Talk:Polygyny in Islam

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This "article" shouldn't even exist, there isn't one important note on this entire paper on Polygyny in Islam. Nothing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.249.20.106 (talk) 10:59, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Basis?

The article states that a man may have up to four wives under Islamic law. It would be good to see some citations here, and the Quranic basis for this law.

*Septegram*Talk*Contributions* 15:47, 14 May 2007 (UTC) (non-Muslim)

Conditions for Polygamy

There are some conditions or sort of guidelines under which a Muslim should marry more than once (polygamy). I am not an expert on the subject but I know they exist and I am asking anyone who has enough information on the subject to write about it.

Polygyny?

What is this word 'polygyny'? If you mean polygamy, say polygamy! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.254.201.36 (talk) 10:10, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

That's like saying "What is this word, 'wife'? If you mean spouse, say spouse!" Largoplazo (talk) 11:51, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Muslim Women With More Than One Husband

Recently, a Muslim woman has told me that while men in her faith may have up to 4 wives, Muslim women may have up to 2 husbands. Does anybody know if this is true.--Splashen (talk) 18:38, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

although the quraan mentions that in islam every man can have 4 wives at the same time (for a reason) but a women canot ever have 2 husbands at the same time only if her husband dies or she got devorced then she will have the the right to get married again; but im really sure that not even one woman has the right to have 2 husbands at the same time. zeinab maatouk 9:03, 27 april 2012 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.84.94.6 (talk)

Colgate University Wikipedia Edit Page, Spring 2013

Hello Wikipedia Community!! We are a group of students at Colgate University and we will be editing this page as a final project for our Islamic Jurisprudence class. We will be cleaning up the article, restructuring it, and adding some more information about the pre-Islamic history, the textual basis, and the general practice today. Mdavidson13 (talk) 14:10, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

"First contact"

The section on Islamic feminism contains this sentence:

When Europeans first came into contact with the Muslim world in the nineteenth century, they declared the Islamic faith and the society it controlled backwards and uncivilized.

As a student of history, this statement puzzles me greatly. Europeans have been "in contact with the Muslim world" since the very beginning. For a start, the Byzantine Empire was at war with a succession of Muslim states, beginning with the Rashidun conquest of the Levant and Egypt, for 800 years until they were destroyed by the Ottomans in 1453. Then there is the Umayyad conquest of Visigothic Spain in the eighth century, followed by the Reconquista which again lasted about 700 years. Then the Crusades of the twelfth century onwards and the European struggle to keep the Ottoman Empire out from the 15th to 18th centuries... this sentence betrays its author's utter ignorance. Hairy Dude (talk) 01:57, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

"it is important to understand"

The following statement should not be allowed on an encyclopedia, in my opinion. Hopefully others will agree.

"However, it is important to understand the verse in context of both the Qur'an as well as the historical context when it was revealed."

Specifically, the "it is important to understand" part. Encyclopedias should not contain opinions disguised as facts. I do believe the information about the origins and the historical context are valid information; creating a new sub section of the article without the bias should suffice. Facts get muddle by an agenda/bias when the reader is told to agree with it in an underhanded way. Let people make up their own minds by reading the referenced source.

This is yet another variation on saying "You have to understand..." before making some point of view known. It is simply a way to subtly influence others. It is also a ridiculously common argument among religious scholars to try and make the literal words seems more palatable to a modern audience. Instead of saying the words and commands in a religious text are outdated or irrelevant to a modern sense of morals, it is instead excused as needing "historical context." If that context is required, then the words and commands only apply within that context, which means they simply do not apply in any other circumstance and should be noted as such at all times. No matter what you believe, it is an opinion. This last paragraph I just wrote is also an opinion, and is exactly why it isn't on the actual article. Neither should any other opinion.

162.207.200.246 (talk) 18:58, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

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