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P8 – PAKISTAN LINK – MARCH 23, 2018 OPINION
Statistics Support Polyandry and Not Polygyny
n By Dr Aslam Abdullah Those who say that the number of gay men reduces the State of Palestine 4,326,295 5 0 . 8 0 %
CA number of men seeking marriage with women. This is an as- 49.20%
n our world there are 50.4 percent men and 49.6 percent sumption. No statistics about gay men or women exist in the Afghanistan 30,551,674 50.70% 49.30%
women. In countries where Muslims are in majority out Muslim world and any conclusion based on assumptive num- Brunei Darussalam 417,784 50.70% 49.30%
Iof 1.5 billion (China and India and Russia not included) bers may be misleading. Bangladesh 156,594,962 50.60% 49.40%
men outnumber women by almost two percent. Yet, people There are people who suggest that if multiple marriages are Algeria 39,208,194 50.60% 49.40%
argue that if men do not marry multiple wives, they would not allowed, orphan and widows would remain helpless. Well, Iraq 33,765,232 50.60% 49.40%
leave a great majority of women unmarried. what about creating a welfare system that takes care of people Yemen 24,407,381 50.40% 49.60%
In their view men must do this act of com- in this situation. What about empowering women with skills Niger 17,831,270 50.40% 49.60%
passion and kindness. and education that can make them self-sufficient? What about Mali 15,301,650 50.40% 49.60%
Those who advocate multiple wives for a ensuring that their financial dependence is not exploited? Mauritania 3,889,880 50.40% 49.60%
husband say that women outnumber men and Yes, there might arise situation where multiple wives may Comoros 734,917 50.40% 49.60%
hence men must take care of them by marry- be justified but that decision would be based on sociological Maldives 345,023 50.40% 49.60%
ing more than one. Thirty-nine countries with conditions after deliberations involving both men and women. Indonesia 249,865,631 50.30% 49.70%
a Muslim majority have more men than women. Fifteen have Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7 7 , 4 4 7 , 1 6 8
more women than men. In countries where women outnumber Thirty-nine countries with a Muslim 50.30% 49.70%
men the difference is minimal while in countries where men majority have more men than women. Iceland 329,535 50.30% 49.70%
outnumber women, the difference is huge. Sudan 37,964,306 50.20% 49.80%
In Qatar, UAE, Oman, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, men out- Fifteen have more women than men. Tajikistan 8,207,834 50.20% 49.80%
number women by 73 percent to 20 percent margin. In Turkey, In countries where women outnumber Djibouti 872,932 50.20% 49.80%
Senegal, Malaysia, Bosnia and Kirghizstan, women outnumber Egypt 82,056,378 50.20% 49.80%
men by one to two percent. men the difference is minimal while Malawi 16,362,567 50.10% 49.90%
Let us assume that most girls and boys in the Muslim Chad 12,825,314 50.10% 49.90%
world are married between the ages of 15 to 24. In almost ev- in countries where men outnumber Albania 3,173,271 50.10% 49.90%
ery Muslim majority country, men outnumber women by 70 women, the difference is huge Suriname 539,276 50.10% 49.90%
to5 percent margin. Cameroon 22,253,959 50.00% 50.00%
The argument that women outnumber men, hence a hus- It will not be imposed on the society in the name of God by Libya 6,201,521 50.00% 50.00%
band can take multiple wives is statistically a mute issue. some self-styled scholars. Eritrea 6,333,135 49.90% 50.10%
Have a look at the ratio of men and women in each of the Qatar 2,168,673 76.50% 23.50% Uzbekistan 28,934,102 49.70% 50.30%
Muslim majority and decide for yourself if the numbers jus- United Arab Emirates 9,346,129 7 0 . 1 0 % Burkina Faso 16,934,839 49.70% 50.30%
tify multiple marriages. I have included the population of two 29.90% Somalia 10,495,583 49.70% 50.30%
countries where Muslims are in large number even though the Oman 3,632,444 63.60% 36.40% Azerbaijan 9,413,420 49.70% 50.30%
country does not have a Muslim majority. They are China and Bahrain 1,332,171 62.20% 37.80% Tunisia 10,996,515 49.60% 50.40%
India where men outnumber women by at least 1.5 percent, a Kuwait 3,368,572 59.80% 40.20% Gambia 1,849,285 49.50% 50.50%
huge difference when we look at the size of the population. Saudi Arabia 28,828,870 57.50% 42.50% Morocco 33,008,150 49.40% 50.60%
Some people would say that Allah has given permission Western Sahara 567,315 52.60% 47.40% Kyrgyzstan 5,547,548 49.30% 50.70%
for multiple wives and the Sunnah of the Prophet and com- China 1,385,566,537 51.80% 48.20% Turkmenistan 5,240,072 49.20% 50.80%
panions also endorses it. Of course there is one verse in the India 1,252,139,596 51.70% 48.30% Turkey 74,932,641 49.10% 50.90%
Qur’an but it refers to a particular situation in a tribal society Pakistan 182,142,594 51.40% 48.60% Senegal 14,133,280 49.00% 51.00%
with no concept of public welfare and of course Prophet Mu- Equatorial Guinea 757,014 51.20% 48.80% Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 , 8 2 9 , 3 0 7
hammad and most prophets had multiple wives, but that again Jordan 7,273,799 51.00% 49.00% 48.80% 51.20%
was within the context of their time and situation. They cannot Nigeria 173,615,345 50.90% 49.10% Malaysia 29,716,965 48.50% 51.50%
be applied as general rules. Syrian Arab Republic 21,898,061 5 0 . 9 0 % Kazakhstan 16,440,586 48.10% 51.90%
The general rule calls for monogamy. 49.10%
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