06-24-2006, 03:26 AM
Bismillah:
Quote:I think the thread is about Islamic polygamy but I just wanted to make a quick point, which is that the Jews are allowed to take more than one wife if they wish. However the Rabbis about 100 years ago made an order for the jews not to do it for the reason that they have turned on religion and are not morally capable. The ban was supposed to be for a certain amount of time, but that time has elapsed and the Rabbis still did not lift the ban.
My point is that sometimes what the people are doing is not the same as what the religion teaches. If the Jews according to Old testament have the option of polygamy and Jesus did not come to change the law then the only conculsion is that its an exsisting option, and there are still today groups of Bible based christians who practice it even though it is not the mainstream norm.
exactly sister, Polygyny is permitted in Judaism. the practice of polygyny continued till <b>Rabbi Gershom ben Yehudah (95% C.E to 1030 C.E)</b> issued an edict against it. The Jewish Sephardic communities living in Muslim countries continued the practice till as late as 1950, until an Act of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel extended the ban on marrying more than one wife.
also In earlier times, <b>Christian men were permitted as many wives as they wished</b>, the Bible really puts <b>no restriction </b> on the number of wives. It was only <b>a few centuries ago that the Church restricted the number of wives to one</b><b> and not the Bible.</b>
Salam
Wael.