Religious Debate Tournament: Islamic polygamist practices are flawed, ...

1-Marriage in Islam: Marriage is a sacred contract in Islam that officially unites a man and a woman. It has conditions and pillars, and both spouses have rights and obligations toward one another. Marriage is also prophetic tradition that was accepted and regulated by the Islamic law. The benefits of this religious contract are: - Keep the offspring identity: as any child born from a marriage have a known father andmother. - Save the honour of the wife: if a woman gets a child outside of marriage, she loses herhonour, but within the marriage, she is in all her honour. - Ensure enough stability for child rearing. - Ensure social fertility, while limiting health issues related to random sex relationships. . http://www.islamswomen.com... For more on benefits of male/female Marriage ingeneral: . http://pol285.blog.gustavus.edu... 2-Polygamy in Islam: -A man has the right to marry up to four women (chasteMuslim or chaste Christian or Jew), if he is physically and financially able totake care for each of them, with the condition of him being equitable betweenhis wives in provision and in the number of nights he spends with each one ofthem. -Then polygamy is basically a man having a marriagecontract with each wife he has, there is no relationship between the wivesother than their kids being brothers. They even are not supposed to livetogether in one house for obvious reasons. -Islamic Polygamy also allows extending thebenefits of marriage on more than a female, with reducing the responsibility ofeach woman over her Husband, as she now shares marital duties with anotherwoman. -The man is still responsible to provide for eachwife he has, and each child they bare him. -Islam limited the number of wives for one man, tooptimise fertility, and make the marriage the most productive possible. This is an article about birds, but can be appliedon humans to give an idea that there s an optimal number after which polygamymay not be as beneficial for the male or for the females or for reproduction. . http://www.jstor.org... 3-Homosexuality and Islam -Firstly, sex is not allowed outside Islamic marriagefor any Muslim dude. It includes heterosexual and homosexual sex relationships. -Homosexuality is highly prohibited, and Gay relationshipsentence is death. (sexual relationship that is). -there is no marriage for homosexual people for thesimple reason that there is no hope their relationship can result in offspring! !and marriage is established in the first place to protect the children identity,protect the woman honour and to make heterosexual intercourse lawful. And childrencan only come from a man and woman relationship! ! So basically there is no needfor people of the same gender to call their sinful relationship “Marriage”! ! Here an interesting article about this new social threat: . http://web.law.und.edu... 4- Human Sexual Lust and Islam: Islam as a Merciful and realistic religion, doesn’tintend to make people’s life miserable, It did not prohibit sex in all itsforms, but has set boundaries not to pass, in order for society to be morallyproductive, but as the human being is also a sexual being and may be in thesituation where he doesn’t find a lawful way to pass his lust, for being pooras an example, and not able to get a wife, He is encouraged to fast in order toweaken his sexual energy , until he gets enough wealth to pretend to a bride. Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) (Allah bepleased with him) reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to us: 0young men, those among you who can support a wife should marry, for itrestrains eyes (from casting evil glances) and preserves one from immorality;but he who cannot afford It should observe fast for it is a means ofcontrolling the sexual desire. (Sahih Muslim) . http://sunnah.com... In conclusion Islam has the best set of laws for a moral and optimally productive society. No I send it back to Pro to start the rebuttals. .