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At least Niger doesn’t recognize the Quran’s approval of slavery… I suppose that should count for something.

From BBC via Look Under the Burka Of Islam:

The pressure group Anti-Slavery International told the BBC the 63-year-old man was convicted of having what is known as a “fifth wife”.

Men in Niger are allowed to have four wives under a local interpretation of Islamic law.

With a “fifth wife”, no marriage takes place and the woman is treated solely as property. […]

Anti-Slavery International says “fifth wives” are often girls of slave descent sold to wealthy men who view the purchase of young women as a sign of prestige.

The women face a lifetime of physical and psychological abuse and forced labour, the group says.

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