Middle East Focus: Secrets of the One Laughing Jordanian, the Society for Polygamy……….

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Secrets of the One Laughing Jordanian, the Society for Polygamy……….

“It is widely believed that Jordanians do not know laughter, that they are always scowling and frowning by nature. It is also widely held that as a man becomes more religious he becomes more serious and frowning. I asked a Shari’a professor about the image of the sad scowling Muslim, and he told me a story.....I have no doubt that many of us have not laughed in months......some of our clerics even warn us that laughter is the work of the devil….. “Laughter is not confined to people, in fact many animals laugh, like monkeys, mice, and dogs.....I read that laughter is good for the mind and the body......We need a national campaign for laughter......” Addustour (Jordan)

“Shaikh Nasri is 58 years old but has already married 15 women. He usually is married to four women at a time, as Islamic law allows. He is vice Chairman of the Polygamy Society, and easy that polygamy is the norm, since the Quran says to marry two, three or four...... the society logo has a crescent with four stars.......He claims that he divorces older wives based on their own request, and that some of his divorcess chose to remain living in his builing........” Aljazeera

Now there is one in Jordan who has no trouble laughing. And we probably know why.
I have often commented on this site that many Muslims, especially Arabs, especially Jordanians rarely 'smile'. I was talking about smiling, not laughing. I have known one or two Jordanians who actually laughed a couple of times. I don’t believe that had married fifteen women, or fifteen anything else- but I am not sure.
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