A type of polygamous marriage wherein a husband can take many wives at the same time.
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Polygamy is the form of marriage in which a man or a woman can have more than one wives or husbands at the same time.
Polygyny is the form of polygamous marriage wherein a husband can take many wives at the same time. Polygyny is allowed in Islam as in Islam a man can keep four wives at a time. This form of marriage is practiced in Muslim states like Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan etc.
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Polygyny is a type of polygamous marriage wherein a husband can take many wives at the same time.
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- The custom of marrying multiple spouses is polygamy (the "condition of marriage for many spouses").
- Sociologists label in polygyny when a man is married to more than a single wife at the time.
- When a woman is in a marital relationship to more than a single husband at a time, it is termed polyandry.
- Among animist and Islamic communities among Western Africa, polygamy is very widespread.
- Almost 47% of marriages are known to include multiple partners in Senegal.
- For example. It is still relatively severe in many Arab countries; it is about 30 percent among the Bedouin inhabitants of Israel.
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