Go On...Obamanian Sweeping the Nation -.-

The Presidential Candidate Mr.Barack Obama in Wisconsin-Madison

It's Time for Zaki to Coach our National Team !

Cross Cultural Relationships

It is something of truism that humankind seek to broaden their scope of social relationships, yet they can be either a factor of fortification of peace and stability in the world, or a generator of tension and cultural misunderstandings. This is after all due to cross cultural interaction between peoples buttressed presently by globalization. First, crosscultural relationships when smoothly interacting may eventuate in co-existense which basically rests on mutual reverence for the differences in the other's cultural values, language, complexion, religion, race ...etc. ; in this rsepect, the white European should respect the African not out of pity but since he's unadulterated human being who has his own culture and language. By doing so, the world will witness the promotion of peace and dialogue between the diffrent civilizations, religions and nations, and therefore, extrimists and racists will be deterred. Amid this smooth interaction, cultural diversity will bolster and uphold tolerance in people whichever walks of life they are from: black or white, European or African, an Arab or a westener... all of them will be contained in a world replete of homogeneity and plurality. In a word, cross cultural relationships bring people from sandry cultures together living in peace and diversity in a contact zone immunized against racism, stereotypes and subjugation. Sadly, this is how cross cultural relationships ought to be or supposed to happen on the ground. The recurrent wars and conflicts in the world of today, not to mention the past, rebut conclusively this myth of cross cultural relationships. The white man from a retrospective point of view has never desisted from pondering what is non-white as a property or slave rising a fanatical religious rationale that he's destined to "civilize" the "other" non-white, arrogating to himself the right to purge the "pagans" and to colonize and appropriate their land. Due to this doctrine, the world throughout History and up to now has witnessed myriad chronic bloody showdowns and conflicts perpetrated under the cover of modernizing and democratizing the "not me", or more often fighting against terrorism which is the case in Iraq & Afghanistan. The "I", that is the westener, has been always subordinating and excluding the culture of the feeble black claming himself as the paragon of modernity and democracy in this world by means of hegemony, which is inextricably intertwined with the denial of cultural diversity in the white's man ideology.

( I wrote this essay once I finished reading Roberson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe )


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Study in Dhar El mehraz University ?

Salam, today I'd like to bring to the fore the matter of studies periods which is really funny and peculiar to our university in Fes. In my article (below) written on Tuesday-3 weeks ago-I said that most of the presenters who used data show still need computer skills to deliver their talks coherently.I also said that the week after would be my turn to present my talk about Rupert's Murdoch News Corporation. Now you can imagine that since then I've not presented my talk yet !! not because of an official holiday, no. Not because, God forbids, of an earthquake or some other sorts of 'Nature fury' and it is surely not because of teachers' absence. The reason why I haven't yet said STH about Rupert Myrdoch in my class is really complicated. May be the fact that am studying at S.M.B.A.U could already help understand the reason behind this delay. The university is notorious for being the pioneer in Morocco to hold violent protests, bringing about complete standstill in studies, against 'reforms' in the Moroccan higher educational system especially the last one which has been executed nearly 5 yrs ago!. Add to this, the weekly skirmishes and violence taking place b/w 2 major students factions in extreme and a wayout opposition to each other : the so called progressives and conservatives. No matter how pertinent dictions I may use to describe the tensity of brawls and its by-products b/w these 2 factions, I really can't crystalize the amount of horror and violence taking place at the university once one side or the other instigate the showdown. Thanks God I've never witnessed or happened to be present in such bloody showdons, but I did see images the 2 factions display later to smear each other's reputation ! swords, knives, stones...are arms used to cripple sometimes innocent students. One thing I will never forget is the severe wounds in sensitive spots these images document from both factions casualties. What I want to say from all this is that we the independent students are the victims of protests and bloody confrontations between the 'progressives' & the 'conservatives'; that is more days off and less lessons taught and this semester is par excellence a case in point for the latter. May be neither factions are completely responsible for what is happening; May be there are some other people orchestrating this behind the curtain, but surely there is only one side losing : it's we the non partisan students who represent the majority, the future of Morocco.
I forget to say that university next week will be off for Monday & Tuesday. This time it is an official holiday-the new year. So you can now see that other students and me should wait a whole month just to deliver our talks in the media class !!! To sum up, it is said that 1 Japanese visited Morocco and stated : " Studies in Morocco is intermissions preceeded and followed by holidays." !


