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Polygamy : The Qur‘an
1,069 words, approx. 4 pages Contemporary Muslim debates over polygamy (or, more properly, polygyny) focus on two crucial verses. The first states: If you fear you will not deal justly with the orphans, marry such as seem good to you from the women, two or three or four; but if...
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Polygamy : Judaic Terms
51 words, approx. 1 pages Marriage to several wives. Although polygamy seems to have been common in *Biblical times, it was formally forbidden by Gershom b. Judah in c.1000 CE. In fact his ban only reflected the current state of affairs. Polygamy has not been practised among...
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Polygamy : Hindu Terms
18 words, approx. 1 pages was current in higher classes of Hindu society until the time of modern reforms under European...
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Polygamy Information
8,631 words, approx. 29 pages
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Pandora and Polygamy
03/17/2006: 742 words, approx. 3 pages And now, polygamy. With the sweetly titled HBO series "Big Love," polygamy comes out of the closet. Under the headline "Polygamists, Unite!" Newsweek informs us of "polygamy activists emerging in the wake of the gay- marriage movement." Says one evangelical Christian big lover:...
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 Women's Feature Service
Pondering on Polygamy
02/18/2002: 720 words, approx. 2 pages Kuala Lumpur, (WFS) -- It came as a surprise when a Malaysian of Indian origin, and a politician at that, suggested recently that the time had come for polygamy to be reintroduced in the country for the benefit of non-Muslims. All this while, polygamy...
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Malaysian activists to study polygamy
12/28/2006: 351 words, approx. 1 pages Opponents of polygamy in Muslim-majority Malaysia said Thursday they will conduct a rare survey in an attempt to prove the practice throws families into emotional and economic turmoil.Researchers hope to interview 6,000 members of polygamous households over the next 10 months in what could be...
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Romney family tree has polygamy branch
2/24/2007: 1,186 words, approx. 4 pages While Mitt Romney condemns polygamy and its prior practice by his Mormon church, the Republican presidential candidate's great-grandfather had five wives and at least one of his great-great grandfathers had 12.Polygamy was not just a historical footnote, but a prominent element in the family tree...



Featured Essays
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Legal Polygamy in the U.S.
725 words, approx. 2 pages
 A persuasive essay on how polygomy is still being practiced in the U.S. legally.


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