at 3:27 pm | Permalink

  5. Joanne (TB) wrote:

    but I’m betting the whole kit and kaboodle is on welfare

    Little doubt about that.

    Posted on 24-May-08 at 3:29 pm | Permalink

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    Posted on 24-May-08 at 7:37 pm | Permalink

  7. May wrote:

    I am horrified. Did Nellie McClung and the famous five fight for nothing?

    Posted on 24-May-08 at 7:59 pm | Permalink

  8. Safa Rigby wrote:

    To me it’s the fact that these imam’s are flouting Canadian law. And the women who willingly enter into these marriages thinking that they have rights, find out that they are no more than a doormat……

    I lived it for 2 years…..and it’s done in secret all over Canada….

    Posted on 24-May-08 at 9:43 pm | Permalink

  9. jmorrison wrote:

    ok kids, having more than one wife is against the law. muslims should be charged under that law and all wives returned to the country of orgin. no welfare, do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars.

    Posted on 25-May-08 at 8:45 am | Permalink

  10. karmat wrote:

    And who would make sure they paid child support, the FRO? Fat chance of that happening!

    Posted on 25-May-08 at 11:39 am | Permalink

  11. John_PK wrote:

    When I recently read Khalad Housseini’s Land of a Thousand Suns, I found the culture portrayed to be deeply oppressive to women. Polygamy, in my opinion, is an integral component of that culture and the oppression. It’s my hope that Iman Aly Hindy is not granted a free hand to foster that kind of oppressive culture here in Canada. This is not a value of the Canada I am proud to be a citizen of.

    Posted on 25-May-08 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

  12. Charles Anthony wrote:

    Shane,
    If you have an extra-marital affair and father a child out of wedlock, you may like find at least one person (probably two) who will defend your actions. The law of the state will not prohibit you from doing so.

    An outsider may look at you as being a douche-bag but he may also reserve judgement and simply say that you created a polygamous family.

    Morally, it makes no sense to single out polygamous Muslim men any more than singling out promiscuous non-Muslim men.

    For what it is worth, the law of Ontario does not legalize polygamy among Muslims. The law just says that the first marriage is still valid no matter how many secondary women and children exist in or out of the same household — which is arguably the same as promiscuity.

    Posted on 26-May-08 at 4:16 am | Permalink

  13. Joanne (T.B.) wrote:

    Re: #5 above.

    Sorry meant to say that there is little doubt that it happens. However, I don’t agree that all polygamous ‘marriages’ are abusing the welfare system. I just wanted to clear that up.

    Safa, what do you see as the answer here regarding the victimization of Muslim women in Canada?

    Posted on 02-Jun-08 at 9:43 am | Permalink

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