Polygamy in Germany

[Gedo_Boy]

I read a book titled 'A Woman in Berlin' that described the widespread rape, prostitution, and abuse on women after the sacking of Berlin. The lucky ones got protection from a Soviet officer if she were his 'war wife', so many of them sought that deal instead of facing the prospect of being randomly raped by an 'Ivan'.

To Marshall Zhukov's credit, he made rape punishable by execution and he carried through on some executions, although I'm sure some got away.

It's heart wrenching the things a mother has to go through to feed themselves or their kids, especially when you think that could have been your mother, sister, or aunt. Compared with some of the stories in that book, being a 2nd or 3rd wife would have been a gift from Heaven.

[Padishah]

Accepting the illegalizing of polygamy is not a matter of Shari'a, rather its a matter of faith. By signing a legal document and agreeing with it that polygamy is indeed a crime, a Muslim is making a consession at the risk of transgressing against Islam.

Before, it was 'making illegal what Allah made legal', and now its 'risk of transgressing against Islam'? Firstly, let's have some consistency. Polygamy is a non-essential privilege granted by the Shariah. Treat it that way.

Secondly, Polygamy Laws have diddly squat to do with the Constitution. That particular document deals with the form and content of government, its powers, and the rights of the individual citizen. As yet, you haven't come up with an objection that has anything to do with the Constitution.

Before you proclaim such simplicities, let us first define what is Shari'a and how is it derived?

How about we abstain from the sophistry. We know there isn't a country that applies the Shariah completely and correctly. As I said before, every Muslim country engages in the Interest based world economy, and as Interest is made illegal by Allah, engaging in trade and using Fiat currencies with Interest and Inflation is making legal what Allah made illegal. This doesn't seem to be a problem for you so far.

[Grant]

Polygamy is actually a gray area in the US Constitution.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution ... ights.html

"Bill of Rights
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

Mormons practiced polygamy from about 1840, ceased performing "plural" marriages about 1881, but continued to suport those polygamous marriages that still existed. One of my great, great grandfathers had seventy six living children and five living wives when he wrote his autobiography at the age of 85. My grandfather and his siblings were raised by the first wife after his mother, the second wife, died.

The US passed bigamy laws and prevented polygamists from voting or holding office and kept Utah as a territory rather than a state for nearly thirty years. But there are still those Mormons who believe the bigamy laws are unconstitutional as well as non-Biblical.