God Bless You ):

Happy Eid

I just want to say Happy Eid to you all muslims worldwide...may Allah bless you.

My Opinion

Hi friends ! I just want to make a remark that most of students now or at least an emerging and promising segment of students start to use technology in their presentation-which can only be a positive initiative. Today's presentations in Media course documented how we still need a CLP (Computer Literacy Program) so that we can deliver a coherent presentation. What is stunning is that frightning huge gulf between the presenter's talk and the projected work ! each seems to be in a planet. Starting from my self to today's talk presenters I think we really need at least 1 training session before the day of the exposé under the supervision of teachers who are really versed in this sort of technology instead of losing 30mins not following a single thread of what was said. I personally was criticized by 1 teacher once we finished our presentation most of which was projected by data show, and it was the 1st time for me to use technology. His remark really touches on the problem we all face : 1stly not everything can be projected ! so then what's your role better leave and let the audience watch 'without ur buzz'. 2ndly, I had the prob of time management; meaning that the projected work can still be truncated and encompassed to revolve around only one major idea explained patently and meticulously at least doing so will help students get the thread. Having said this, am really facing a real challenge next week presentation in Media. I only hope I can convey my message clearly to the audience by making use of data show. So your questions are really very welcomed from now...my topic will revolve around News Corp. what I realy like more in presentations is that time dedicated for discussion !

مواطنون اللاروب

رشيد نيني:




