Eritrean men have been asked by the government to marry more than one wife or risk being jailed for life.

This is contained in a statement in Arabic by the Grand Mufti (the highest official of religious law in the country) which scanned copy surfaced on social media sites on Thursday last week.

In the statement, Eritrea called for all men in the country to marry at least two wives and the government assured the men that it would pay for the marriage ceremonies and houses.

According to the government, the order is because there is an acute shortage of men occasioned by causalities during the civil war with Ethiopia.

Afkinsider.com said the document, which could not be independently verified, warned that any man or woman who opposes the decision “will face a life sentence”.

TheThe document in Arabic, which is in Arabic, says, “Based on the law of God in polygamy, and given the circumstances 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.”

More than 150,000 Eritrean soldiers were killed during the secession war from Ethiopia between 1998 and 2000. At the time Eritrea had about four million people.

Eritrea, is a country in theHorn of Africa. With its capital at Asmara, it is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast. The northeastern and eastern parts of Eritrea have an extensive coastline along the Red Sea, across from Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

The nation has a total area of approximately 117,600 km, and includes the Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands. Its name Eritrea is based on the Greek name for the Red Sea, which was first adopted for Italian Eritrea in 1890.


Source: http://www.punchng.com/eritrea-orders-men-to-marry-two-wives-or-be-jailed/


Interesting... Not for people like us shaa. What do y'all think.

oh my! I perceive end tym marriage in dat land.....smh

For Nigerian men who want to marry more than one wife - Eritrean women are quite beautiful.

policies in africa lol

I wish this is applicable in Nigeria to shush my troublesome gf.

ARE THERE NO CHRISTIANS IN THE COUNTRY EVEN SAUDI ARABIA DOES NOT HAVE SUCH LAW NA WA O

Note:
Religion in Eritrea

[By WIKIPEDIA]

There are two major religions in Eritrea, Christianity and Islam, however, the number of adherents is subject to debate. Eritrea: Religious Distribution (2002) indicates that Christianity makes up 63% of the population with Islam making up 37%.[1] According to the Pew Research Center (2010), 62.9% are Christian, mostly followers of Oriental Orthodoxy, and to a lesser extent, Roman Catholicism, whilst the remaining 36.5% of the population are Muslim.[2][3] In 2010 the United States Department of State (USDoS) estimated that 50% of the population was Muslim (Sunni) and around 48% Christian.[4] Eritrea along with its southern neighbour Ethiopia was one of the first Christian countries in the world having officially adopted Christianity as the state religion in the 4th century. At the same time, it was also one of the first Muslim settlements in Africa, where a group of Muslims facing persecution in Mecca migrated to Abyssinia, (now Ethiopia) through modern day Eritrea.

Quite bizarre! But imprisoning men who choose to have one wife will be counterproductive, it'll only make available men fewer.

BCJAY:
ARE THERE NO CHRISTIANS IN THE COUNTRY EVEN SAUDI ARABIA DOES NOT HAVE SUCH LAW NA WA O

Christians ar d majority in Eritrea. It's like even dia Presidnt (Isaias Afwerki) is a Christian!

Isaiah 4vs1..say it all.

a country with just 4 million ppl. if the country can agree to pay every family a monthly allowance for the social upkeep of the family.

a country with just 4 million ppl. if the country can agree to pay every family a monthly allowance for the social upkeep of the family.
but this is violation of human right as this law cannot stay the test of time

See groove! For d growth of my country i'll manage 4.