Polygamy found within muslim circles in Canada

This shouldn't be news, earlier in the year, Aly Hindy a Toronto imam with links to the Khadr family and 9 terrorists who planned to behead the Canadian Prime Minister, confessed he had performed over 30 polygamous marriages for muslims. National Post

While the discussion on polygamy has largely focused on B. C.'s polygamist community of Bountiful, a long-time Canadian activist says she believes it is also being practised among a minority of Muslims in Canada.

Homa Arjomand, a Toronto based activist who has campaigned against the use of shariah law to resolve family disputes in Canada, said she is hopeful the Bountiful case will open the door to other polygamy investigations.[...]

Ms. Arjomand said the practice of polygamy among Muslims has experienced a resurgence in recent years alongside the growth of fundamentalist Islam. "[Polygamy] has become a flag of political Islam," said Ms. Arjomand in a telephone interview from Toronto yesterday.

She said it is often the younger generation endorsing the practice.

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