When I wrote the post the other day on the possibility that some Muslim refugees were polygamous on entering the US, I had in the back of my mind an article I read last summer about Somali Bantu refugees in New Hampshire. I searched around and found it last night. It is long and convoluted but worth another read (or two).
As you read through the Concord Monitor article, you see that “single” Somali women, living on their own with many children are still having babies. In one case a “friend” named Mohamed Mohamed picks up the “single” woman’s children and takes them to be cared for by his “wife” during the day.
You can tell the reporter is struggling to get this straight and at one point writes about a 41 year old woman with her new 3-month old baby, she has grown children too, but this is her second to be born in the US with her “husband” Khamis Mohamed Khamis who has “more children with a woman who lives in Manchester.”
But, all is good because “most are familiar with the complicated network of social service providers.” Hmmm!
I am not saying this behavior proves that polygamy is being brought to America, it’s just that the story fits anecdotal information we have received.