Polygamy is illegal in Canada and for good reason.
It can lead to a fundamentally unfair and unjust situation for women and children in polygamous marriages.
Islam allows polygamy only in very limited circumstances. Indeed, the Prophet Muhammad discouraged the practice and noted that a husband cannot be truly just to more than one wife (Noble Verse 4:129). Islamic polygamy is so rare in Canada as to be an irrelevant distraction in interfaith discussions.
That said, the suggestion that polygamy is tolerated by the Provincial government because there is not an immediate prosecution of Imam Hindy, is just plain wrong.
The Attorney General does not direct charges to be laid. Our Canadian system does not involve crusading District Attorneys. The police investigate crime and the Crown Attorney prosecutes it. The two roles are equal but quite separate. Any direction by the Attorney General about who to investigate for what crime would be wholly inappropriate in Canada.
Prosecutions in Canada follow, usually, from complaints to police -- absent a complaint there is seldom an investigation. It appears no one complained to the police about polygamy in east Toronto until recently but one may rest assured that Imam Hindy is a person of interest to the police. The police read newspapers carefully.
The law against polygamy is not a dead letter. It is prosecuted, albeit rarely, and I have seen successful prosecutions in the Toronto area within the last decade. If, in fact, polygamous marriages are being solemnized there will be prosecutions. Claims that radical Islam is colonizing Ontario one marriage at a time are more suited for (the defunct) "Allô Police!" than the National Post.
2 comments:
What about the Prophet Muhammed marrying a 6 year old girl and then having sex with her at age 9?
Is that an acceptable religion?
Muhammed was and is still is sa child rapist and should be noted as such.
There's a productive interfaith perspective!
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