Some Pakistani television channels seem to find this picture ‘cute’ and a great ‘human interest story.’ I happen to think it is disgusting! What do you think?
Please, please, please tell me you also find this more than just objectionable and restore by faith in Pakistani sanity!
The guy in the picture is 23-year old Azhar Haidri of Multan. On his right is Humaira Qasim (his 28-year old cousin that he has long been engaged to marry) and on his left is Rumana Aslam (his 21-year old other cousin who he says is his ‘true love’). He married both of them within 24-hours on October 19 and 20 in what was supposed to be his ‘dillema’ of who he should marry!
The whole thing has been a TV spectacle this last week. But what is really a spectacle to me is TV news anchors and hosts smiling and smirking as they “report” on this story – complete with “news footage” of the two weddings and interviews with the groom – as if this was one big joke!
As far as I am concerned, ruining two lives in this way is no joke. It is disgusting. And the smirks on these news anchors’ faces makes it even more disgusting.
And just when you thought it could not be any more disgusting than it is, there was the groom on my screen today being interviewed and saying that since he is the only brother of 9 sisters, he would appeal to people to please support him financially so that he can marry off his sisters now!
Yes, that is what he said. You know what else he said, he also said that since he comes from a place near the Prime Minister’s city he hopes that the Prime Minister will provide him with resources and support for his “honeymoon.”
And all of this is a “cute” “human interest story” to our news media!
I understand that every society has its share of freaks and publicity hungry psychopaths. But the real freaks here are the TV news anchors who are not only encouraging this psychopath but actually condoning and tactically supporting his behavior.
This guy is a pathetic specimen and is unfortunately getting more attention than he deserves, even though this is certainly disgusting.
@ Amazing
I have not lost my faith…..infact its stronger then ever…..
As Allama Iqbal writes in his book “The Reconstruction Religious Thought in Islam” pg 145, religious life is divided into three periods 1. faith, 2.thought and 3. discovery…….in the first stage we obey every religious command without any understanding or objection and as we progress into 2nd stage we start thinking about the commands rationally and their impact on us and society…..and in the last discovery phase, our religious life gets connected with ultimate reality, we discover the ultimate source of law within the depth of our conciousness………
So i am on a spiritual journey……i have submitted myself to Supreme power Almighty Allah….i try to live my life by questioning my every move by asking myself “Would Allah approve of this?” ………….but i have my doubts over religions….Islam is based on Arabic mentality e.g. because Arabs have a huge libido, da reward for man in Jannat is 70 women and because Arabs luved Alcohol, there would be rivers of alcohol in Jannat……so things like these do create doubt……i dont want 70 women or rivers of alcohol……all i want in Jannat is peace and closeness to Allah………
@ Hina……..tell u one thing sis…..da path u r wlaking on is hard…..but never back down…..stay strong willed and crush ur opponenets…….. because great countries have not been built by sissies…..they are built by blood, sweat and tears of the strong willing to make a difference……
I will tell you why this is disgusting.
I am no Alim, but this is a very known fact that for a second marriage to be legal, it has to be with the consent of the first wife. And if a person has intentions to re-marry even before his first marriage, and the wife-to-be has consented even before she is married, I find that awesomely disturbing. It is like if you can’t break the rules, bend them.
Also, Quran is no joke. It clearly states that a man should only remarry if he thinks he can give equal rights to both of his wives, which I highly doubt in this case. He has so many sisters who are single, and this guy should worry about marrying them first before getting married. Now, I don’t want to be nosey here, but this is indeed disgusting on a lot of levels. This person should not have been even allowed to marry once.
This guy is a type who will always prey on the weak and this is truly disgusting indicator of where society is going.
you should really think hard before you type…what he has done is not wrong in Islam.
a Marrying cousins in Islam is not wrong.
b Polygmy is allowed in Islam.
c Pakistani constitution allows both the marrying of cousins and polygmy.
. Since this guy has done a and b and falls under c, you have no right to label him in a negative way.
P.S., Do you find the act of sacrificing cattle on Eid-ul-Adha ‘DISGUSTING!!!’ as well?