قبل أسبوع وقعت حادثة اعتداء بشارع مولاي يوسف بالدار البيضاء بالقرب من المدرسة اليهودية. وعندما نسمع حادثة اعتداء يذهب ذهننا مباشرة إلى اعتداء لص أو منحرف على مواطن، لكن ما وقع عصر ذلك اليوم عكس هذه الآية. فالذي تعرض لاعتداء هو رجل أمن كان يحرس المنطقة على يد حاخام يهودي مغربي يدعى إسحاق. والحكاية بدأت عندما طلب الشرطي من ابن الحاخام التوقف عن العبث بالحواجز الأمنية المنتشرة بالمنطقة، فما كان من الطفل إلا ركل الشرطي وهرب نحو والده، الذي لم يترك مجالا للشرطي لكي يشرح له ما وقع، فانهال عليه بالشتم والسب، وشنق عليه أمام الناس ومزق قميصه. وعندما رأى المواطنون الذين كانوا مارين بالمنطقة منظر الشرطي (ض.ي) وهو يحاول مستسلما أن يتجنب لطمات الحاخام استنكروا الأمر وحاول بعضهم التدخل لثني الحاخام عن غيه مرددين «اللهم إن هذا منكر». وهنا أصبح الشرطي المسكين يقوم بمهمتين، مهمة حماية وجهه وسلاحه وتحمل ضصارة الحاخام ومهمة حماية الحاخام من غضب المواطنين الذين كان بعضهم يريد الاعتداء عليه. فالشرطي يعرف أن الحاخام إذا تعرض لمكروه فإنه هو الذي ستمشي على عينيه ضبابة، لأنه هو المكلف بحماية المدرسة اليهودية ومرتاديها.
المهم أن الشرطي والحاخام انتهيا في ولاية الأمن بعد أن حضرت عناصر الدائرة الأمنية السادسة، وبدا منظر الشرطي حزينا، خصوصا بعد أن ظهرت ضلوع صدره من وراء القميص الممزق، وتطوع عدد من الحاضرين للإدلاء بشهادتهم لوجه الله.
عندما تم تحرير المحضر صدر أمر من النيابة العامة بالإبقاء على الحاخام وابنه رهن الحراسة النظرية، لكن هذه الحراسة النظرية لم تدم سوى ساعات لكي يغادر إسحاق وابنه مقر الأمن بأمر من وكيل الملك. وبدأت تتهاطل على الشرطي المعتدى عليه مكالمات واتصالات كثيرة تطالبه بالتنازل عن حقه في المتابعة.
ماذا نفهم من خلال هذه الحادثة التي حضرها شهود وقدموا حولها شهادتهم للأمن. نفهم أن المغاربة ليسوا سواسية أمام القانون. السيد إسحاق مواطن مغربي يسري عليه القانون المغربي، وإذا أهان رجل أمن أثناء أدائه لوظيفته فالقانون واضح في هذا الباب ويجب أن يطبق عليه كما يطبق على الآخرين. وأمام المحكمة بالدار البيضاء تروج منذ أسابيع قضية المصور الصحافي مراد بورجة مدير وكالة آيس بريس الذي يدعي أحد رجال الشرطة بأن مراد اعتدى عليه أثناء أدائه لمهامه. فلماذا يتم استدعاء مراد للمحاكمة في الوقت الذي تغض فيه العدالة الطرف عن إسحاق، مع أنهما مغربيين.
يبدو أن تهمة إهانة موظف أثناء أدائه لمهمته لا تسري سوى على الصحافيين الذين يريدون أداء مهامهم وعلى معتقلي صفرو الذين يبردون عظامهم في حبس عين قادوس بفاس بانتظار محاكمتهم. أما السيد إسحاق فلديه من يحمي ظهره حتى ولو مزق بذلة شرطي وعرى ظهره أمام المواطنين في الشارع العام.
القيمة الحقيقية للمواطن المغربي في عين مسؤوليه تظهر جليا عندما نقارن بين الحادثة الإجرامية التي ذهبت ضحيتها مواطنة فرنسية بداية هذا الأسبوع في المحمدية، وبين الحوادث الإجرامية الكثيرة التي يذهب ضحيتها مواطنون مغاربة.
