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

Does Islamic Polygamy really threaten genders balance? In contrast with your above example about KSA population, please take a look on marriedwomen statistics in KSA for the year of 2007: . http://marriage-statistics.findthedata.org... As you can see there is absolutely no age where all the women or girls are married. Moreover,there have never been reported, historically, that polygamy has caused any imbalanceto any Muslim society or Nation. Please take note that it is common that men who practice polygamy in KSA, would take thesecond wife from another Arab country like Egypt or Morocco, rarely do you finda Muslim polygamist having 4 wives. The average age for first marriage for women has increased in all Muslim countries; pleasetake a look on statistics for single women in KSA according to age range, forthe period of 2007: . http://marriage-statistics.findthedata.org... Please to compare it with the statistics for 2004: . http://marriage-statistics.findthedata.org... It is clear that the tendencies have changed, and there is now a new problem arising thatwould be certainly solved if Polygamy was practiced more than it actually is,amongst Muslims. You can also check to see the statistics for male single in KSA as of 2007: . http://marriage-statistics.findthedata.org... So far no issues, males are not suffering from lack of females, but assuming yoursuggestion may happen in the future, it can simply be corrected by making polygamyconditions more strict by the ruler according to what benefits the nation. Optimal Harem Size for both male and females: There is no study that I found for Humans that would indicate the optimal harem size. But there is something that I remember we’ve seen in High school or earlier, that one Male sex cellgives 4 different spermatozoids when one female sex cell would give only oneegg, as shown in the following figure: . http://www.debate.org... Therefore limiting the Polygamy to 4 wives would be the optimal limitation, especially ifyou compare with the ancient tribes practices who would have large harems thatwould cause damage to the females involved in such a marriages. Is female Bisexuality supported By Islamic Polygamy? Not that it was reported that 'Abd al-Rahman, the son of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri,reported from his father: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said:A man should not see the private parts of another man, and a woman should notsee the private parts of another woman, and a man should not lie with anotherman under one covering, and a woman should not lie with another woman under onecovering. Sahih Muslim. . http://sunnah.com... So even, the premises that can lead to homosexuality are forbidden. And the marriage contracts in polygamy are between the man and each wife,not between the women! ! -The Gay punishment was made tougher because there is a sort of intercoursethat could suffice men from marrying women, thus the punishment is radical. -India is not a Muslim country, and the imbalance isn’t due to polygamy, sothis example you gave is not applicable. So basically the problem you are pointing out is not real, males in Muslimcountries are finding females from all ages, and Islamic polygamy never causedany sort of imbalance to Islamic society in the past.