UK ignoring ‘polygamy problem’
By politics.co.uk staff
The UK is failing to address issues of polygamy due to worries about cultural sensitivity, a leading Muslim politician has said.
Baroness Warsi, shadow community cohesion minister made the comments on this morning’s Today programme.
“There has been a failure on the part of policy makers to respond to this situation,” she said.
She called for a register of all religious marriages to stop men taking multiple wives.
“Some of it has been done in the name of cultural sensitivity and we’ve just avoided either discussing or dealing with this matter head on,” she continued.
“There has to be a culture change and that has to brought about by policy makers taking a very clear stance on this issue, saying that in this country, one married man is allowed to marry one woman.”
Baroness Warsi previously found herself in hot water when she said mainstream politics needed to address some of the concerns which led people to vote for the British National party (BNP).
“To suggest I am some sort of apologist for the British National Party is ludicrous,” she said later.
“You only have to go on their websites and look at their leaflets. I am one of their most hated figures.”