فبمجرد ما هاجم لص المواطنة الفرنسية بالقرب من مدرسة كلود موني بالسلاح الأبيض وفتح بطنها، حتى تم نقلها على وجه السرعة إلى مصحة أنفا الخاصة وشملتها العناية الطبية السريعة والصارمة. وهذا سلوك حضاري وواجب إنساني لا نملك غير الانحناء احتراما للذين سهروا على تطبيقه. والواقع أننا نحلم أن تشمل هذه المعاملة الطبية والأمنية الإنسانية جميع السكان المغاربة بغض النظر عن جنسياتهم أو ديانتهم. وفي الوقت الذي كانت فيه الشرطة والطاقم الطبي بالمحمدية في قمة الإستنفار لإنقاذ حياة المواطنة الفرنسية، كانت بلا شك حياة العشرات من المغاربة تزهق أمام أبواب المستشفيات المغلقة دونهم، وعلى قارعة الطرقات بانتظار سيارة إسعاف لم تجد وقودا في خزانها لكي تتنقل إلى موقع الحادثة. تصوروا أن عامل المحمدية كلف نفسه مغادرة مكتبه والذهاب للاطمئنان بنفسه على صحة المواطنة الفرنسية في المصحة. هل كان سيصنع ذلك لو أن الضحية تلك الليلة كانت واحدة من سكان القصبة أو دوار القراعي بالمحمدية. لا أعتقد.
ظاهرة الاعتداء على رجال الأمن دون خوف من المتابعة أصبحت شيئا مألوفا في المغرب، ولعل أكبر مثال على هذه الضصارة ما قامت به مريم بنجلون عندما دهست شرطية مرور في العاصمة بعد أن أوقفتها وطلبت منها أوراق السيارة. وآخر حادث عرفته الدار البيضاء بهذا الخصوص كان عندما اجتمع أفراد عائلة واحدة حول شرطي و«دارو عليه يد من الفوقانية»، فأشبعوه ضربا وحجزوا سلاحه ومينوطه.
وعندما اعتقلت الشرطة الجناة بدأت الاتصالات لتهدئة الوضع ومطالبة الشرطي بالتنازل عن الشكاية، واتضح أن رب الأسرة ليس سوى سائق حافلة لفريق كروي مشهور وكبير في الدار البيضاء لديه أذرع طويلة ومعارف في كل مكان.
لكن الله يمهل ولا يهمل. ولعل الحارس الشخصي للملك خالد فكري لم يكن يتوقع أن ينهي شهر رمضان معاقبا مغضوبا عليه مصلع الرأس في المعهد الملكي للشرطة بالقنيطرة بعد أن أراد الانحناء لتقبيل يد الملك في قصره فسقط منه هاتفه المحمول وانفضح أمره أمام الملك. فالضوابط الأمنية داخل القصر الملكي تقتضي أن لا يحمل حراس الملك هواتف شخصية.
ولا بد أن السيد خالد فكري يتذكر دعوة المظلوم التي أطلقها ذلك الشرطي حارس الأمن بالدار البيضاء الذي تسبب هو والجعيدي في إبعاده بداية شهر رمضان إلى المعهد الملكي بالقنيطرة من أجل قضاء فترة تأهيل وإدماج عقابا له على خطأ تافه لم يرتكبه، حارمين إياه من قضاء شهر رمضان مع عائلته الصغيرة. وها قد أحيا الله خالد فكري إلى أن نال العقاب نفسه الذي ناله حارس الأمن البسيط في الدار البيضاء، وأصبح فكري مجبرا على ختم شهر رمضان إلى جانب حارس الأمن المبعد في المركز نفسه، بعيدا عن زوجته وابنته التي رأت النور منذ أقل من شهر.
إننا ما زلنا بعيدين عن دولة الحق والقانون. ولذلك فإن المش اللي حكر على شي فار كايقطع ليه ديلو، وكية اللي جات فيه. ولكي يتعلم مسؤولونا الكبار والصغار احترام القانون بغض النظر عن الشهرة والمكانة الاجتماعية والثراء، ما عليهم سوى أن يتأملوا الدرس الذي أعطاه ليوناردو دي كابريو قبل أمس لوزير الاتصال نبيل بنعبد الله عندما جلس هذا الأخير بانتظار الممثل العالمي في بهو الفندق لمجرد أن يأخذ معه صورة تذكارية. فما كان من ليوناردو دي كابريو سوى أن اعتذر لسعادة الوزير بأدب وأفهمه أن عقده مع مخرج الفيلم لا يسمح له بالتقاط الصور مع الغرباء.
ربما اعتقد نبيل بنعبد الله أن ليوناردو دي كابريو هو هيفاء وهبي التي لصق بجانبها في باخرة طنجة قبل أشهر والتقط معها الصور التذكارية. وربما اعتقد أنه لمجرد كونه وزير في الحكومة فإن ليوناردو ديكابريو سيقبل مسرورا أن يلتقط معه صورة تذكارية.
ربما فقط اعتقد نبيل بنعبد الله أنه لمجرد كونه نجح في جمع ثمانين فنانا حوله على رأسهم رشيد الوالي في حملته الانتخابية الفاشلة، فإنه سينجح في إقناع ليوناردو ديكابريو بالوقوف إلى جانبه والسماح له بالتقاط صورة.
تسحابيه الخياري، هادا راه ديكابريو وأجرك عالله.

