Polygamy on the rise in US Muslim immigrant communities

We have written on many occasions about polygamy in the US Muslim community, so perhaps the most surprising thing about this information is that it is coming to us from the Huffington Post!  The article by Patricia Nell Warren, which discusses all groups practicing polygamy, begins this way (a turn off to me): One of the … Continue reading Polygamy on the rise in US Muslim immigrant communities

Maybe Somali polygamy perpetuates possible gene connection to autism

I  wrote a post a little over a week ago about how Somali refugee children in America are showing extremely high and unexplained rates of autism for those born in the US.   Minnesota schools are seeing these children enter the sytsem and are attempting to cope with the alarming influx. In our earlier post we cited an … Continue reading Maybe Somali polygamy perpetuates possible gene connection to autism

Italy tackles the Muslim polygamy problem—will we be next?

Thanks to some very brave Muslim women, Italy is now beginning to face up to the problem of polygamy among Muslim immigrants.    Everytime I see an article like this one in the Los Angeles Times which has this lead-in:  A boom in the illegal marriages is a byproduct of voluminous immigration by Muslims. Authorities largely … Continue reading Italy tackles the Muslim polygamy problem—will we be next?