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Polygamous husbands settling in Britain with multiple wives can claim extra benefits
"Polygamous husbands can claim cash for their harems," from the Evening Standard:
Polygamous husbands settling in Britain with
multiple wives can claim extra benefits for their "harems" even though
bigamy is a crime in the UK, it has emerged.
Opposition MPs are demanding an urgent change in the
law, claiming that the Government is recognising and rewarding a custom
which has no legal status and which is "alien" to this country's
cultural traditions.
Yes. Exactly.
Officials said yesterday a review was now under way
into whether the state should continue to pay out income support,
jobseeker's allowance and housing and council tax benefits to 'extra'
spouses.
Islamic law allows a man to take up to four wives,
providing he can provide for them fairly and equally. But British law
only ever recognises one spouse, while bigamy is punishable by up to
seven years in jail.
However, if a husband and his wives arrive and
settle in Britain having wed in a country where polygamy is legal, then
the UK benefits system recognises his extra wives as dependents and
pays them accordingly. Dhimmi Watch
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Jamie Mac
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