Detail on Islamic Polygamy Muslim polygamy in practice and law differs greatly throughout the Islamic world Whereas in some Muslim countries polygamy may be fairly common in most others it is often rare or non existent While Muslim polygamy may be mainly found in traditionalist Arab cultures such as Saudia Arabia and the United Arab Emirates it is either extremely rare or even banned outright in secular Arab states like Lebanon and non Arab Muslim countries such as Turkey and Malaysia In Muslim countries where polygamy does occur there are certain core fundamentals found in common among most of them According to traditional Islamic law a man may take up to four wives and each of those wives must have her own property assets and dowry Usually the wives have little to no contact with each other and lead separate individual lives in their own houses and sometimes in different cities though they all share the same husband Thus Muslim polygamy is traditionally restricted to wealthy men and in some countries it is illegal for a man to marry multiple wives if he is unable to afford to take care of each of them properly In such Muslim countries where polygamy is still commonplace and legal Muslim polygamists live openly among the rest of their society at large This section is disputed The extra detail does not seem to be pushing a POV to me please propose alternative language here Muslims traditionalist cultures Polygamy and laws concerning polygamy differ greatly throughout the Islamic world and form a very complex and diverse background from nation to nation Whereas in some Muslim countries it may be fairly common in most others it is often rare or non existent However there are certain core fundamentals which are found in most Muslim countries where the practice occurs According to traditional Islamic law a man may take up to four wives and each of those wives must have her own property assets and dowry Usually the wives have little to no contact with each other and lead separate individual lives in their own houses and sometimes in different cities though they all share the same husband Thus polygamy is traditionally restricted to wealthy men and in some countries it is illegal for a man to marry multiple wives if he is unable to afford to take care of each of them properly In the modern Islamic world polygamy is mainly found in traditionalist Arab cultures Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for instance whereas in secular Arab states like Lebanon and non Arab Muslim countries Turkey and Malaysia for example it is either extremely rare or even banned outright In traditionalist cultures where polygamy is still commonplace and legal Muslim polygamists do not separate themselves from the society at large since there would be no need as each spouse leads a separate life from the others This section is also disputed It seems to me that Muslims and Mormons do not share alot of common ground in how they identify potential partners so I would put them under different sections however I am open to proposed modifications to the above