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.
Huh, great example!
@Zecchetti: Do you really think that those women married according to their will? Also, it is next to impossible to treat more than one wife equally. There is a severe warning in a Hadith over the preferential treatment of one wife. That is a discouragement to polygamy. Also, would people who have no issues with this marriage like to marry their sisters and daughters to someone who already has a wife?
@ Muhammad Yusha,
I think the article is alluding to the fact that the man is marrying 2 wives as “disgusting”.
And where does it say the women are marrying against their will? It is disgusting that you come up with such assumptions.
And as for your claim that Islam “discourages” marrying more than one wife, prove it. I’ll show you the verse myself to help you stop making things up:
“marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one”, surah 4 verse 3.
So, perhaps he thinks he can be just, which means that according to the above verse he is perfectly entitled to do so. In fact, polygany (man marrying more than one wife), is a natural solution to the problem of there being more women on earth than men.
divorcessdivorceesIslam discourages having more than one wife because a person will not be able to do justice between them. At the time of Prophet Mohammad (SAW) people married widows, divorcess, etc, to support them and their children. Does this happen these days?