Creed of Optimism...The Secret

Let this creed be yours in your everyday life :)

Money in U.S. Presidential Elections

Fox News Crystal Clear Bias

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Contest 'Concours' Du CPR 2007

Open the following link to see the details of CPR contest 2007.
GooD LucK to everybody !

A Poll About The Moroccan Tourism Sector

Time Table for S4 Grp 1 & Grp 2

Salam,
This is the time table for students of S4 Grp 1(<==) and Grp 2 (==>)department of English, university of Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah,Fes. I decided that it would be interesting to display them on the Net so that everybody may take a look at...wish u all a good start ! Oah yeah, all courses for Grp 1 will be attended in room 306 as it is in the time table, so start recording good memories in it ..!

!Click on the picture to see clearly the time table!

An Inspector Calls-Part 2

Performance Of Act III Of the play "An Inspector Calls"

It was Wednesday morning 23 of January 2007 that we have performed the act III of "An Inspector Calls" by J.B.Priestley; however, we prepared for this act nearly 2 weeks knowing that no one helped or guided us; we relied on God firstly then our efforts in the second place. It is important to mention that when preparing, the final exams were on the doors (2/5/2007) . At that time, it was a bit difficult to convince members of the group "actors" to carry on especially the one wrting these lines ! I was determined not to go ahead as the exams were near, yet I didn't revise anything !! But with my friends' pertinacity namely Driss & Mohamed, they urged me to be patient and bear with them the dream, I find myself rather obliged to continue...So, every morning and after noon we met to rehearse. But just days before the time designated to the performance, an unexpected decision was 'almost' taken by our friend Azzouzi (Mr.Birling) : He couldn't go ahead !! As if we heard thunder. I can't tell you how I was while he first told me that when we the boys were in a classroom waiting to start the rehearse morning. I was in a hell of state about it..I upbraided him severely ( he understood the situation and I appologized later) though I didn't know what's the reason behind it -or rather didn't give him time to clarify- He said that Mr.Birling role is so long that he couldn't be ready by the time we all fixed to perform act III; he still needed some time to memorize some paragraphs at the end of the play. We discussed then the problem quietly with the whole group , and finally I suggested to omit some specific paragraphs that won't alter the whole message or meaning of the play. 'M.Birling' as well as the others agreed and we continued again ):
On Tuesday after noon, the final steps were taken to ensure the date and place of the performance : we contacted our teacher of Media & Cultural Studies Mr.Bekkaoui, who is the chief of department of English, to book amphi Bahnini in the morning for us. We also displayed some notices at the faculty for students of English department interested in attending the performance.Finally, I made sure that Azzouzi's friend will come on time with the camera as well ! We were glad to see everything was Ok. At the end, it is instructive to mention that every one of us : Mohamed Benaissa, Driss Belghali, Noureddine Azzouzi and me AL moussaoui Assim acted our roles by lot;thus, My piece of paper contained Eric 'unfortunately'.
Now it is Wednesday morning, I took a taxi to the faculty at around 7:20. All 'actors' were present and students started to come to the amphi. Our teacher of Introduction to Literature( the subject in which we studied the play) Mr.Elkoudia came, after a while Mr.Bekkaoui & Mr.Khayati came as well. It is now 9'Oclock :


This is the 1st part of the performance, the 3 remaining parts will be displayed as soon as they are downloaded in YouTube !
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What a Beautiful Recitation of Quran !

Just listen to it ..


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My Ummah

Salam 3aleikom !
Well,..I really don't know how to start either from Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan, chechenya, Syria...It is really confusing !!
Palestinians are on the edge of a civilian war if they are not already in it..Iraq the country of knowledge during the Islamic era is now under invasion of theBritish and U.S coalition troops..Lebanon and the aftermath of the last war resulted in political crisis manipulated by foreign interests..Somalia..the forgotten muslim country torn of war between UIC and the so called legitimate government of Somalia .. .Sudan became a stage for foreign dispute about their own interests in Darfur.. and an introduction to devide Sudan alternatively..Chechenya,Syria really our present time is dark and to some extent is bleak..!


But, Don't forget the promise of Allah..a day will come and you'll see the sun shines again..We will be the leaders "Super Power"..We will spread equity and equality everywhere..we won't permit any war to spark, Justice wil be our goal to maintain and conserve it.You will see Morocco,my beloved country, a super power, yes why not ? we will bring back our white history,our pride..Did you forget the King Abdelmalek Sa3di and his victory over Portiguals in the Battle of Alcazar (wad almakhazen) ? we were a strong country at that time..Only by sincere deeds and hard work we will make miracles Insha'Allah. Please, readers of this article spread optimism among our young generation..induce them to do Salah sincerely not because Ramadan will come or their parents forced them to do so but sincerely ,likewise, submitted to the willing of Allah.Subsequently, we will succeed for sure .
At the end, I do really want to share with you those valuable videos in arabic since we muslims also need to know what Islam has come with.They are educative Islamic Cartoons .
You will find them by clicking on this link :
www.youtube.com/bacem1

Weekly Prophetic Saying

Weekly Prophetic Saying:
“Three are the signs of a hypocrite: When he speaks, he lies; when he makes a promise, he breaks it; and when he is trusted, he betrays his trust.” (Saheeh Al-Bukhari)

Weekly Quranic Verse
“If any one does evil or wrongs his own soul but afterwards seeks forgiveness of God, he will find God Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.” (Quran 4:110)

From:


Your Guide to Truth

Better Wishes !

