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Four-member expert panel formed by Assam govt to examine legality to ban polygamy

The Assam government has constituted a four-member expert committee to examine the legislative competence of the State legislature to enact a law to end polygamy, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said

The Hindu

Slavery's historical link to marriage is still at play in some African societies

Governments and religious institutions regulate marriage. Such regulations are heavily laden with specific moral ideas and cultural taboos. There are heated debates around what counts as “proper” marriage: should polygamy or monogamy be preferred? What should be the minimal age for marriage?

The Conversation

Fresh SC bench to be formed to hear pleas challenging 'nikah halala', polygamy

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will form a Constitution Bench to conduct proceedings on pleas against Nikah-Halala and polygamy, practiced among Muslims.Read further on Dynamite News:

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Afternoon Update: NSW election campaign gets messy; Uganda’s homosexuality death penalty; and polygamy killing male elephant seals

State politics heats up as Dominic Perrottet prepares to clash with Chris Minns in the final leaders’ debate

The Guardian - AU

Sex on the beach: pressures of extreme polygamy may be driving southern elephant seals to early death

Study finds males, who can command a harem of up to 100 females, driven to gain weight as quickly as possible by foraging in areas full of predators

The Guardian - AU

Polygamous 'prophet' leader had child brides, documents say

The leader of a small polygamous group on the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives, most of them minors, and punished followers who did not treat him as a prophet, new court documents show.

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How same-sex marriage gained bipartisan support – a decadeslong process has brought it close to being written into federal law

While public opinion and different state laws on abortion rights are sharply dividing the country, there’s growing indication that most people agree on another once-controversial topic – protecting same-sex marriage.

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BMMA seeks inclusion of Muslims under Prohibition of Child Marriage Act

A public interest litigation filed by the BMMA in the Supreme Court led to the banning of Triple Talaq

The Hindu

Utah polygamist sect accused of indoctrination, rape and child marriage

Kingston Group hit with lawsuit from former members that alleges unpaid labor, sexual abuse and human trafficking

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court impleads NHRC, NCW in Muslim personal law case

Court issues notice to statutory bodies

The Hindu

How is Daemon Targaryen in House of the Dragon related to Daenerys?

House of the Dragon delves deeper into the story of the Targaryens - whose family tree is complicated by incest and polygamy

Daily Record

Congress is considering making same-sex marriage federal law – a political scientist explains how this issue became less polarized over time

The Conversation

Siege warfare, polygamy and sacrilege: meet history's most outrageous king, Demetrius the Besieger

Alexander the Great was a successful conqueror, but a poor planner. He died without an acceptable heir to inherit the empire, just a soon-to-be-born baby son, and a half-brother not quite up to the task.

The Conversation

Ivory Coast’s controversial polygamy bill: All you need to know

The bill to make polygyny legal in the West African state has sparked a debate online and offline over women’s rights.

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Ivorian bill that would legalise polygamy for men earns the ire of women’s groups

A proposed bill at the Ivorian parliament that would legalise polygamy – but only for men – has prompted strong reactions from women's rights advocates, which have dubbed it a step back in the fight for equality. Polygamy is prohibited in many parts of the world but remains widespread in…

The Independent UK

Polygamy, underage ‘wives’, and women treated as ‘chattel’: Inside Warren Jeffs’s Fundamentalist Mormon sect

‘Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey’, a new Netflix documentary, delves into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as a structure of coercive control and systemized abuse. Clémence Michallon reports

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey’: Engrossing series on Warren Jeffs cult plays out like a horror movie

Four-part Netflix documentary explains how FLDS leaders ran members’ lives, pushed polygamy and forced underage girls into marriage.

Daily Mirror

Man marries his three girlfriends in bizarre ceremony after 15 years together

The unusual wedding which involved a three-day tribal ceremony in Madhya Pradesh, India that finished on Sunday, saw the veiled groom dance with his three girlfriends to a chorus sung by guests and daring sword dances

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Delhi HC seeks Centre’s stand on PIL to declare bigamy, polygamy by Muslim husband unconstitutional

A petitioner, whose husband is stated to be “planning to divorce” her and solemnise another marriage without her consent or making arrangements for her and their child’s maintenance, claimed that bigamy or polygamy by a Muslim husband is permitted under Shariat laws only in exceptional circumstances and ought to be…

Daily Mirror

Man marrying identical triplets says satisfying the trio is 'no big deal'

Men in Kenya are allowed to marry multiple wives and polygamy is common among traditional and Muslim communities in the country

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