Hi there everyone,
I don't think that I've been around for a few months now. I just happened to read somewhere that Princess Haya got married and thought that I'd read some posts especially on this website to find out some new info. I have to admit that I haven't read every single post on this thread since there are way too many, but thought that I'd comment on some statements from the few that I did read.
Well first of all there's this big issue going on about the fact that PH decided to marry a man whose already married. Speaking from a religious point of view atleast according to scriptural interpretations, a Muslim man (as is a Jewish man) is allowed to marry up to four wives but only under certain circumstances (from my interpretation) but he obviously is also allowed having one as well. According to the Quran, when the verse allowing a man to marry up to four wives came about, it only came after a war in which many Muslim men had died and there were lots of widows of war left behind. Unless a woman was capable of providing for herself and actually wanted to work, there was no other way that she could provide for herself (its scientifically proven that the majority (not all) of women prefer to be housewives). Therefore the practice was created for social and economic purposes. I believe that this practice is only limited to widows of war "only because" the verse allowing this practice came after a war in which many men died and not earlier or long after.
A lot of individuals do tend to use this practice (marrying multiple wives) in this day and age without going by the "widow of war" limit (which I "personally" don't agree with) but if the woman doesn't mind the fact that her husband to be or husband is married to another woman, then what's the problem? And off course I believe that the man should consult his wife before marrying another woman as well. I think that that would be pretty fair of him to do and at the same time he's respecting his wife's wishes. Calling PH a homewrecker is unjust because surprise-surprise, JUST MAYBE Sheikha Hind actually doesn't have a problem with her husband's actions. Whether she's keeping her "mouth shut" or not, I guess that we'll never really know. We should never assume how a person really feels without proper knowledge of the person's feelings.
As someone earlier stated, the fact that Haya's husband is older than her shouldn't be much of an issue. He is probably somewhat of a father figure for her. As for him being so-called "ugly", sure he's probably the media's "interpretation" of not so wonderful looking but off course the media isn't always right. I believe that God created everyone equally and so-called "good looks" are a manmade ideology for perfection purposes. Lets just remember that while being overweight is such a no-no in today's society, back in the Victorian era for a woman to be overweight was a symbol of royalty and wealth (hierarchy).
Finally, I'd just like to say that as far as the multiple wife issue goes, not everyone around the world goes by "modern" or Western standards and they don't necessarily have to. Hopefully Haya's husband did consult Sheikha Hind before taking Haya's hand in marriage and if he didn't then shame shame! As far as why Haya decided to wed him, it was either for caste reasons or just maybe she does really love him. They do both have a love for horses you know.
Cya
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P. Haya's uncles, also in the picture don't look too thrilled either. I hope P. Hamzah is not taking tips from S. Mohammed. This marriage is as much a slap in the face to S. Hind as Q. Alia's marriage to K. Hussein was to P. Muna. I can't believe how history has repeated itself. I'm sure Q. Noor is somewhere chuckling at this situation: P. Haya is now a stepmom to 16 kids; she will be living in foreign country without any blood family with her; she's going into a situation where there is probably alot of jealousy; and UAE is a far more conservative society than Jordan. Sounds alot like Q. Noor faced when she married K. Hussein.