At the occasion of the birth of the Princess Lalla Khadeja, I address to his Highness Majesty King Mohammed VI and the Princess Lalla Salma, my warm congratulations Hoping a best future for Morocco under his wise sovereignty .

When is Polygamy allowed in Islam?

The sections of this article are:

- When is polygamy allowed in Islam?
- What was the purpose of Noble Verse 4:3?
- The way I read Noble Verse 4:3.
- Why didn't Allah Almighty directly prohibit polygamy?
- Why then did Prophet Muhammad practice polygamy?
- Can anyone be absolutely fair?
- Too much illiterate and starving kids damage the society and Islam.
- What if the person is rich and can afford polygamy?
- Conclusion.
Marriage from multiple women in Islam might not be allowed for those who might result in damaging the society with their marriage by bringing more illiterate, poor, and in many cases starving children to the society.
Let us look at Noble Verse 4:3 "If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice." Notice how Allah Almighty orders men to be either fair to their wives or never marry more than one wife.
Let us look at Noble Verse 4:129 "Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women, even if it is your ardent desire: But turn not away (from a woman) altogether, so as to leave her (as it were) hanging (in the air). If ye come to a friendly understanding, and practise self-restraint, God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful." Here we clearly see that Allah Almighty tells men that they will never be fair to their wives.
Let us see why then Allah Almighty temporarily ordered polygamy but yet very highly discouraged it, and why I personally believe from the Noble Quran that polygamy should not be allowed today to most Muslim men in the Muslim world.

What was the purpose of the Noble Verse 4:3?

Noble Verse 4:3 was revealed to Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him in Madina after he migrated to it from Mecca and established an Islamic state there right after the battle of Uhud in which the Muslims not only had lost badly against the Pagans, but also suffered a dramatic decrease in the number of Muslim men. The Muslim men before that battle were approximately 700. They became only 400 after the battle. This loss had left so many Muslim women (1) Widows, and (2) Not able to get married if they were single.
To make matters even worse, the Muslims had faced yet another battle against the Pagans in Mecca and its neighboring tribes who wanted to attack the Muslims in Madina to finish off Islam once and for all, and by the Jews and the Christians in Madina who betrayed the Muslims in the "battle of Trench" after signing a defense treaty with Muhammad peace be upon him against the Pagans.
All praise due to Allah Almighty. With Allah's Will and Mercy, the Muslims had miraculously won the battle against the Pagans of Mecca and drove them back to where they came from, and then attacked the Jews and the Christians who betrayed the defense treaty and kicked those hypocrites out of Madina forever!
These continuous battles against the Muslims were very costly in terms of Muslim men's lives. The women had to be taken care of one way or another. For this reason, Allah Almighty had revealed the Noble Verse 4:3 to Muhammad peace be upon him to solve the social problems that the Muslims were facing. That is why at the very beginning of the Noble Verse 4:3 we see Allah Almighty setting a conditional clause for Orphans "If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans...(4:3)." This Noble Verse came down for the purpose of protecting the Orphans and to increase the number of the Muslims by allowing the men to marry multiple wives (preferably from the grown Orphans at that time), up to four wives only. The purpose was absolutely not for man's sexual pleasure nor privilege, nor was it to support man's personal ego. It was revealed to solve a major social problem to prevent major sins such as illegal sex and prostitution.
Polygamy is not encouraged in the Noble Quran, nor Allah Almighty had allowed it because He really liked it. He was clearly careful to highly discourage polygamy to men by telling them "but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one...(4:3)" which clearly orders men to either be fair or to not marry at all, despite the fact that we lost many men, Allah Almighty still didn't want polygamy to really take place. That's why He later told men "Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women, even if it is your ardent desire...(4:129)" which clearly nullifies the excuse that He gave them to practice polygamy. Is this a contradiction then? Absolutely not!. It clearly proves that when Allah Almighty allowed polygamy, He only allowed it because we (the Muslims) had an emergency; we lost almost half of our men if not even more. When Islam later became much stronger and Muslims defeated the infidels in the continues battles that were forced upon them (the Muslims), Allah Almighty nullified the excuse that he gave to men to practice polygamy, which would then lead to prohibiting polygamy altogether.

