poygamous marriage

[claymore]

Here in Australia the Muslim community is up in arms because the government is refusing to recognize polygamous marriages . They claim that the government has no right to interfere in Islamic law and that it is in the best interests of women to enter into such marriages. What do you think?

[bazwillrun]

Thats what you get for allowing muslims into your country, they will try and impose their culture on you, they dont care about yours.

Get them out and that will solve the problem, if they want to live as muslims then they should go to a muslim country.

[Oneeyedvic]

Where does it say that they are trying to impose their culture? Are they up in arms because Australians don't want polygamous marriages?

Or is bazwillrun exaggerating for effect?


Of course, there is an irony here since pretty much all Australians in government are immigrants. How are the abos treated there? Do Australian people follow the Abo culture?

[RevFunk]

When in Rome.....

Just imagine going to a "muslim" country and making demands.

[andy-hughes]

Oh lord, here we go again!

I have tried to point his out many times, but fail to reach the knee-jerk fascist contingent who leap in with their narrow-minded opinions every time the word 'Muslim' crops up.

OK, first of all, the Muslim community is perfectly entitled to protest, it's one of the benefits of living in a civilised country where free speech is the right of all, not just the ones who happen to be WASP's.

The fundamental (no pun intended) aspect of Muslim life which is constantly overlooked or ignored by Westerners, is the way in which faith is woven into everyday life in a way which is alien to Western cultures. For Christians, nominal or otherwise, their faith is a part of their lives to a greater or lesser degree. To a Muslim, faith IS their lives, with all that its teachings involve.

Muslims therefore feel that their religious vews are a bedrock of their way of life, and should not be subject to the secular laws of people who don;t follow their faith. Similarly, Muslims will obviously believe that their lifestyle is to the advantage of women - how else could they reeconcile their beliefs.

So, that is their position,and again, under the same rules of free speech and opinion, no-one has to agree with this viewpoint - it is simply a different way of lookiing at the world in which we all live together.

To condemn and attempt to exile people for such belief is a fascist perspective, and maybe a little tolerance of the ways of others would go some way to integrating people who choose to live under ordinances provided by a minority culture.

You don;t have to like it, but you do have to respect it - that is what democracy is all about.

[Postdog]

You don't have to respect it at all. Use that argument and you might as well say they have to respect our religions and views which they don't.

Remember the British woman threatened with death just because she inadvertantly let a children name their teddy Mohammed. Yeah, that was respect wasn't it.....

[R1Geezer]

Fair enough Andy but if all that is true why would they even consider settling in a Western democracy like Austrailia? What's wrong with the home of Islam where all the laws are already as they would like them?

[Loosehead]

When I wanted to play Rugby, guess what? I joined a Rugby club! I didn't join a soccer club and try and make them all play Rugby. See the parallel?

[terambulan]

These muslims have chosen to live in a country with bedrock christian laws. By living in the country they initially accepted to abide by the law.

Having 2 wives simultaneously puts an extra burden on state social services. ie schools, hospitals etc. Y not have 1 wife & lots of lovers?

Am off to muslim country where I can have lots of wives......bet their Govts wont maintain them though!

[Postdog]

I was answering andy, not disagreeing.

I could just as easily have said that if we are obliged to follow laws in a muslim country, then so are they in a non muslim country.

[Oneeyedvic]

Remember the British woman threatened with death just because she inadvertantly let a children name their teddy Mohammed. Yeah, that was respect wasn't it.....

Threatened with death?

The maximum she faced was 6 months in prison, 40 lashes or a fine.

Still, why let facts get in the way?

[Postdog]

I'm on about the people - get YOUR facts right.

[Oneeyedvic]

Loosehead When I wanted to play Rugby, guess what? I joined a Rugby club! I didn't join a soccer club and try and make them all play Rugby. See the parallel?

They are not suggesting that Australians must have polygamous marriages - so your analogy is not correct.

It is like going to a country where rugby is illegal but you want to play and campaign for it to be made legal. Is that a bad thing?

[Oneeyedvic]

Oh sorry, the Sudanese people.

Right, like all the people on here calling for the death penalty for most criminals?

[brionon]

Andy says :-''You don;t have to like it, but you do have to respect it - that is what democracy is all about. ''

Depends what you mean by 'Have to'' and 'Respect'.
I HAVE to do what the Law says,nothing else. And I Don't respect ANY religion-so you see ; your statement is incorrect.

[brionon]

Oneye says :-''The maximum she faced was 6 months in prison, 40 lashes or a fine. ''

I think 40 lashes might mean death. Are you,seriously, defending such punishment ? Those who agitate for Sharia law would. Do you defend their right to change our laws to fit into their Barbaric religion ?