In the second volume of the 1961 edition of the magazine “Hazarat al-Islam,” it is stated on page 165 that censuses in Sweden show that one out of every seven marriages lead to divorce. In Denmark, young women who have not yet reached the age of thirty have often been divorced two or three times. This situation is not strange at all; if polygamy were allowed in these countries, perhaps we wouldn’t see such a collapse in women’s lives, and the divorce rate might not be this high.
Dr. Rachel Duffy, a member of the North Carolina General Population Party, called for a law to be passed allowing the state to sterilize girls who give birth to more than two illegitimate children.
The same magazine, on page 489 of volume two, reports that the British police intended to capture a hundred thousand prostitutes. After a while, they canceled this plan, and ultimately the police announced that they could not accomplish this important task alone; it was beyond their capacity. Consequently, the police requested assistance from other women, asking them to encourage women vagrants roaming the streets to return to their homes, otherwise the police would arrest them.
In “Hazarat al-Islam,” volume two, page 364, it is reported that Josebi (the name of the narrator) asked for a divorce from her husband during their honeymoon. While crying, she stood before the judge and recounted her story: “Last week was our wedding party, and we decided to spend our honeymoon by the sea. But on the second day, I was shocked to witness a scene. I saw a young woman, red and white, with make-up next to my husband, clinging to him and refusing to leave his side. I asked my husband in surprise, ‘Who is she?’ He turned to me and said, ‘This lady, my dear wife, is my special secretary; I can’t bear even a moment without her.’
Josebi continued, ‘It is absolutely impossible for me to tolerate another woman next to me, especially one who appears before my husband in revealing clothing and engages with him. It is my honeymoon; yet my husband spends half the time with her!’
For the final decision, the judge asked the husband to choose between his wife and his secretary. Confidently, the husband took his secretary’s arm, and they left the court together.
In the West, men adhere to the law of their country, which prohibits polygamy, and limit themselves to marrying one wife. However, the reality is different; this law is not effectively enforced, and no one can deny this claim. In principle, there are only a few who strictly adhere to the law of monogamy, while the majority of men violate it and find ways to circumvent it.
Is it true that Christianity has achieved the desired result with its strict position to institutionalize monogamy and its strong opposition to polygamy? No, it is never like that.