The way I read Noble Verse 4:3 is as follows:

Allah Almighty ordered us to take care of the Orphans in our Islamic society (Noble Verses 2:177, 2:215, 2:220 and much more). He then commands us that if we fear that we will not be able to provide enough support for the too much Orphans in our society (especially after the battle of Uhud where more than half of the Muslim men were lost), then marry up to four of them to provide a social balance between men and women. But if a person feels that he can't handle multiple women, then one is just fine.
That's really all there is to it. Please read the Noble Verse again and compare it to my brief explanation above:
"If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice. (The Noble Quran, 4:3)"

Why didn't Allah Almighty then directly prohibit polygamy?

Because Islam is the most straight forward religion, and because Islam is truly a religion for all times and all places that doesn't need to be modified as some of the other religions in the world do (including Christianity). Allah Almighty left the issue of polygamy open for Muslims in case Muslims face dilemmas in the future like the ones we faced during Islam's weak times by losing too many men. In cases like this, Muslim scholars should look into allowing polygamy. But until then, polygamy should be completely prohibited by the Muslim scholars according to the commands of Allah Almighty.
To see polygamy in the Bible where a man can marry an infinite amount of women without any limits to how many he can marry, see Exodus 21:10 in the Bible. Please note that King David in the Bible had six wives and numerous concubines according to 2 Samuel 5:13; 1 Chronicles 3:1-9, 14:3. King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines according to 1 Kings 11:3. Also, Solomon's son Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 concubines according to 2 Chronicles 11:21.

Please visit: Polygamy in both the Old and New Testaments in the Bible. Jesus himself in the New Testament allowed Polygamy.

Why then did Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him practice polygamy?

Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him can be treated as an exceptional case. The Noble Verses that I presented above clearly talked about men and women in general. They apply to all men and all women. Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him was a Messenger of GOD (filled with sympathy and mercy to people) and a leader for all Muslims. He didn't practice polygamy for the sake of sexual pleasure at all. Most of his wives were either widows (older than him in age too) or divorced women (also most of them were either older or same age). Only one of his wives was a virgin, and he only married her because her father was his best friend. He wanted to strengthen that relationship. And it was her father who offered her to our Prophet peace be upon him anyway.
If our beloved Prophet peace be upon him really seeked sexual pleasure, then he would've married young virgins from the Muslims. Back then, people loved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him so much, that they would literally do anything for him. Certainly fathers would've given him their young virgin daughters if he wanted to. Many people offered him their young virgin bosomed daughters anyway to raise their families' honor, but our Prophet never seeked that sexual privilege in life.
Because Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him was a smart political leader and a wonderful humble merciful true Messenger of Allah Almighty, he chose to marry the weak from his people to encourage the Muslim men to do the same; to create a balance in the Muslim society. Again, another emergency case that existed during Islam's weak times that forced the Muslims (including Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him) to practice polygamy.

Can anyone be absolutely fair?

No one on this earth including Muhammad peace be upon him can be absolutely fair. Our Prophet peace be upon him used to pray in one of his prayers to Allah Almighty by saying in Arabic "Allah humma innaka taalamu be anni aadiloo bima astatee', wa lakinnee la aadiloo bima la astatee'," which means in English "Dear Allah, you are well aware that I try to be just with all I can, but I can't be just with what I can't." This prayer means that our Prophet always tried to be fair as much as possible, but he couldn't always do that.
One time, Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him said this prayer, because he used to love his wife Aisha (who was the youngest of his wives) the most, and he always feared that he would not be fair to the rest of his wives. Muhammad peace be upon him recognized that he was only a human being, and he can not be fair especially in his feelings at all time.
This clearly proves that Islam highly discourages the marriage of multiple wives for (1) Because no one can be fair; (2) polygamy is only allowed when the male species is endangered in a society; and (3) The Noble Verse 4:3 orders us to marry only one wife if we feel that we will not be fair.
The Noble Verse that I presented above also clearly proves that no one can be absolutely fair; "Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women, even if it is your ardent desire: But turn not away (from a woman) altogether, so as to leave her (as it were) hanging (in the air). If ye come to a friendly understanding, and practise self-restraint, God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. (The Noble Quran, 4:129)"

