I Wonder Who Is Supporting His Three Wives Along With Their Children, Hasan Phillips Or The State?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2762988/Strolling-park-London-businessman-THREE-wives-just-one-20-000-multi-wife-marriages-POLYGAMY-BRITAIN.html

[Canary42]

Quote from the link "it is estimated around 3 per cent of Muslim men worldwide take more than one wife"

But never mind, let's stereotype the lot and continue to whip up the hate.

[Old_Geezer]

If these sort of arrangements are entered into willingly then I don;t have such an issue, but of course welfare ought not be the way to support them. Maybe it should be limited to one designated spouse/partner for performing such calculations ? It says subsequent marriages are not recognised under law. The article is a long one, does it say they intend claiming anything ?

[naomi24]

They seem to have a variety of businesses and jobs between them, so I presume they're supporting themselves. That said, if they participated in an Islamic marriage ceremony in this country, they are not legally married.

[hc4361]

No different to the many non-Muslim men in this country who have many children to multiple women like this chap:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2763002/The-man-26-children-nine-women-That-shock-headline-week-one-mothers-reveals-story-s-disturbing.html

He may not be married to all of them but neither are the Muslim men who 'marry' in the UK but do not officially register the marriages - and they can only register one, unless they remarry after divorce.

It says in the report that the women live in different houses, much like the man I linked to.

[sandyRoe]

Three wives, how does he keep it up? Their standard of living, I mean.

[hc4361]

This family is even more interesting - he was living with seven wives and a mother in law, although two wives have now left.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2343735/The-bizarre-family-life-Rampant-Rabbi-revealed-new-documentary.html

[Peter Pedant]

. A longish article which I didnt er finish

Look AOG you dear old buffer - polygamy was considered by the High Court in around 1967. Clearly lawful if contracted outside the UK - so the question was when someone immigrated were wives two and three - deprived of their rights ? And their Lordships decided that they should.

For marriages contracted outside the UK

I have to say I am not sure if polygamy is recognised if contracted in the UK. I certainly dont lose sleep over this.

Finally the holy Quran clearly states that a man cannot take wife no 2 and 3 unless he can support all of them. I am not sure if the Sheikl marrying them has to assent and confirm this. Since all knowledge is in the Quran, including nuclear reactors - we know that there will be somewhere there the advice/ instruction about whether support from Income Support and Housing Benefit counts towards support. It'll be there somewhere.


The only thing I find surprising is that someone who is bright enough to do a ph D at Cambridge has come home one night and said - I wanna be a co-wife and live off benefits all my life.

[maggiebee]

Nowt stranger than folk.

[hc4361]

Peter Pedant, where does it say the 'wife' is living off benefits? It clearly says in the article that she has her own business selling perfume and clothing online.

[naomi24]

hc4361, //He may not be married to all of them but neither are the Muslim men who 'marry' in the UK but do not officially register the marriages - and they can only register one, unless they remarry after divorce.//

As far as I'm aware, marriages conducted in Islamic ceremonies in this country can't be registered at all. Without a registrar present in a place licensed to conduct marriages, such unions are not legal. To legalise the marriage the couple would need to organise a Civil ceremony.

[tamborine]

Hope she has a fat Uni debt.....ooops, low income = no pay back

[hc4361]

Tambo, she is running her own business, you know nothing of her income

[hc4361]

That's what I meant, Naomi.

[tamborine]

Yep hc, bet its low GP or Uni debt is due. PHd aint free

[pastafreak]

Errm...she would most likely have been making a salary/income when doing her PhD. Funding comes from whichever company/corporation that wants research done.

[hc4361]

Not every student leaves university with debt, it is not obligatory if you have the means to self fund.

[Gromit]

From the article it sounds like they are working, so it is extremely unlikely that the state are supporting them. Strange that you ask the question, when the information is in the article.

[youngmafbog]

He must be mad, three of my Missus, no thanks

[VHG]

Having multiple wives has no place in this country.

This is just another example of Muslim men subjugating women and treating them as nothing more than cattle, to be collected like a farmer collect farm animals.

I bet Muslim women cant have multiple husbands.

Women fought for decades to get the vote and get other privileges that men already had, yet by allowing so many Muslims in this country we have taken it back to Victorian times where many Muslim women are treated so badly.

What on earth were we doing allowing so many Muslims in this country.

[hc4361]

VHG, the man in the lead article is a Christian convert. He was never allowed in to the country