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Polygamy in Canada Islamic Clerics Ignore Local Laws
One imam admits he has blessed over 30 such unions. After all Islamic law permits polygamy. A divine law can hold its own against the man-made, he argues.
Safa Rigby came to know that her husband had married another woman in Toranto, when she was away in her native Egypt. They had four children and been married 14 years and suddenly the shocking news that he was deserting her.
It was terrible. "I cried for six days straight. Lost my appetite, ignored the kids, even had to start taking antidepressants," said Rigby, 35. "What I couldn't understand was how such a thing could happen in Toronto, my hometown, where polygamy is supposed to be illegal," Rigby agonized in an interview to Toronto Star.
"Polygamy is happening in Toronto; it's not common, but it's happening," admitted Aly Hindy who had officiated Rigbys second marriage.
Hindy, hardly a stranger to controversy is well known for his friendship with the family of Omar Khadr, the young Canadian detainee at Guantanamo Bay, and his outspoken views on the implementation of Islamic law. In the past five years, Hindy said he has officiated or "blessed" more than 30 polygamous marriages; the most recent was two months ago. Even some imams in the GTA have second wives, he added.
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