Too much illiterate and starving kids damage the society and Islam:

Today in some of the poor Muslim countries, some poor men still practice polygamy. What benefit would it really serve the society and Islam for a person to bring more illiterate and starving kids into this world?
I honestly believe that practicing polygamy among the poor and starving is not allowed in Islam. Allah Almighty will hold accountable every man who practices polygamy. Poor men practicing polygamy don't provide fairness to the newly born kids and to the economically crippled society, and certainly not to their wives either.
If people practice polygamy without being thoughtful to others, then I am certain that Allah Almighty will take that negatively toward them, because Allah Almighty clearly demanded that we be fair, and think thoroughly before having multiple wives. He clearly encouraged just having one wife.

What if the person is rich and can afford polygamy?

I think it would be ok, but the man would still be taking a very high risk in displeasing GOD Almighty for anything that goes wrong in the marriages and the damages that it would cost the wives and the kids. If his kids will not be a burden on the society, and he makes sure that his wives are all treated well and equally as much as he can, even though he will never be perfectly just, then he might be ok.
Brining well educated kids into a Muslim society definitely helps. But if a rich guy practices polygamy the way some of the oil rich Gulf-Arab multi billionaires practice it; by marrying and divorcing on Thursdays which ensures that he never exceeds four women, and at the same time he always experiences new sexual pleasure with a new woman every week, then believe me Allah Almighty will damn him really bad in the Day of Judgment, because this is not the spiritual point from allowing polygamy in the Noble Quran!
I think practicing polygamy among those who can afford it really depends on the individual case. If the man's wife strongly opposes to polygamy to a point that she would seek a divorce, then obviously he can never satisfy her, and most probably can never be fair enough with her because he would be always fighting and arguing with her, where it may not be the case with the other wife. So destroying a marital life and damaging the kids for a personal reason is really not fair by itself, unless of course the wife is unbearable and the man and wife don't want the divorce, which in this case it would be a great idea for the man to have another wife.
Also, some Muslim women don't mind polygamy. And yes, some of them even seek wives for their husbands. If this is the case, then polygamy in this case would not be a problem, provide that the man can financially afford it and can provide a good quality life for all of his wives, and most importantly, can provide a good quality of education to his children.
As I said above, Allah Almighty clearly revealed Noble Verse 4:3 for the protection of the Orphans and to solve a major social imbalance between men and women. The Noble Verse never really came for man's pleasure, nor did it come for general purposes like in the Bible where men can practice polygamy for just about any reason.
So men in Islam are really taking risks when they practice polygamy for personal reasons only, because they will be held accountable for everything that goes wrong in the multiple marriages, and for any martial dissolutions that will ultimately hurt the kids the most.

Conclusion:

Islam does not allow marriage of multiple wives for males' sexual privileges and desires as Anti-Islamics claim. A normal man who makes enough money to keep him surviving in life can not provide a fair quality of life to all his wives, which means that he must not be allowed to marry multiple wives because he will only make his society worse.
Noble Verse 4:3 came to solve social problems. Unfortunately today, some Muslims intensify the Muslim's social problems in the Islamic poor countries by marrying multiple wives and bringing more and more illiterate and poor kids into the society which on the long run will only keep their entire society below the level of poverty. Therefore, Noble Verse 4:3 doesn't allow polygamy just for anyone or any reason and Noble Verse 4:129 certainly nullifies the excuse Allah Almighty gave to Muslim men to practice polygamy. Therefore, unless we have social or personal dilemmas where too many Muslim men were lost, or there is problems with the wife toward her husband, then polygamy should not be allowed nor justified in my Islamic view.
And Allah Almighty knows best, and may He forgive me if I made any mistakes in this article.

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