This article is about a divorce that may take place between the power couple The Wests, Kim and Kanye. Kanye was not pleased with the Kardashian family and there refusal to attend his fashion show, this is one of many things that has been leading up to a potential divorce between the two.
Key Takeaways:
- With thousands of Syrian men dying on the front lines, and others forced into exile or simply disappearing, the rates of divorce and polygamy in Syria are on the rise.
- Polygamy pre-dates Islam in the Middle East but was incorporated into the religion. Sunni Muslim men are permitted to take four wives on the condition that they treat them equally.
- For many women, the decision to wed an already married man is born of economic hardship.
“”We have more women than men here. Four friends and I decided to take widowed women as second wives to protect their reputations””
http://www.timesofisrael.com/polygamy-and-divorce-on-the-rise-in-war-torn-syria/