NATIONAL POST – Jan 12 - France’s Muslims, regularly accused by the country’s right-wing politicians of not adapting to the culture here, are torn between tradition and modernity when it comes to relationships and marriage, according to a new poll. 84% opposed the legalization of polygamy in France, while 83% reject the notion that parents should choose spouses for their children. 73% are against sex outside marriage, while 53% were unwilling to marry a non-Muslim. France has the largest number of Muslims of any European country. FULL ARTICLE @ NATIONAL POST
Mark Brooks: The Qu'Ran allows men to have up to 4 wives. ~2% of muslim men have multiple wives. The men must have the means to furnish each wife with their own separate living arrangements and treat them equally. He's not permitted to sleep with multiple at once, rather share his time among them. The age-old idea is that when men are in short supply, after a war, moral depravity would result. Therefore, it was more acceptable if men took additional wives. So perhaps in China, women should be taking multiple husbands?