Polygamy in Morocco

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Polygamy in Morocco

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Legal status of polygamy
Recognized under civil law

Afghanistan
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Bahrain
Bangladesh
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Chad
CAR
Comoros
Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Ethiopia
Gabon
The Gambia
India1
Indonesia
Iran
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Kuwait
Libya
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Senegal
Singapore1
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Sri Lanka1
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UAE
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia

Recognized in some regions

Eritrea2
Nigeria (BA, BO, GO, JI, KD, KA, KT, KE, NI, SO, YO, ZA)

Foreign marriages recognized

Australia (welfare only)
United Kingdom (welfare only)

Recognized under customary law

Botswana
Equatorial Guinea
Lesotho
Liberia
Kenya
Malawi
Mozambique

Namibia
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
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Swaziland
Zimbabwe

Status in other jurisdictions

Angola
Benin
Bhutan
Burundi
Côte d'Ivoire
DR Congo
Ethiopia
Ghana
Iraqi Kurdistan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Mayotte (FR)

Mauritius
Mongolia
Niue
Russia
Rwanda
Tajikistan
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United States
Uzbekistan
Vietnam

Nigeria (IM, KW, LA, NA, OY, PL)
See also

Polygamy
Polygyny
Polyandry
Non-monogamy
Polygamy by country
Marriage practice by country

Notes

1Illegal in all forms; Muslims exempt
2Regions governed by Sharia

*In certain countries and regions, only Muslims may legally contract a polygamous marriage

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Owing to recent legal restrictions imposed by the government of Morocco, polygamous marriages are nearly nonexistent.[1] Even with these new limitations, polygamy is still practised by a good number of Muslims living in the nation. However, according to various reports from outsiders, Morocco is said to be one of the least accepting of polygamy in the Muslim world, probably because of the legal restrictions enforced by the government.

External links

  1. ^ "Morocco: New law limits polygamy". 2008-05-27. http://europenews.dk/en/node/10519. Retrieved 2009-03-24. 

Moroccan New Family Law Fails to Stop Polygamy


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