Very good point. It is so easy to from a Western perspective criticize polygamy, but can it not
also be said that things CAN BE better for a senior wife who has a co-wife in the household
sharing work and responsibilities, than having family resources leak to outside "girlfriends"?



On Sat, 28 Feb 2004, Habib Ghanim wrote:

>
> sister jabou
>
> polygamy is practiced by non muslims too- please take note
>
> I know many catholics in Nigeria who have more than one wife
>
> they marry one in the church and the others in the traditional way
>
>
>
> having said this many muslim men in the gambia who have one wife may have
> concubines which makes it polygamous
>
> No offense to any one - sometimes the truth hurts -
>
> in my opinion it happens in the USA unofficially for example
>
> many senators and congressmen have their wives in their home state and
> their girlfriends in Dc sometimes working for them as sectretaries or
> interns.
>
>
>
> polygamy can be official and unofficial - please note that too
>
> habib
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: Jabou Joh
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: question/Ya-i-Mama Fatou
> >Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 12:44:39 EST
> >
> >You may very well be right  about lower figures but as I
> mentioned, I was
> >really just venturing a wild guess. I was under the impression
> that not marrying
> >multiple wives is on the decline, but then I also find that people
> who have
> >had one wife all along are marrying second wives later in their
> years.
> >I wonder if there are actual statistics compiled by the Gambia
> government. It
> >would be interesting to have actual figures compiled by regions if
> they have
> >looked into such things.
> >
> >Jabou
> >
> >In a message dated 2/28/04 8:12:52 AM Central Standard Time,
> >[log in to unmask] writes:
> >
> >
> > > I think that number is pretty high considering that younger
> generation are
> > > doing away with Polygamy these days.  I know of very few if any
> in their
> > > twenties and thirties that have co-wives.  I dont know about
> the people living in
> > > the provinces but I dont think Polygamy is practiced much in
> the Greater
> > > Banjul area any more.  I might be wrong...
> > >
> > > Ya-i-Mam Fatou
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Jabou Joh
> > > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> > > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > > >Subject: Re: question
> > > >Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:05:09 EST
> > > >
> > > >Ylva,
> > > >
> > > >This is not any official statistic but my assesment would be
> at least 95%
> > > of
> > > >all the islamic marriages are polygamous.
> > > >
> > > >Jabou
> > > >
> > > >In a message dated 2/27/04 1:44:13 PM Central Standard Time,
> > > >[log in to unmask] writes:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Greetings,
> > > > >
> > > > > Would anyone happen to know what percentage of marriages in
> The Gambia
> > > are
> > > > > polygamous? Best, Ylva
> > > > >
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