An activist has posted a document he claimed was from government of Eritrea which is ordering all men in the country to marry at least 2 wives or face life imprisonment due to shortage of men occasioned by the civil war between Eritrea and Ethiopian between 1998 and 2000.
The Document posted on Facebook that could not be independently verified, says government will foot all the marriage bills including housing,which will also attract life imprisonment if not obeyed.
The Standard Report as Translated by the activist from Arabic states
“Based on the law of God in polygamy, and given the circumstances in which the country is experiencing in terms of men shortage, the Eritrean department of Religious Affairs has decided on the following:
“First that every man shall marry at least two women and the man who refuses to do so shall be subjected to life imprisonment with hard labour.
“The woman who tries to prevent her husband from marrying another wife shall be punished to life imprisonment.”
No comments:
Post a Comment
Add a comment