Polygamy usually takes the form of polygyny — when a man marries multiple women. Polyandry, which refers to wives having more than one husband, is even rarer than polygamy and mostly documented among small and relatively isolated communities around the world.
In Burkina Faso, for example, where polygamy is common, spouses must agree that a marriage will be polygamous at its outset for the husband to be allowed to take another wife in the future. One-in-five U. A Pew Research Center survey published in found that Muslims around the world are divided about polygamy: While majorities in several sub-Saharan African countries and pluralities in parts of the Middle East describe polygamy as morally acceptable, Muslims living in Central Asia as well as Southern and Eastern Europe tend to say that polygamy is immoral.
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In India , Malaysia , the Philippines , and Singapore , the governments only recognize polygamous marriages for Muslims.
They have specific legislation for polygamous marriage that only includes Muslims. Some countries that have outlawed polygamy may recognize polygamous marriages from other countries.
For example, Sweden recognizes polygamous marriage performed abroad. Switzerland outlawed polygamy, but polygamous marriage conducted in another country is handled on a case-by-case basis. Polygamous marriages entered into abroad in Australia are recognized for limited purposes only.
Countries Where Polygamy Is Legal In contrast to polygamy is monogamy, which is a marriage consisting of only two spouses. Religious Views on Polygamy. Legality of Polygamy Around the World Around the world, the legal status of polygamy varies.
Show Source. Solomon lost God's favor when he married women who did not give up idolatry, David when he sent a woman's husband to the front lines so he could marry her. Whether ancient or modern, polygamous or monogamous , marriage has rules. There may be ages and genders to consider. In early America, there were races to consider. Often, those considerations draw on religious beliefs: The Quran allows a man to take up to four wives. In Fundamentalist Mormonism, there is no set limit to the number of wives in one marriage.
Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet who first delivered God's directive that Mormons practice plural marriage, ultimately took dozens of wives. In the United States, Fundamentalist Mormons are the most common groups to practice polygamy although some Neopagans, Liberal Christians and some others also do.
For Mormons, polygamy is the Divine Principle, reflecting God's wish that his people are "fruitful and multiply. Those who continued forming plural marriages were eventually excommunicated and became the Fundamentalist Mormons, which include various sects including the FLDS, the AUB, the Priesthood Work and the Independent Fundamentalists not associated with any particular group. There are actually quite a few different sects that fall under the heading "Fundamentalist Mormon," and distinguishing between them can be helpful in understanding how polygamy is practiced by the group.
The lines connecting the sects can be a bit difficult to sort out…. By various estimates and definitions, there are anywhere from five to more than a dozen different sects within the Fundamentalist Mormon community, each with its own Prophet and living space. At one point, they were all one group of Mormons excommunicated for maintaining a polygamous lifestyle, and many of the break-off sects are still connected financially in one way or another, sometimes via land rights or corporations.
Their numbers are hard to pin down due to the secretive nature of their polygamist lifestyles, but most estimates are between 30, and 50, With about 10, members, it comprises perhaps 25 percent of Fundamentalist Mormons. Its numbers are in the area of 7, Other, smaller sects have anywhere from a hundred to about 1, members.
While it's true that some of the wives in polygamous marriages receive government support only the first wife is legally married -- the others are single mothers , Fundamental Mormons also run farms and have construction companies. They work on construction projects -- legitimate ones -- all over the West and Mexico, and, with a few exceptions, interact with those outside their sects.
In most cases, the people they work with outside their communities simply look the other way on the polygamy issue.
It's illegal, but in many areas, particularly in Utah, outsiders practice a certain degree of lenience toward the religiously sanctioned plural marriages.
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